http://www.rendingtheveil.com Occult Resources for Magicians Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:44:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ en hourly 1 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-traditional-magick-etherical-science-2/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-traditional-magick-etherical-science-2/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:38:08 +0000 Gerald del Campo http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2537 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-traditional-magick-etherical-science-2/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magic-amoebic-cabala/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magic-amoebic-cabala/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:00:09 +0000 Patrick Dunn http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2531 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magic-amoebic-cabala/feed/ 1 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magic-plato-meet-frazer/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magic-plato-meet-frazer/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:58:19 +0000 Patrick Dunn http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2169 In my last column, I suggested that the western magical tradition can be seen as a response to Plato’s theory of Ideas. If we imagine that magic interacts with a world of more primary forms than our physical senses can detect, we are Neoplatonic. If we argue the opposite, that there is no [...]]]> In my last column, I suggested that the western magical tradition can be seen as a response to Plato’s theory of Ideas. If we imagine that magic interacts with a world of more primary forms than our physical senses can detect, we are Neoplatonic. If we argue the opposite, that there is no [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magic-plato-meet-frazer/feed/ 2 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-defense-binabm/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-defense-binabm/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:57:08 +0000 Lupa http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2242 If you’ve read much of my writing, either online or in books (especially DIY Totemism), you’ll know that I have a tendency to advocate working with totems other than the Big, Impressive, North American Birds and Mammals (BINABM) that so often show up in totem animal dictionaries. I’ve worked with extinct totems, microscopic ones, and [...]]]> If you’ve read much of my writing, either online or in books (especially DIY Totemism), you’ll know that I have a tendency to advocate working with totems other than the Big, Impressive, North American Birds and Mammals (BINABM) that so often show up in totem animal dictionaries. I’ve worked with extinct totems, microscopic ones, and [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-defense-binabm/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-traditional-magick-etherical-science/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-traditional-magick-etherical-science/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:56:12 +0000 Gerald del Campo http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2192 Akashic Record (Yoga, Theosophy) A term invented and popularized by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The idea is that the Akasha is a thought substance which can be imprinted by experience, making it possible to retrieve otherwise inaccessible information from the past, such as a person’s past life. This is remarkably close idea to the concept of Jung’s [...]]]> Akashic Record (Yoga, Theosophy) A term invented and popularized by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The idea is that the Akasha is a thought substance which can be imprinted by experience, making it possible to retrieve otherwise inaccessible information from the past, such as a person’s past life. This is remarkably close idea to the concept of Jung’s [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-traditional-magick-etherical-science/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/aethyr-thinning-veil/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/aethyr-thinning-veil/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:35:08 +0000 Sheta Kaey http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1967 Paganism is rife with those who deem themselves helpers of departed souls “trapped” in some earthly desire or other and reluctant to move on. I cringe every time I hear or read the words “into the light,” unless I am watching Poltergeist. These eager ghost hunters frequent cemeteries and old buildings, seeking spirits to usher [...]]]> Paganism is rife with those who deem themselves helpers of departed souls “trapped” in some earthly desire or other and reluctant to move on. I cringe every time I hear or read the words “into the light,” unless I am watching Poltergeist. These eager ghost hunters frequent cemeteries and old buildings, seeking spirits to usher [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/aethyr-thinning-veil/feed/ 2 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-samhain-2009/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-samhain-2009/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:34:36 +0000 Gerald del Campo http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1912 Agape (Ecclesiastic) Greek αγαπη Unconditional love. Godly love. The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken in connection with the communion. Originally a Hebrew funerary ceremony during which wine and milk were poured into the earth over the grave, and food was passed in to the corpse through a hole in the [...]]]> Agape (Ecclesiastic) Greek αγαπη Unconditional love. Godly love. The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken in connection with the communion. Originally a Hebrew funerary ceremony during which wine and milk were poured into the earth over the grave, and food was passed in to the corpse through a hole in the [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-samhain-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-samhain-2009/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-samhain-2009/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:34:05 +0000 Lupa http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1909 Over on my LiveJournal, I have a significant number of furries on my friend list; I’m not a furry myself, but I enjoy the artwork folks post, and we tend to have other things in common as well. (Lots of pagan furs, for one thing!) Something that got posted a few weeks back was some [...]]]> Over on my LiveJournal, I have a significant number of furries on my friend list; I’m not a furry myself, but I enjoy the artwork folks post, and we tend to have other things in common as well. (Lots of pagan furs, for one thing!) Something that got posted a few weeks back was some [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-samhain-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-bill-whitcomb/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-bill-whitcomb/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:33:28 +0000 Taylor Ellwood http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1903 Note: This is my last column for the Occult Author Spotlight. While there are many other authors to discuss and I hope someone will take over and write about those authors, the demands of several of my own ventures as well as some changes in my spiritual life prohibit me from continuing. I was first introduced [...]]]> Note: This is my last column for the Occult Author Spotlight. While there are many other authors to discuss and I hope someone will take over and write about those authors, the demands of several of my own ventures as well as some changes in my spiritual life prohibit me from continuing. I was first introduced [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-bill-whitcomb/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magick-started-cave/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magick-started-cave/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:33:26 +0000 Patrick Dunn http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1956 I’m pleased to offer myself as a regular columnist on these august though entirely electronic pages. As those who have read my books or know me personally know, I’m an academic through and through, and so my conversations have a tendency to turn to lectures, and my dinner parties often become seminars. This column therefore [...]]]> I’m pleased to offer myself as a regular columnist on these august though entirely electronic pages. As those who have read my books or know me personally know, I’m an academic through and through, and so my conversations have a tendency to turn to lectures, and my dinner parties often become seminars. This column therefore [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/study-magick-started-cave/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-lughnasadh-2009/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-lughnasadh-2009/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:05:18 +0000 Gerald del Campo http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1164 Agnosia (Gnosticism) The state of not having insight or Gnosis. This is the root for the word “agnostic,” also meaning a person who does not have Gnosis. Barbelos (Gnosticism) A very confusing concept due to plethora of ways it has been used. It is masculine gender, but is used to stand for Sophia as a woman who is [...]]]> Agnosia (Gnosticism) The state of not having insight or Gnosis. This is the root for the word “agnostic,” also meaning a person who does not have Gnosis. Barbelos (Gnosticism) A very confusing concept due to plethora of ways it has been used. It is masculine gender, but is used to stand for Sophia as a woman who is [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-lughnasadh-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-isaac-bonewits/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-isaac-bonewits/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:05:06 +0000 Taylor Ellwood http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1160 I first met Isaac Bonewits a few years ago at the Fall Gathering of the Tribes in West Virginia. It was quite interesting to talk with him and it was at that time that I was introduced to his work. Bonewits has been involved in the occult since the 1960s. He’s the only person to [...]]]> I first met Isaac Bonewits a few years ago at the Fall Gathering of the Tribes in West Virginia. It was quite interesting to talk with him and it was at that time that I was introduced to his work. Bonewits has been involved in the occult since the 1960s. He’s the only person to [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-isaac-bonewits/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-creepy-crawlies-and-heebie-jeebies/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-creepy-crawlies-and-heebie-jeebies/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:04:49 +0000 Lupa http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1154 I had a nightmare last night — about bugs. Scorpions, spiders, biting flies, centipedes, and other creepy-crawlies that could potentially do damage to the soft flesh wrapping my endoskeleton. (Why couldn’t it have been butterflies? Or snails?) Back when I was a kid, I spent countless days when the weather was warm overturning rocks to catch [...]]]> I had a nightmare last night — about bugs. Scorpions, spiders, biting flies, centipedes, and other creepy-crawlies that could potentially do damage to the soft flesh wrapping my endoskeleton. (Why couldn’t it have been butterflies? Or snails?) Back when I was a kid, I spent countless days when the weather was warm overturning rocks to catch [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-creepy-crawlies-and-heebie-jeebies/feed/ 6 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-midsummer-2009/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-midsummer-2009/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:16:26 +0000 Gerald del Campo http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1072 Air (Alchemy) One of the Four Elements of alchemy believed to carry the archetypal properties of spirit into the visible world. It is linked to the process of Separation and corresponds to the metal Iron. Cassock (Ecclesiastic) A full-length gown with sleeves and collar worn priests, bishops and helpers. Nephesh (Qabalah) Hebrew The animal soul that corresponds to animal/ vegetable [...]]]> Air (Alchemy) One of the Four Elements of alchemy believed to carry the archetypal properties of spirit into the visible world. It is linked to the process of Separation and corresponds to the metal Iron. Cassock (Ecclesiastic) A full-length gown with sleeves and collar worn priests, bishops and helpers. Nephesh (Qabalah) Hebrew The animal soul that corresponds to animal/ vegetable [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-midsummer-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-jan-fries/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-jan-fries/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:10:01 +0000 Taylor Ellwood http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=985 I picked up all of Fries works a few years ago at Edge of the Circle, an occult bookstore in Seattle, which happens to stock these otherwise hard to find books. The main reason these books are hard to find is they are published by a U.K. publisher and have to be special ordered. However, [...]]]> I picked up all of Fries works a few years ago at Edge of the Circle, an occult bookstore in Seattle, which happens to stock these otherwise hard to find books. The main reason these books are hard to find is they are published by a U.K. publisher and have to be special ordered. However, [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-jan-fries/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-summer-2009/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-summer-2009/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:38:07 +0000 Lupa http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=746 In my decade-plus of being a pagan and magician, animal magic and animal totemism have always been my main focus regardless of what paradigm I was working in. Since I began practicing shamanism in earnest back in 2007, I’ve become much more aware of how interconnected everything really is. While I was already an active [...]]]> In my decade-plus of being a pagan and magician, animal magic and animal totemism have always been my main focus regardless of what paradigm I was working in. Since I began practicing shamanism in earnest back in 2007, I’ve become much more aware of how interconnected everything really is. While I was already an active [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-summer-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-william-g-gray/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-william-g-gray/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:16:34 +0000 Taylor Ellwood http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=401 William G. Gray’s books on magic have been one of the foundations of my own practice since 1998, when I was first given his book Ladder of Lights by a mentor of mine. What I’ve found so fascinating with his work is its concise and thorough focus on the process of magic. Gray doesn’t embellish [...]]]> William G. Gray’s books on magic have been one of the foundations of my own practice since 1998, when I was first given his book Ladder of Lights by a mentor of mine. What I’ve found so fascinating with his work is its concise and thorough focus on the process of magic. Gray doesn’t embellish [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/occult-author-spotlight-william-g-gray/feed/ 1 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-scrub-jays/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-scrub-jays/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:16:07 +0000 Lupa http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=387 When I moved to Portland, OR in 2007, one of the first locals to greet me wasn’t human. Instead, I found the trees outside my first apartment to be full of scrub jays. These gray and blue corvids have a similar place in the urban ecosystem here that their cousins, the blue jays, did back [...]]]> When I moved to Portland, OR in 2007, one of the first locals to greet me wasn’t human. Instead, I found the trees outside my first apartment to be full of scrub jays. These gray and blue corvids have a similar place in the urban ecosystem here that their cousins, the blue jays, did back [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/lupas-den-scrub-jays/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/beltane-2009-dictionary/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/beltane-2009-dictionary/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:15:40 +0000 Gerald del Campo http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=390 Ain Sof (Qabalah) Hebrew “Without end.” A reference to God, who is everywhere and in all things. If Ain is the number 0, then Ain Sof is the number 1 and represents creation as it is about to manifest. Because Ain Sof represents a pre-existent state and is infinite, it can have no attributes. Ain Sof [...]]]> Ain Sof (Qabalah) Hebrew “Without end.” A reference to God, who is everywhere and in all things. If Ain is the number 0, then Ain Sof is the number 1 and represents creation as it is about to manifest. Because Ain Sof represents a pre-existent state and is infinite, it can have no attributes. Ain Sof [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/beltane-2009-dictionary/feed/ 1 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-12-08/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-12-08/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:40:44 +0000 Gerald del Campo http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=74 Ain (Qabalah) Hebrew Literally, “no thing.” Some texts suggest that this is the condition of being that is God. Or, to put it another way, God is absolute nothingness or negative existence. No thing that can be understood. Ain represents the first Veil of Negative Existence. Cherub (Qabalah) Hebrew The four powers of the Universe, corresponding to the [...]]]> Ain (Qabalah) Hebrew Literally, “no thing.” Some texts suggest that this is the condition of being that is God. Or, to put it another way, God is absolute nothingness or negative existence. No thing that can be understood. Ain represents the first Veil of Negative Existence. Cherub (Qabalah) Hebrew The four powers of the Universe, corresponding to the [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/dictionary-12-08/feed/ 0