Most people would associate phylacteries with the Jewish tefillin which is a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah during weekday morning prayers (left). As Hebrews considered the words God spoke to be holy, they were worn in these boxes effectively binding the worshipper to them. […]
This is not written by me but is rescued from the way back machine it is Copyright © 2003 University College London and is difficult to find. It is just that it is really important for those looking to use Ancient Egyptian methods for magic. If University College make it available again I will pull […]
PGM XIII contains an extensive creation myth that has enormous implications for the use of magic. Creation myths are essential to magicians because their magical formulas tend to follow similar patterns to religious creation myths. A spell is the magician’s way of creating a new universe with their will and needs to follow the same […]
This post is to answer a debate held on Aaron Leitch’s Facebook group. My central premise is that using Key of Solomon pentacles as talismans is incorrect and that pentacles have apparent, practical magical differences from Talismans. Pentacles are mentioned in the Key of Solomon. Cast versions used to be sold cheaply in occult book […]
This Stele appears in PGM 1167 and does not have a title but had a note which said that it was “useful for everything” and “could deliver someone from death.” It came with a cryptic warning “that the magician should not investigate what is in it.” The latter statement should be a gift for those […]
What follows is ancient invocation is to be used each time you invoke Hekate from the time of the full Moon to the day before the new Moon. It is taken from PGM IV. 2241-2358 it can be found in my Helios Unbound book. The translation E.N. O’Neil is from the H.D. Betz edition it […]
As with the other parts of this series I will start with what Christopher Cattan wrote in his Geomancie and place my comments at the end. For those who do not know, Cattan’s point of instruction is identical to what Modern Geomancers call the Index. To know what intent a figure was made which is […]
This ritual is based on the system of magic I put forward in Helios Unbound. It invokes Apollo as the God in charge of plagues and uses the patterned opening of the elemental gates (adapted from the Golden Dawn) to form a geomantic figure of Amissio (reduction) v This is a serious ritual that works […]
This article is based on my own edited version of Christopher’ Cattan’s Geomancie. As before my comments are below. How to know the part of fortune After the question has been made and we have judged by the houses, figures, angles, companions, aspects, the way of point, etc, it is now useful to make a […]
Magic words is now officially out on Lulu and can be bought here… This is the second book to be released by Lord Manticore which is my publishing house, which is designed to get great esoteric books that are less likely to interest commercial publishers into print and keep them there. Magic words by I. […]