Spells and love charms, curses and “wreaths of barrenness” — all these familiar manipulations grew out of, or rather are the product of the degeneration of, two branches of Magic — Nominative and Contact (contagious, partial, sympathetic).
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Mass culture has produced an extremely attractive but entirely mistaken image of such institutions. It seems that a person who finds a “secret book” or a “secret amulet” automatically acquires power and force that staggers the imagination.
Beltane or Beltan (Ir. Bealtaine, Scot. Bealltainn, Eng. Beltane) is a Celtic festival marking the beginning of the bright half of the year, traditionally celebrated on May 1.
Among the Grimoires of the so-called “Solomonic” cycle, aside from the “Keys”, the best known is the Great Grimoire (Grand Grimoire), preserved in several variants that differ little from one another.
Prav also has a microcosmic application — in the sense of the right, that is, one’s own Way.
In fact, the Way to Power is always guided by Prav, directed and governed by it.
Among the various directions and currents of Magic, perhaps none is so difficult for a sober mind to understand as necromancy.
The Western pagan myth does not portray fate as “doom” or “fatum,” an irresistible force, but rather as a challenge issued by the cosmic order to the Magus, which he may accept and fight, or refuse and blindly drift with the current.
Risking the appearance of an uneducated retrograde, I will nevertheless repeat that, from the traditional point of view, there are currently no prospects for a synthesis of worldviews and none are in sight.
The Judeo-Christian tradition regards Ariel as an Angel ruling Jerusalem, thereby emphasizing his special mediatorial position between the Higher and Lower worlds.
Various traditions — from shamanism to psychoanalysis — have noted the dense population of the Psychocosmos. Some regarded its inhabitants as independent agents, others as merely psychic constructs; yet regardless, they acknowledged their active influence on life and on the balance of forces in the psychic universe.
The original concept of the Qliphoth is closely connected with ideas about the Tree of the Sefirot. It is held that each Sefira has its reflection — a qlippa. However, contrary to common belief, the Qliphoth are not “anti-Sefirot”.
Ancestral force, ancestral ties, ancestral debts — all these concepts are connected to the Physiological egregore. This term typically denotes the general energetic structure of a particular lineage or family.
Anyone who, in one way or another, has had the experience of perceiving the Interworld has noticed that a strong wind constantly blows there. Since it is odd to attribute the properties of earthly weather to the Elements, the question arises: what is the nature of this wind and what explains its its strength and constancy.