Cosmology
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This may date me a bit, but do you remember those “What If?” comic books? “What if Superman was evil?” “What if the Fantastic Four were cavemen?” “What if Dr.Doom was a particularly vicious poodle?” There’s too much of that thinking in magical theory, and has been for quite a while.
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Jewish numerology is different from those developed in other ethno-religious cultures, and it does have some key magical connotations which should be paid attention to. Keter: Crown. The Sphere of the Primum Mobile. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall…
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The divine and demonic absurdity of names. This was a topic raised elsewhere, but I want to highlight it here while also avoiding getting into anything which could be construed as personal with people I respect. Astaroth and Astarte are completely different beings. It is historically correct that the name Astaroth (a male, aggressive demon)…
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I reiterate, no person involved in magic should skip reading W.W. Jacobs “The Monkeys Paw.” For a lot of reasons. http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/mnkyspaw.htm
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Page 57 Picatrix Rubeus: “All that we have said in this context we say only to sharpen the intellect and illuminate awareness, because the aforesaid words and reasons that we have stated are spiritual images and the word that Adam received form the Lord God. They cannot be understood except by the sages who have labored…
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“Matter is a coadunation of the elements ordered for the reception of form.” –Picatrix Rubeus, page 56
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