One of the parts of Cattan’s book that I did not develop in my Star and Stone book was his approach to good and bad figures. In his book, Geomancy, he identified what were good, bad and meh figures for each type of question. He also hinted at how they would influence a reading. Lately, […]
A few years ago, I asked Jake Stratton-Kent if the old gods were corrupted by their association with the demons in the later Grimoires and if using the originals rather than their later demonised shadows was better. I am posting his answer with his family’s permission. Reading this letter, it is great to hear his […]
Many assume that the Golden Dawn was a fixed system and Regardie’s “black book” is an effective bible. However, as time passed, I realised that some of the things the old Whare Ra members told me differed from what was published. Focusing on the elemental tablet One thing is the elemental pentagrams, which, if you […]
The Angelical Guide. BOOK III CHAP. IX. John Case 1657 While there is not much in Case’s book on Geomancy that would be unfamiliar, there is a little about Company, which some might find helpful. Notice Case does not make too much of Company. He encourages you to take the figure and see if it […]
The cypher documents did not mention anything specific to be placed on the black and white pillars. Instead, all that was required were two emblems of spiritual evolution. The early versions of the Isis-Urania pillars were blank, other than images of the Kerubs at the top. But there was a move to place vignettes from […]