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Lucifer is Latin. It means "light-bearer". In origin, before ever being used in the Vulgate translation of the Bible, it was simply the Roman translation of the Greek name Phosphoros (Φωσφόρος), also "light-bearer", as the personification of the planet Venus as the morning star, ...

"White Magic is poetry. Black magic is anything that actually works." - Victor Anderson What we have here is a misunderstanding of what magic is, what Theurgia aims for, and how that differs from the kind of magic aimed at Making Stuff Happen. Strictly speaking, from a high magic perspecti...

Dion Fortune's Psychic Self-Defense is a classic, for sure, and worth the read. But it is somewhat dated - nearly a hundred years old, now - and there is rather a lot to read through to sift out the practical techniques. By "dated" one should understand not only does it focus mostly on the...

I am frankly amazed that the restoration you have accomplished here allowed me to recover my original account. Well done!

It is good to have these back, thank you.

Is thread necromancy a no-no here? In any case, I'll risk it. I have a bit more I can say - thanks to a teacher who administered an Oath of Initiation that allows me a lot of discretionary leeway in determining for myself just precisely how to honor my obligation to "keep secret that which must...

The short answer is another question: "What are you trying to achieve?" But like most Socratic rejoinders, it's not especially helpful. So here are some general thoughts. If you really want to pursue a deeper understanding and practice of magic, it has to be given priority in your daily li...

I presume you mean natal Sun? Libra. I also have the Moon, Mercury and (I think) the Moon's south node in the same sign. Nearly everything in my chart is crammed into a three sign arc of Virgo, Libra, Scorpio. But my rising sign is Gemini, and I have that old heavy, Saturn, hanging as a counterweigh...

Seems I am late to the party. On a whim, or perhaps I hunch, I decided this morning to look around for active occult forums, and found my way here. Went to register, and was disappointed to find this handle already claimed. Phooey. But then I did a search, to see what kind of malarky was being poste...