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levindesdieux · 11 months

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talib888 · 6 months

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Sigil Magic: Observation of Results

These past several days I've been experimenting with sigil magic as taught by Stephen Mace in Stealing the Fire from Heaven. Here are my findings so far.

Firstly, the method taught is not very difficult. Sigil creation is easy enough. Memorizing and repressing the sigil in my subconscious is also not hard. The charging method itself while not technically challenging takes a bit of time. Creating vacuity by performing the banishing ritual Mace taught is easy enough, but the practice of generating free belief from the Neither-Neither principle has me searching and reaching for juxtapositions of beliefs with strong enough emotional contents. That aside, imagining the sigil burning white hot in my field of vision as it charges is both a simple and stunning exercise in mental visualization.

Secondly, the results of this method of sigil magic is simultaneously impressive and disappointing. There are some things it's immediately good for: effecting change directly within myself, e.g. behaviors and thought patterns. There are some other things that it clearly has little to no sway over, generally things and people external to my mental environment. At least that's how it seems for now. The metaphysics of Mace's sigil magic method involve planting the sigil deep enough in my mind until it reaches the Mind of God. Maybe I just haven't learned how to go deep enough yet.

Back to the lab I go.

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nyxshadowhawk · 7 months

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Diagrams from a thirteenth-century version of the Ars Notoria.

#magic #ceremonial magic #magick #grimoire #book of magic #medieval manuscripts #manuscript #paleography #medieval #Ars Notoria #solomonic magic #occult #occultism #magic circle

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arcusxx · 9 months

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photography by natalia drepina

#photography #dark #nature #sky #moon #occult #magic #witch #pagan #folk #dark nature #ritual #atmosphere #mood #night #dark photography #landscape

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grottyoldhag · 8 months

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asteroidtroglodyte · 11 months

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A Magical Taxonomy

Warlock: from wær (old English, “pact/oath”) + loga (proto-Germanic, “liar”) + hard “-ck” (Scottish English); Oathbreaker (contextually; breaker of Baptismal Oaths; hence also Apostate)

Wizard: from Wis (old English, “knowledgeable”) + -ard (same, “too much of”); Possessor of too much knowledge

Witch: from weyk (proto-indo-European, “apart, separated, different”)[connotations akin to Latin’s “Sacre”]; Sacred Outsider

Sorcerer: from Sors (Latin, “Fate”) and Ser (same,“to bind”); Fate Manipulator

Druid: from dru (proto-Celtic, “Oak”) + weyd (same, “to see”); Oak-Seer, or Tree-Knower

Cleric: from kleros (Ancient Greek, “lots/ casting lots/ drawing lots”) [contextually; public servants were selected by drawing lots, as opposed to, say, voting]; Public Servant / Clerk

Bard: from bard (proto-Celtic, “Bard”); Bard

#Magic #etymology #dnd #history of the occult #occult #witch #Wizard #sorcerer #warlock #cleric #bard #bard bard #bard bard bard #bard bard bard bard #it’s bards all the way down

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prokopetz · 10 months

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Starting a business with two separate bathrooms, except one of them has the symbol for alchemical antimony on the door, and the other, the symbol for alchemical phosphorus. If you ask the staff about it, they claim to understand your confusion, then lead you to a third, previously undisclosed bathroom with the alchemical symbol for potassium carbonate.

#gender #alchemy #magic #occultism #memes

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portalibis · 9 months

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Leonora Carrington, "El Laberinto"

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cryptotheism · 10 months

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Where humorists believed that all illness was the result of an imbalance of the humors, Paracelsus believed this was only scratching the surface. He believed that humoric imbalances were themselves only symptoms of a deeper problem; conflict between the fundamental forces that made up the body. Paracelsus outlines three different types of disease: One: There are natural diseases, problems which result from physical damage or imbalance of the body. A broken leg, a poisoning, starvation, etc. These were easily treated by keeping the patient clean and safe while the bodies natural healing abilities did their work. Two: There are astral diseases, problems which result from the influence of the greater macrocosm. Meaning, Paracelsus believed that when the planet Mars passes over your country, it bathes that physical location in Mars Energy, an abundance of which can cause some materials to produce clouds of poison and corruption. This was his theoretical explanation for mass illnesses. Curiously enough, this was also his explanation for psychological illnesses. Consider how an interaction with an angry stranger can ruin one’s mood for the rest of the day. Paracelsus points out the physiological effects of strong emotions on the body, and quite logically ties this into his hermetic theory of disease. If reading a nasty letter can affect the body, surely the signs in the stars also affect the body. These were tricky to treat, requiring a good deal of astrological math to produce metal amulets stamped with the signs of the planets to counteract the mix of astral forces causing the illness. Three: Divine diseases. There are some illnesses which resist all attempts at treatment. God has decided that you must shit your brains out. Perhaps this is a punishment for some sin, perhaps it is not. It is not for the doctor to question the divine will. The only thing to do is pray.

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 2 months

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#occult #occulltism #magic #witches #witch #books #vampires #aesthetic #random

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arcane-trail · 9 months

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levindesdieux · 11 months

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The serpent Ouroboros surrounding a circle with lettering in Latin and Hebrew, pen and watercolour drawing from Clavis Inferni sive magia alba et nigra approbata Metratona (late 18th century; called the Black Book), a sourcebook for spells in the black arts, that was the textbook of the Black School at Wittenburg, Germany, purportedly where witches and sorcerers went to learn black magic.

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talib888 · 6 months

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Problems and Some Solutions for the Beginning Sorcerer

I've been busy with banishing rituals, the Neither-Neither, and sigil magick for some weeks now. Picking up from my previous post on a chapter of Stephen Mace's Stealing the Fire from Heaven:

To Know Self

Mace recommends three books.

Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda

Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda

The Dream Game by Ann Faraday

To Control Mind

Mace recommends yoga although we aren't to pursue it as actual yogis, but as sorcerers. He also discusses yoga through the filter of Crowley's Book 4 and what I assume is Patanjali's formulation of the 8 limbs of yoga. Mace prescribes a practice of an hour a day for two years.

To Develop Will

To this end Mace again taps into Crowley's ideas, namely Magick in Theory and Practice. The practice itself can be briefly described as such: taking an oath to not do an arbitrary action that has no moral or emotional significance. The idea is to strengthen our will with "innocuous" denials and not corrupt it with desire. Later once our wills are stronger we can attempt to work this on our actual "dark nasties" and bind them.

To Enforce Prudence

Mace dedicated an entire to chapter to this, and once again takes his cue from Crowley. Several points from Liber AL val Legis or the Book of the Law are quoted in relevance to the stated aim.

My Own Intuition

Prior reading that I've done on writers like Castaneda and Crowley have probably poisoned the well a little, so to speak. But I'm open to trying new things and giving them half a chance. Having said that, I can't ignore my intuition when it's pulling me in certain other directions. I have a list of substitutions for the recommended practices. I'll discuss them in a later post.