Experiments
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This is a relic of the Black Sun Project era. A Dying Book was a riff off the Jewish notion that God writes the names of all who are to survive the coming year during the high holidays. The idea that an inversion of this might be turned into a magical object comes from a…
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The primary tool for making SIM talismans is the diamond-tipped stylus or pen (I mean, other than your brains, astrology software and so forth.) Do not use a dremel or another powered engraving tool. It will slide across the surface of the metal or gemstone, ruining the inscription or snagging it and slinging it across…
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VENUS PETITON: Venus and Moon in Taurus, Cancer ASC, Moon triumphed, Venus sextile ASC. Talismanic elections have been few and far between of late, and I’m taking a break from curse talismans for a while– so that leaves petitions. This one was slightly experimental. Now, the key with petitions as opposed to talismans is that…
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THE TALISMANS OF THE ANGEL WITH THE BACKWARDS HEAD: Strong Capella election with the ASC Ruler Retrograde. So, I never post talismanic elections in the future that I intend to use because I find that ruins them. I won’t be using this one. “Horehound seed mixed with equal parts of mint, wormwood and mandrake, placed…
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THE TALISMANS OF AWESTRUCK DREAD: 11th Lunar Mansion with Mars. This is one of those experimental elections which either curse the living shit out of me or work fabulously. Somebody needs to test this stuff out, might as well be me. Kids, don’t try this at home! The Moon is slow, too slow to normally…
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THE RINGS OF THE KISS OF DARKNESS: Venus in Zero Scorpio, Cazimi. [I am only including this post, unedited, for historical purposes. This was one of the dumbest, riskiest, and most malefic talismans I’ve ever created. It did not work as intended, but was a magnet for terrible misfortune. Awful.] This is the first set…
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THE RINGS OF SPLENDOR: The talismans of Zachor, the 2nd Face of Leo. As indicated elsewhere, this was a highly experimental talisman. It not only used a somewhat imperfect election, but the decan’s attributes are largely unpleasant. And yet, I believe it is actually rather desirable in extreme. “There rises in the second face of Leo…
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THE RINGS OF FEVER’S ECLIPSE: Moon conjoined to Arcturus [I include this post for historical reasons only; the talismans were highly malefic and extremely dangerous. They could not even be stored safely but required complex deconsecrations.] This one is one of the riskier elections I’ve done recently, to the point it almost falls out of Tradition.…
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