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Occult fraudsters try to claim Whare Ra lineage

An person recently approached a MOAA member claiming to belong to a Paris-based order which had lineage from the Stella Matutina (sic) and Whare Ra.  He said that this group had been formed by a...

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Why your Hekate is not anyone else’s

It is vital for modern religions to understand that they are not worshipping the same Gods that their ancestors followed unless they want to replace the mistakes of the past. There is a bit of debate...

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The uncertainty principle in magic and religion

Like all ordered systems, magical and spiritual schemes contain elements of uncertainty and chaos. No system or statement can be entirely true and must, at best, be an approximation. Uncertainty is the...

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I am Graham Hancock’s Author of the Month

I am Graham Hancock’s Author of the Month this month and have written him an article about Whare Ra to promote my latest book Beyond the Sun.  The article is the story of how a Golden Dawn order took...

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“Personal Gnosis” are not swear words

There is a tendency to spit the words “Personal Gnosis” for any teaching which does not have an official source. There is something in this. There is a lot of rubbish esoteric information which can be...

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Problem of Small Gods and Divine Evolution.

Humanity’s first experience was with the primal gods. Primitive humanity moved about the planet trying to survive, and it developed a relationship based on fear of the natural forces around it. Built...

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pronunciation guides for Helios Unbound

Greek Cross http://www.nickfarrell.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Greek-Cross.mp3 Lesser Pentagram http://www.nickfarrell.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lesser-ritual-of-the-Pentagram.mp3 Greater...

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When bad is good in geomancy relationship readings.

Geomancy has two terrible signs Rubus and Carcer, which on the face of it, would be terrible for a relationship. Both are malefic in astrology Rubus is seen as mars and conflict, and carcer is...

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Murdering Moons

A large chunk of murders are committed for “emotional” reasons so your moon in your chart could give you a clue for the type of crime you might commit Moon in Leo A Moon in Leo needs to be told they...

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Golden Dawn and Rosicrucianism

Sam Robertson has posted a rather lengthy article which effectively rubbishes the Golden Dawn’s Rosicrucian credentials. Sam had I often row about this privately, and he wants my reviews on the posting...

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Zodiacal attributions for Geomancy

While most geomancers have an established set of meanings for the 16 geomantic symbols, it might be we are missing a hint dropped in Agrippa’s Fourth Book when the placement of the symbols on a chart...

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Charity of Night

Wave on wave of life Like the great wide ocean’s roll Haunting hands of memory Pluck silver strands of soul The damage and the dying done The clarity of light Gentle bows and glasses raised To the...

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Writing an Ancient Greek-style magic invocation

For several years there has been an issue for me about writing authentic invocations in the Ancient Greek style.  Going through the Greek Magical Papyri there would appear to be a formula but it has...

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Magic ritual to fight coronavirus

The purpose of this ritual is to use a Greco-Egyptian formula to invoke Apollo the God of Plagues to stop the spread of the coronavirus. I am putting it out there for people to try. Obviously, the more...

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Steiner and Whare Ra

Anyone who has read my book Beyond the Sun will be aware of the importance Rudolf Steiner had to the early Whare Ra and Robert Felkin. Felkin needed Steiner’s Rosicrucian links to provide him with the...

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Helios Unbound is finally out.

People have been asking me when my “Pagan Abramelin” is coming out for about three years now. The PGM based system with its nod to the Picatrix (and the Golden Dawn)  in finally in its official print...

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The four magical elements and matter

Most modern magical systems feature the use of elements Fire, Water, Air, and Earth without really understanding why. Coupled with the neo-Platonic idea of emanation, which sees creation as the result...

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Connecting to your God with a Daemon

There is a magical process of connecting to a god, any god, which is nearly scientific and has been a feature of religion without ever being mentioned — a Daemon. In “Making Imagination” I said that...

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More on Daemons

The idea that Daemons are partly human-made and partly divine appears to have hacked off those who are religious or that believe that Ancient texts do not support the idea. My goal in making these...

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Hermetic use of stories

The Hermetic tradition is all about Thoth and so words are really important.  However collections of words called stories have a life of their own and and important too. In my novel “When a Tree...

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