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Soooo, we should basically just believe you because your delusions told you so ??? There is plenty of historical reference to practices that work with the dead, and plenty of living traditions that still do. You should know that quite well. However, my point was there is a difference between readin...

Not so.I argue that these terms have been misinterpreted by those who were ignorant of the text they read from.Look at Desecrateds posts above for examples that prove you are in error. You make the mistake of assuming that I am talking about things I've read from books, instead of something that I'...

Graveyard dirt,yes still used and they sell it online too.For the unenlightened everywhere. Unenlightened my ass. Do you not know how occult virtues work? Because it's not just herbs and minerals and metals that are special. Everything has unique metaphysical properties that can be used in spell an...

There is a balance between humility and arrogance, where you can be confident without being pretentious (usually), and it is a place that I try to stay in when I can. You can acknowledge that there are bigger, older and stronger things than you without groveling to them, just as you can accept that ...

Well thank you for your frank reply. I was asking because what you say you experienced (having a patron deity claim you as their own and communicate with you, communicating with spirits, and tangling with the fates) is not very common, though it would appear that you think it is nothing out of the ...

I'm not quite sure what to say to you here. You are either completely delusional, full of total bs, or the grandest mage (and aught to be the wealthiest) man alive. So which are you? If a man knows not what to say, he should say nothing. I am a simple and humble Norse Pagan Daoist. Or that's the la...

A thing can only be objectively true if it works every time, for everyone who does it, and has an expected result. You cannot debunk my statement by claiming that any of this study is objectively true. I most certainly can. That is not how I was using the word objective in my previous phrasing, but...

It should be noted that the noble and wealthy folks that the grimoires usually ended up in the hands of would not necessarily be educated in what would be common folklore among people of lower status, and so such knowledge would not be necessarily basic and certainly could be considered an initiatic...

I don't mean to poop in the oatmeal here, but if you read the Key of Solomon, it clearly states in the introduction that these sigils aren't meant to conjure up demons, but to activate parts of the brain relating to the personality trait of the said demon. Also, I mean... does it have to be said? A...

I was reminded that there are several Golden Dawn offshoots where the LBRP and the other rituals were heavily modified, yet remain generally functional. The only offshoots I've actually examined are those discussed by John Michael Greer though. He wrote a book called The Celtic Golden Dawn, where he...

Within the overall paradigm of Psionics (and a few other paradigms), the so-called Psi Ball is an exercise in creating Constructs : a specific quantity of energy given Purpose and (or) Form, with the Purpose generally being more important than the Form. Psions would consider what most Magicians call...

There aren't any rituals quite like the LBRP much further back. High Magick as you're thinking of it (influenced by the GD as the term now is) isn't really that classical. Western Occultists did not believe that magick could be done with personal power until about Eliphas Levi, who pretty much chang...

"Love like the sun," The Lovers whisper, "unselfishly and unconditionally. Then you need not chase after your Venus, your Gaia, your Mars: for she will happily come into your warm embrace."



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"Tell me one last thing," said Harry. "Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?" Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. "Of course it is happening...

There is an entire class of Martial Arts that utilize esoteric skills in order to augment physical skills, producing all kinds of wonderous abilities from mind games and illusions to intimidating people or turning (kinda) invisible by altering the aura to more physical based skills like Fa Jin and Q...

I have a leaning towards doing low magic like Hoodoo. However, I lack resources. I don't have the option to buy oils, crystals and herbs in my country. Improvise. The oils you find in a grocery store for cooking are often just as magical as anything found in a magic shop. Olive Oil, Sesame, Safflow...

What kind of Spellcraft are you doing? Some methods require more "Personal Power" than others. ~:Shin:~ Candle and sigil magic. So, you're probably doing Wishcraft and thus not getting results. Candles and Sigils can work just fine, but there is technique and skill involved, and they both...

What kind of Spellcraft are you doing? Some methods require more "Personal Power" than others.



~:Shin:~

1) Practice meditations to develop strong skill in Grounding and Centering, so that you can develop a strong psychic fortitude that is difficult to shake or break even on its own. Bardon calls this Equipoise and uses the Elemental Key to achieve it in his system. This inner fortitude effects your au...

"Come, then, let us now endeavor, so far as we are able, to straighten the complicated problem in respect to the personal daemon, which is likewise made the theme for various objections. So, therefore, to speak plainly, the treatment of the subject in respect to the personal daemon is twofold, ...

There are more Forces under Heaven and Earth than any single Initiate or System can ever fully comprehend. There are, however, Greater Forces and Lesser Forces, the latter being of greater number and often either a mixture of or a lesser expression of the former. In short, you are wasting your time....

(not a shot at Shin, I know he knows his shit) My biggest issue with Robert is the early stages of NEW, because he gives so much attention to applying the Tactile Imagination in his methods. That's all fine and effective for those who have a Plastic Imagination either through previous training or n...

Typical Christian dominance, for the most part. As the Western Mystery Tradition became more Christianized due to the general Christianization of Europe, the Initiates who had long accepted the reality of the nature spirits like elementals had to figure out how to mesh that together with the spirits...

The Abrahamic Tradition has a tendency of calling any spirit that shows up on behalf of God to do good deeds an Angel, while any spirit who causes mischief and drama is a demon. In this respect, depending on which one you meet or how much you piss them off, any of the Fae could be viewed as both Ang...

Astral Dynamics by Robert Bruce.



~:Shin:~