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Lesser Wheel of Fortune and Practical Magick

January 29, 2010 by Frater Barrabbas  
Filed under magick, theory

We have covered the greater wheel of fortune and how it’s associated with the solar return and the point 180 degrees from the solar return, or halfway in the annual cycle. This greater wheel of fortune is very important to know if one is going to work magick to change one’s material situation. There is also [...]

Artistic Visions – Bynopar

January 29, 2010 by Jenny Tyson  
Filed under art, culture

About the Artist I started studying in 2004 privately with a studio artist in Maine, then continued with self-study after my arrival in Canada in 2005. In 2008 I began working with my husband, Donald Tyson, illustrating his books, and have continued over the past year. I work with different mediums or even a mix. My [...]

Poetic Journeys – The Founding of the Black Flame Kaba

January 29, 2010 by Aion 131  
Filed under culture, poetry

Pan was lonely for the chase 
 Moon-white thighs and wine’s embrace 
 But the mood upon the land 
was of cold and Death He chanced upon the Waste in dread 
Dreaming ferns and soft sunlight 
 When into his loneliness came 
 The cry of a Hawk 
 and thunder awoke at the sound of its wings Pan, called Dead, arose and trod [...]

Poetic Journeys – Entering In

January 29, 2010 by Ambrose Hawk  
Filed under culture, poetry

I am the Bull in the Garden; I am the lightening in the clouds; I am the thunder in the air; I am the rain kissing the earth; I am the whirlwind that crashes from heaven to Earth, that raises Earth dancing to Heaven. I am S/He In whom God is manifest upon Earth. I am the Great Jewel brought down from Heaven, raised up from [...]

Is It Really Energy?

January 26, 2010 by Taylor Ellwood  
Filed under energy work, mysticism

The word “energy” is ambiguous, used as a cover word to describe a set of experiences and sensations, which may not actually be energetic at all. It’s a convenient word used to conceptualize those experiences, but at the same time it’s a fuzzy word because the experiences that fall under the umbrella term “energy” may [...]

Why Thelema?

January 26, 2010 by Gerald del Campo  
Filed under magick

When people hear the sort of work we are involved with in the Order of Thelemic Knights, I am often asked why we believe that something like Thelema, when many of its adherents show a disdain for compassion, respect and hard work, would have anything life enhancing to offer individuals, much less the world at [...]

The Na’vi and the Fremen: What Science Fiction Teaches Us about Tribalism and the Mystic

January 26, 2010 by Grey Glamer  
Filed under culture, featured, mysticism, popular culture, shamanism

To begin, I must offer an unqualified spoiler alert. During the course of this article, I’ll be examining the complex and fascinating intersection between tribalism and mysticism, employing for reference points James Cameron’s 2009 movie Avatar, and the 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic Dune. If you’ve missed either of these movies, please [...]

Book Review – The Northern Path

January 26, 2010 by soli  
Filed under books, reviews

Douglas “Dag” Rossman Seven Paws Press (June 30, 2005) ISBN: 978-0964911390 252 pages Reviewer: Soli   At first glance, Norse mythology can be a daunting dragon. Rough living, the world coming into being from a cow licking an ice man and humans starting as trees, enough names with Thor as a root you would need a spreadsheet to keep track of [...]

Ocular Distortion – Persephone

About the Artist My interests in photography and film began in junior high school — a fascination leading me to pursue my undergrad and graduate degree from Ohio State University in cinematography. For the last 20 years most of my work has been in film and video — documentary and narrative film — specifically horror genre. [...]

The Dictionary of Traditional Magick and Etherical Science

Alembic (Alchemy) In alchemy, the top part of a still. Often used to refer to a complete still. An instrument used for distillation. Archigenitor (Gnostic) The “first begetter”. A Greek reference to Yaldabaoth. Cenobite (Ecclesiastic) A member of a religious order choosing to dwell within a convent, monastery or a community, as opposed to a hermit, who lives in solitude. Evocation (Magick, [...]

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