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 charity of night Bruce Cockburn
Geomancy and the Watchtowers
In the Golden Dawn the candidate is shown a geomancy talisman as an example of Earth Magic. Generally, though Geomancy was focused on divination and has been pretty much universally hated by Golden Dawn students (other than Crowley and his follower Israel Regradie). To be fair, GD geomancy is based on Theomagica by John Heydon which is a mess. When restored to its proper condition geomancy becomes a powerful elemental magic tool. Geomancy is based on 16 symbols which work in a similar binary system to the iChing. Each symbol is made of four elemental lines from the top down (Fire, Air, Water, and Earth) which are either switched on or switched off. The elemental lines mean (from the top down)
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 was mentioned. The author hinted that the placing of the symbols of the chart was advanced and significant. Various works have attributed astrological associations to each of the geomantic symbols (some are contradictory), and yet these give clues to a much deeper understanding of the symbols. I first realised that three might be something to this when I hit a reading where both the quested and querent were Tristia “sorrow” which is traditionally a bad and depressing figure. Yet the question was talking whether the
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 – so here it is. Sam’s central problem is defined, and he never gets away from it. He tries to set unfair standards which are unique to his own system and orders. Firstly, he fails to correctly define Golden Dawn in terms of its history. What outsiders call the Golden Dawn was always the outer order of system and only briefly called itself Rosicrucian. The second order of the Golden Dawn is clearly Rosicrucian and brings in the manifestos, the vault, the myth etc. Sam’s fails to define what the “Golden
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 are wonderful at least three times a day or they get sick. They will murder anyone who have shown disrespect and expect praise from the police for how they did it. Moon in Cancer Moon in Cancer tend to be “quiet type” who suddenly snaps over a boundary dispute and chainsaws their neighbour into little pieces in their specially soundproofed basement. Moon in Aquarius Aquarian moon attempts to reform society, but because they don't like people that much, they prefer to do it through sniper's
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 associated with Saturn, confinement, and death. But while both are astrologically malefic, they had their good sides and if they were well placed, and in the right questions could produce good things and some of the reasons why these planets have such a bad press is because of cultural norms. Let us look at Rubeus, which is Mars in Scorpio. This is a substantial sexual and passionate force. It can also be a drive towards spirituality. While it can be a violent relationship with arguments, it tends
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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 from the seven Hidden Gods, they had the power to create masks for these primal forces. These masks allowed them to understand natural effects, build up myths around them, and relate to them. Like many relationships based on fear, these were not too successful. Humans created monsters that haunted their nights and needed supplication and sacrifice. Gradually humanity evolved past these fears enough to develop those higher emotions and could slowly replace the primal gods with those more intricately linked to the hidden seven. Humanity could not understand the
“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 attributed to someone not understanding established teaching and intellectually covering imaginary holes. Anyone who uses an elemental lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram is a victim of poorly thought out personal gnosis. One of the things right about the development of the internet and improvements in de-commercialisation publishing is sources which were impossible to find, or academic studies provide valuable material for modern occultists. It has enabled us to go back to historical resources and find out what ancients were doing rather than 19th or 20th-century
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 over a small New Zealand town. I will be also around to answer any questions on Graham’s forums. Click on the link to go to Graham's site. https://grahamhancock.com/farrelln1/