The real Hermetic Principles
While people mistakenly believe the new-age pseudoscientific mishmash which is the Kybalion is hermetic, few have looked at Corpus Hermetica to work out what the real Hermetic Principles are. There are...
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Using your Nous
One of the closest things that the Kybalion comes to a real hermetic thought is the statement that “everything is mind.” In its Principle of Mentalism, the Kybalion claims that “Everything that happens...
View ArticleOccult(ish) lessons Coronavirus lockdown taught me
Being locked down during the Coronavirus and having your life being put on hold has taught me a couple of things which are important for the occult path. Some dismantle a few esoteric myths; others...
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The main Hermetic Principle
If you had to boil down Hermetic thought into a single idea, then you are left with a saying which would be familiar to those who know their Led Zeppelin lyrics (and the Three Musketeers). It would...
View ArticleThings you need to remember about historical magical systems
In looking at ancient systems and texts there are shedloads of pitfalls for those who have worked within a system and those who are self-taught. When people have started to suggest that you do not have...
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Book review: Changing meanings in the Hermetica
I have been reading a translation of the Corpus Hermetica by David Myatt and in his footnotes he says that key words that have been used in past English translations have been incorrect. The issue...
View ArticleMoon in ritual timing
The Moon is one of the most important planets for magic acting as a transformer for supernal and planetary powers. This makes the Moon’s position of the Moon and its phase a critical timing feature in...
View ArticleTesting spirits
One of the central issues about contacting spirits, either ritually, channeling, scrying or through inner plane chats is a fear that they might be lying. Much time has been wasted by magicians...
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The Magic of tearing down statues
Vejovis The recent attention to the pulling down of statues of those whose history has fallen short of modern expectations has a long magical tradition. In Ancient Times statues had a magical function....
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Astrology and geomantic figures
For the last few months, I have been having nagging doubts about the way I have been interpreting some geomancy symbols. It has been nice to use the traditional black and white methods with absolute...
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More notes on Geomancy
Last night during a troubled sleep I realised that Geomancy was not mathematically binary in that a dot was not one and a line was not zero. This becomes important when looking at elemental theory...
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Magical roadmaps
I write for IT magazines, and we talk a lot about roadmaps. These are the plans that companies have for their product launches. Most of the time they are good, but very often products drop off the...
View ArticleMansions of the Moon and Geomancy meanings
Sam Block has written an interesting article about the roots of the Geomantic symbols being connected to the mansions of the moon and comes up with some compelling evidence. For those who do not know...
View ArticleRed moon – Rubeus as a lunar eclipse
The secret behind Rubeus might be that it is supposed to represent a full moon lunar eclipse and its redness comes from the moon’s colour in its fully eclipsed state. Rubeus is a little problematic...
View ArticleLook on my works, ye mighty …
‘Yet since the wise should know all that is to come, it is right that you should not be ignorant of something else. A time will come when it appears that the Egyptians have worshipped God with pure...
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The meaning of Populus – community
Populus – community Elemental structure: Full power elements waning Element: Water Stable: Entering and Exiting Judge: Impartial Day or Night: Day Mansions of the Moon When a symbol covers more than...
View ArticleRobert Fludd: How Geomancy works
Robert Fludd was an important 16th Century Rosicrucian and magician. This article shows his theory of geomancy divination which was based on a neo-platonic idea of Plato’s Chariot, which I mentioned in...
View ArticleRubeus as libido – What do you desire?
Rubeus is the devil of traditional Geomancy, but that might be due to ancient fear of sexuality and what we now call the libido. Elemental structure: Air new/awakening fire, water and earth elements...
View ArticlePath of the magician
Here is part one of a voice interview with me The post Path of the magician appeared first on .
View ArticleAsking the right question
Over recent months I have been doing a lot of oracle work using geomancy, and one of the central problems has been asking the right question. Most of what I am saying will apply to geomancy, but it...
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