http://www.rendingtheveil.com Occult Resources for Magicians Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/purpose-ritual-meditation-practices-thelema/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/purpose-ritual-meditation-practices-thelema/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:08:15 +0000 IAO131 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2245 When doing some practice or ritual, if one is a Thelemite then one must always ask this question: How does this help the fulfillment of my Will? Too many times do Thelemites perform ceremonial rituals and yoga practices for some aim other than the fulfillment of their Wills. Thelema often speaks of Initiation, the Great [...]]]> When doing some practice or ritual, if one is a Thelemite then one must always ask this question: How does this help the fulfillment of my Will? Too many times do Thelemites perform ceremonial rituals and yoga practices for some aim other than the fulfillment of their Wills. Thelema often speaks of Initiation, the Great Work, Knowledge and [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/purpose-ritual-meditation-practices-thelema/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/greater-wheel-fortune-practical-magick/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/greater-wheel-fortune-practical-magick/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:07:35 +0000 Frater Barrabbas http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2236 Yule — the wheel of the year turns; yet everything appears to stand still in the frozen, icy world. Thoughts during this season turn to the past as we examine and reflect on everything that has happened — from joys to disappointments. We make promises to ourselves, New Years’ resolutions aimed to fix the flaws [...]]]> Yule — the wheel of the year turns; yet everything appears to stand still in the frozen, icy world. Thoughts during this season turn to the past as we examine and reflect on everything that has happened — from joys to disappointments. We make promises to ourselves, New Years’ resolutions aimed to fix the flaws and [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/greater-wheel-fortune-practical-magick/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/kali-devil/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/kali-devil/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:45:25 +0000 Aion 131 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1707       Use any preliminary ritual you like — Banish, Create a Circle, Meditate.   By the light of a dark indigo candle place The Devil Card of any tarot (The Thoth Deck is recommended) in the Center of your altar. There should also be tokens of Kali — a simple inverted triangle, a [...]]]>       Use any preliminary ritual you like — Banish, Create a Circle, Meditate.   By the light of a dark indigo candle place The Devil Card of any tarot (The Thoth Deck is recommended) in the Center of your altar. There should also be tokens of Kali — a simple inverted triangle, a cup of dark wine, dark incense… etc. Sit in ½ lotus upon [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/kali-devil/feed/ 1 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/ritual-myth/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/ritual-myth/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:45:19 +0000 Patrick Dunn http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1899 A while back, I went to see a movie after my piano lesson, mostly on a whim. Feeling virtuous for forgoing the nachos (how can something so nasty be so tempting?), I settled into my seat and after silently judging the previews (“yup,” “cool,” “no way,” “Western civilization has officially collapsed.”), I watched my film. [...]]]> A while back, I went to see a movie after my piano lesson, mostly on a whim. Feeling virtuous for forgoing the nachos (how can something so nasty be so tempting?), I settled into my seat and after silently judging the previews (“yup,” “cool,” “no way,” “Western civilization has officially collapsed.”), I watched my film. In [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/ritual-myth/feed/ 1 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/necromancy-dark-art/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/necromancy-dark-art/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:45:00 +0000 Frater Barrabbas http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1861 Amongst all the various names for magical practices, the word necromancy is probably the most foreboding and sinister. No doubt that such a practice was diabolical and associated with the blackest forms of magic. Popular folklore and belief defines necromancy as divination performed through the conjuration and manipulation of the spirits of the dead. The [...]]]> Amongst all the various names for magical practices, the word necromancy is probably the most foreboding and sinister. No doubt that such a practice was diabolical and associated with the blackest forms of magic. Popular folklore and belief defines necromancy as divination performed through the conjuration and manipulation of the spirits of the dead. The [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/necromancy-dark-art/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/goetic-evocation-fad/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/goetic-evocation-fad/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:40:10 +0000 Frater Barrabbas http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1850 A few years ago occult students and practicing magicians became enamored of the old grimoires and began to purchase newly translated and annotated copies of them. This may be due in part to published books written by Steve Savedow, Joseph C. Lisiewski and Aaron Leitch. All three authors recommended using the old grimoires in a [...]]]> A few years ago occult students and practicing magicians became enamored of the old grimoires and began to purchase newly translated and annotated copies of them. This may be due in part to published books written by Steve Savedow, Joseph C. Lisiewski and Aaron Leitch. All three authors recommended using the old grimoires in a [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/goetic-evocation-fad/feed/ 5 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/rethinking-energy-work/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/rethinking-energy-work/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:39:23 +0000 Sarenth http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1730 Energy. It powers our bodies, forms thoughts in our heads, helps our vehicles move, and affects every aspect of our lives in some way. Most forms we use come from the resulting reactions between two or more things, such as between sparks and gasoline in a car, though this is overly simplistic. In [...]]]> Energy. It powers our bodies, forms thoughts in our heads, helps our vehicles move, and affects every aspect of our lives in some way. Most forms we use come from the resulting reactions between two or more things, such as between sparks and gasoline in a car, though this is overly simplistic. In [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/rethinking-energy-work/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/book-review-modern-magick/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/book-review-modern-magick/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:02:33 +0000 Sheta Kaey http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1922 Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts Donald Michael Kraig Llewellyn Publications (1988) ISBN: 978-0875423241 600 pages Reviewer: Sheta Kaey   As this book is typically the first book recommended to anyone interested in learning ceremonial or ritual magick, I thought a review here was appropriate, if only for the purpose of having [...]]]> Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts Donald Michael Kraig Llewellyn Publications (1988) ISBN: 978-0875423241 600 pages Reviewer: Sheta Kaey   As this book is typically the first book recommended to anyone interested in learning ceremonial or ritual magick, I thought a review here was appropriate, if only for the purpose of having it in our archives. As a primer [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/book-review-modern-magick/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/review-egyptian-revenge-spells/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/review-egyptian-revenge-spells/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:01:06 +0000 Lupa http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1946 Egyptian Revenge Spells Claudia R. Dillaire Crossing Press (June 23, 2009) ISBN: 978-1580911900 192 pages Reviewer: Lupa   It’s no secret that the original pagans were no stranger to curses. From tribal shamans to priests to everyday people utilizing folk magic, part of most magic-workers’ arsenal was curses and other maleficio. The Egyptians weren’t an [...]]]> Egyptian Revenge Spells Claudia R. Dillaire Crossing Press (June 23, 2009) ISBN: 978-1580911900 192 pages Reviewer: Lupa   It’s no secret that the original pagans were no stranger to curses. From tribal shamans to priests to everyday people utilizing folk magic, part of most magic-workers’ arsenal was curses and other maleficio. The Egyptians weren’t an exception to this, and contemporary examples of [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/review-egyptian-revenge-spells/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/neophyte-commentary-lrp/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/neophyte-commentary-lrp/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:26:30 +0000 Nicholas Graham http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2118 Those who regard this ritual as a mere device to invoke or banish spirits, are unfit to possess it. Properly understood, it is the Medicine of Metals and the Stone of the Wise. — Aleister Crowley, Notes on the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram1 Just as Crowley said, the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram [...]]]> Those who regard this ritual as a mere device to invoke or banish spirits, are unfit to possess it. Properly understood, it is the Medicine of Metals and the Stone of the Wise. — Aleister Crowley, Notes on the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram1 Just as Crowley said, the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram is [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/neophyte-commentary-lrp/feed/ 0