Mathers Last Secret gets 10th anniversary edition
The second edition of Mathers Last Secret is out ten years after the first edition was released. For those not in the know, Mathers Last …
Behold: The Art and Practice of Gematria by Bethsheba Ashe
Gematria is a little like Geomancy in that it is a side of the Western Mystery Tradition which has fallen from favour mostly because it …
The difference between visualisation and invoking
With the rise of New Age thought, the concept of visualisation has taken prominence within magic which it does not completely deserve. One of the …
Christopher Cattan Traditional Geomancy reading
Should the French King make peace with the Holy Roman Emperor? On 21 July 1536, Cardinal Agostino Trivulzio visited France to broker peace between Francis …
Root of the Prayer of the Salamanders
Prayer from Delphi (became the Prayer of the Salamanders) Ineffable father of the immortals, eternal, adept, lord, borne upon the ethereal widths of the ever-changing …
Amduat: The Great Awakening by Diana Kreikamp Review
Esoteric books based on historical documents need to tread a fine line between informing and revealing their esoteric reality. Too much towards the history, and …
Solo Magicians do not say what they mean either
Occultists have a habit of embellishing stories. Thoth-Hermes, the patron god of magic, is also the patron of words, stories, lies and thieves. One of …
Quantum cats and the death of synchronicity
Quantum theory might have killed off Jung’s theory of divination which was based on the random nature creating a “meaningful coincidence” or synchronicity If you …
The Golden Dawn is not Israel Regardie
One of the issues facing Golden Dawn researchers is that there is a lot of retrospective projection which goes on, and things that you expect …
Book Review: The Power of Asteria: Applied Astrology for Magic
The Power of Asteria: Applied Astrology for Magic is a much-needed book for practical magicians. I am cheating with this review as I helped edit …