Some magical groups are little more than cults dressed up with rituals and secrecy. Vulnerable people are often drawn in, only to find themselves ensnared in manipulation and control. If you believe you are too intelligent to fall for cult like behaviour, congratulations, you are precisely the sort of person who ends up in a […]
After analysing several complex relationship cases, I’ve become increasingly convinced that different divinatory systems do not cancel each other out but complement one another. Each speaks from a different layer of reality. In this case, I used two separate decks, the Archetype Deck and Tarot Deck and they revealed what seemed like contradictory readings. But […]
Spend enough time around Rosy Cross groups, and the same party trick appears. Facts run out, someone clears a throat, and suddenly the room is told that Leonardo, Mozart, Giordano Bruno, Victor Hugo, and Beethoven were all members. It is a conjuring act done with famous names. The awe arrives on cue, but the paperwork […]
Some modern magicians do not believe in gods or spirits. Sometimes it is because they do not view them as necessary to explain the workings of magic, other times it is because they are Atheists who do not really believe in what they are invoking. However, while I don’t think it matters what you believe […]
(A Brief Guide to Recognising the Noisy but Hollow Species) David Attenborough voiceover, with Saint-Saëns’ Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals in the background And here we see the Occult Bully in its natural habitat. Watch closely as it inflates its chest with noisy declarations, striving to draw attention, yet betraying its anxious struggle for […]
Un tempo l’occultismo richiamava alla mente visioni di stanze in penombra, rituali solenni e iniziati intenti a strappare il velo che separa dal mistero dell’esistenza, vagando nel proprio mondo interiore in un lungo pellegrinaggio per scoprire il vero sé e i segreti dell’universo. Oggi, nel cosiddetto “rinascimento esoterico”, è più probabile trovarsi ad una più […]
The modern occult scene is drowning in sparkle and stupidity, and nothing proves it more than the rise of the overpriced online course. Click on one of these overdesigned horrors and you’re greeted with ambient synth drones, mystical fonts cribbed from a Lord of the Rings DVD menu, and the promise of ancient secrets revealed. […]
Once occultism conjured images of dimly lit chambers, austere rituals, and initiates genuinely trying to pierce the veil of existence, wandering in their inner underworld, in a long quest to find their true selves and the secrets of the universe. Fast forward to today’s so-called “esoteric revival,” and you’re more likely to find yourself at […]
When people rattle off the big names of the occult world, it’s always the same predictable list. Crowley, who never met a press release he didn’t like. Mathers, who loved dressing up in more robes than an archbishop. Gerald Gardner, who liked being a witch almost as much as he enjoyed being whipped. Perhaps someone […]
The Geomancy of Christopher Cattan: A Medieval Divination Manual is the definitive English edition of one of Europe’s most powerful yet long-neglected magical texts. Translated directly from the original 1550 French and carefully edited into modern English, this edition revives a masterpiece that shaped occult thought for generations. First published in France during the mid-sixteenth […]