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The Use of Prayer in the Occult

June 5, 2009 by Sarenth  
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The Webster definition of prayer is “an address (as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought.1” Let us assume there are two general categories of occultists: those who work with or rely on only themselves, and those who work with or rely on some Other in their work. This Other could [...]

Conjuring Spirits the Old Fashioned Way

June 2, 2009 by Rufus Opus  
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Agrippa is a great resource for all things magical. Using the tables of the scales of numbers in his 2nd Book of Occult Philosophy, you will be able to put together whatever type of ritual you could possibly need. However, the details on how to conjure spirits aren’t in the Three Books. Instead, you find [...]

The Four Suits of the Tarot Deck – A Brief Exposition

June 2, 2009 by Keith Rowley  
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Introduction A plethora of works exist on the subject of the Tarot; some well informed, some less so. At the outset of the formulation of this essay, permit me to state that there are two key maxims derived from the teachings of the Golden Dawn and of Aleister Crowley to which I adhere as well as [...]

The Great Work of the Holy Guardian Angel

June 2, 2009 by Sheta Kaey  
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“Angel” is a word that carries even more baggage than “soulmate” – baggage that goes back thousands of years to the beginnings of Judeo-Christian theology. While the most common definition of the word tends to be “messenger of God,” that raises the further question of “what is God?” and that’s a question I’m not going [...]