[caption id="attachment_11373" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Art by Alex Grey [/caption] Middle Pillar ritual It is my confirmed belief that several weeks at the very least of patient application to the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram should precede any effort to perform the Middle Pillar. For one thing,...
Read More[caption id="attachment_10444" align="aligncenter" width="798"] Art by Austin Osman Spare[/caption] Chaos magic, also spelled chaos magick, is a contemporary magical practice. It was initially developed in England in the 1970s, drawing heavily from the philosophy of artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare. [1] Sometimes referred to as "success magic" or "results-based magic", chaos magic claims to emphasize...
Read MoreAlchemy Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition[1] practiced throughout Europe, Africa, China and throughout Asia,[1] originating in Chinese text, around 73-49 BC and Greco-Roman Egypt in the first few centuries CE. The common perception of alchemists is...
Read More[caption id="attachment_8310" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Art by Johfra Bosschart[/caption] Ritual of Pentagram "Those who regard this ritual as a mere device to invoke or banish spirits, are unworthy to possess it. Properly understood, it is the Medicine of Metals and the Stone of the Wise" — Aleister Crowley The...
Read MoreLesser Invoking Ritual of Pentagram The invoking and banishing forms of the ritual of pentagram are identical in all parts except the drawing of the Pentagrams. The invoking form uses the invoking Pentagrams of Earth. The banishing form uses the banishing Pentagrams of Earth. Explanations of...
Read MoreLesser Banishing Ritual of Pentagram Ceremony Before practicing any form of ceremonial magic, it is suggested that one performs a proper form of relaxation in order to dissociate one's physical body from sensory-related stresses; Any practice which helps your body to relax such as taking bath...
Read MoreJohn Dee, and Edward Kelley. Artist unkown Ceremonial Magick Ceremonial magick (ritual magick, high magick or learned magick) encompasses a wide variety of long, elaborate, and complex rituals of magick. The works included are characterized by ceremony and a myriad of necessary accessories to aid the practitioner. It can be seen...
Read MoreThe Key Scale is a simple numerical system for classifying the various correspondences on the Tree of Life. The Scale ranges from 000 to 32-bis, and is broken up into several meaningful bits & pieces, as detailed below. The Negative Veil 000. Ain, "Nothing" 00. Ain...
Read MoreTree of Life The Tree of Life is a tool used to categorize and organize various mystical concepts and is central to the teachings of the Qabbalah. At its most simple level, it is composed of ten spheres, or emanations called sephiroth (sing. "sephira") which are...
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