“Galdr” or “Galdor” (Galdr, Galdor) in Old Norse originally meant “to cry” or “a cry”, i.e. a “spell” or “magical song”. Later it came to mean magic in general.
However, in its original sense Galdr is precisely verbal magic.
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Although, according to Herodotus, “Among the Scythians there are many diviners who predict by means of numerous willow rods as follows: bringing large bundles of rods and laying them on the ground, they spread them apart and then, moving the rods one by one, they divine; speaking the predictions, they at the same time gather the rods again and lay them out one by one. Such is their ancestral method of divination,” the most venerated of the seers were precisely the Enarei, for the Great Goddess had given them this faculty.
Based on the beliefs of the peoples of Dahomey (now Benin, located in the region between the modern states of Togo to the west and Nigeria to the east) and their synthesis with Catholicism in Haiti several centuries ago, a system of beliefs emerged — Voodoo. A similar religion, Santería, based on the beliefs of the Yoruba people, arose in Cuba; macumba, likewise rooted in Yoruba beliefs, appeared in Brazil.
The postmortem disembodiment of a person must be accompanied by the departing entity’s withdrawal not only from our world but also from the Elements.
If this, for some reason, does not occur, not-fully-disembodied souls, lacking a guide and having lost connection with the monad, turn into demons.
It is hard to find anyone who, as a child, did not at least once take part in—or at least hear of—the summoning of the “Queen of Spades”, the “red, blue, or ‘pencil’ gnome”, and so on.
What happens in such cases?
Are the “appearances” described by children merely products of their imagination?
In the modern world, ideas about the dreaming body, the “astral” body and the “etheric double” regrettably remain at the level of the century before last, with its vulgar mediumism à la Cagliostro, muddled and lacking clarity.
One can only hope that dedicated groups seriously studying and applying this phenomenon will bring some order to the confusion.
All ancient cultures of the world, in the fragments of knowledge that have reached us, speak of astonishing beings that come to people’s aid and often save their lives. Animal Powers were regarded as extremely useful to people, who greatly need that direct, unmediated, absolute connection with the Universality of Life that animals possess.
The sagas mention three fundamental features that characterize seiðr: 1) a high seat, or platform, on which the practitioner sits; 2) the use of special songs to induce trance or to secure assistance from spirits; 3) an association with sexual “indecency” (ergi).
Magical traditions of different eras and peoples clearly understood the importance of Power in both magical and everyday life. Naturally, the question arose: how does one increase the level of Power?
There are several fundamentally important answers to this question.
The principal work attributed to Honorius is the “Grimoire of Honorius.” The “Manuscript of Honorius” was first printed in Rome between 1628 and 1671. No manuscripts of this text have survived, and the first printed edition appeared only in the 17th century in France. According to Arthur Waite, this book, attributed to the Roman Pope, is a malicious forgery intended to discredit the Catholic Church.
There is probably no other question that has provoked such heated debate and elicited so many polarized answers as the question of how sexual energies interact with Magic and “spirituality.” Some staunchly defend the necessity of celibacy, or at least abstinence, for Magi; others, on the contrary, insist on the necessity of using sexual energies in Magic.
Modern mass mind has been conditioned to the belief that plants are entirely friendly to humans and that medicines derived from them are far better and more beneficial than synthetic ones.
The full title of this edition, translated, reads as follows: “This is the book of Adam Kadmon, given to him by the angel Raziel, and this book is a gate through which the righteous pass by the way of peace to the abode of God, to partake of divine grace.”