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 …
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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 …
Stele of Divine Reconciliation or Attunement
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 …
Cattan and the point of instruction
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 …