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/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 [...]]]> 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/new-aeon-initiation-3/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/new-aeon-initiation-3/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:38:07 +0000 IAO131 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1815 4) Self as Redeemer “There is no god but man” — Liber Oz One common attribute of the Old Aeon systems is their insistence on the baseness, sinfulness, and helplessness of humanity. In this view, mankind is naturally in a state spiritual blindness, deafness, and dumbness; we don’t know what is best for ourselves, and [...]]]> 4) Self as Redeemer “There is no god but man” — Liber Oz One common attribute of the Old Aeon systems is their insistence on the baseness, sinfulness, and helplessness of humanity. In this view, mankind is naturally in a state spiritual blindness, deafness, and dumbness; we don’t know what is best for ourselves, and we’re aimless [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/new-aeon-initiation-3/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/poetic-journeys-kronos/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/poetic-journeys-kronos/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:36:16 +0000 Shawn Gray http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1834 O thou who sails Binah’s black sea Whose term is undefined O thou whose sickle circumscribes The arc of a lifetime O thou who gives but twenty-four Divisions in a day And never grants a moment more No matter how much we delay O thou that mocketh every pow’r That we here on Earth may [...]]]> O thou who sails Binah’s black sea Whose term is undefined O thou whose sickle circumscribes The arc of a lifetime O thou who gives but twenty-four Divisions in a day And never grants a moment more No matter how much we delay O thou that mocketh every pow’r That we here on Earth may know From your seat above the Great Abyss Ruling [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/poetic-journeys-kronos/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-real-alchemy/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/review-real-alchemy/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:01:04 +0000 Lupa http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1932 Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy Robert Allen Bartlett Ibis; 3rd edition (May 1, 2009) ISBN: 978-0892541508 224 pages Reviewer: Lupa   Most of the books you’re going to find on alchemy these days talk history, metaphor, or other theoretical concepts. This is one of the very few that goes into the actual practice [...]]]> Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy Robert Allen Bartlett Ibis; 3rd edition (May 1, 2009) ISBN: 978-0892541508 224 pages Reviewer: Lupa   Most of the books you’re going to find on alchemy these days talk history, metaphor, or other theoretical concepts. This is one of the very few that goes into the actual practice of alchemy, step by step. Originally self-published [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/review-real-alchemy/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/new-aeon-initiation-2/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/new-aeon-initiation-2/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:36:37 +0000 IAO131 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1129   2) The True Self contains Good & Evil, Upright & Averse “My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below the hells.” — Liber Tzaddi, line 40 Initiation in the New Aeon is “the Child Growing to Maturity” by the slaying of the ego-self whose “death is life to come” for [...]]]>   2) The True Self contains Good & Evil, Upright & Averse “My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below the hells.” — Liber Tzaddi, line 40 Initiation in the New Aeon is “the Child Growing to Maturity” by the slaying of the ego-self whose “death is life to come” for the True Self. [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/new-aeon-initiation-2/feed/ 8 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 [...]]]> 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/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 [...]]]> 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