Pat Zalewski’s “Inner Order Teachings of the Golden Dawn” is now out
For more than 100 years secret magical manuscripts from the Order of the Golden Dawn’s inner order of adepts of the Rosae Rubeae et Aureae …
Science and Hubris
The Ancient Greeks had a concept called Hubris ὕβρις, which meant “dangerous over-confidence” or “arrogance” and Hesiod applied it to mean those who thought themselves …
The Magical Dark Night of the Soul
One of the curses of modern occultism is the progressive dumbing-down of terms such as watcher of the threshold, holy guardian angel, pentacle, etc, to …
Elections are vital for talisman making
One of the sillier things that crossed my desk was a question from someone who had bought a love talisman from someone made when Venus …
Binding spell of Helios to repair a broken appliance
SATIRE PGM VII 5655-55563 Binding spell of Helios to repair a broken appliance* Spell: Hail Helios! Hail Raphael! Hail whole universe! Give me the power …
Querant in Geomancy
Modern geomancy has two schools of thought about the identification of the Querant in a geomancy reading. The quested is whoever rolls the dice. Anyone …
More on Cattan’s geomancy courts
The court The court is made up of the right and left witnesses and the judge. The ritual witness the person asking the question and …
Talismans and phylactery
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 …
Opening the Mouth Ritual
This is not written by me but is rescued from the way back machine it is Copyright © 2003 University College London and is difficult …
The seven creative principles in PGM XIII
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 …