Tag Archives: western esoteric tradition

Sigils, History, etc.

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

In my exploration of magic, I did some things backwards. Actually, by some standards I’m doing the whole thing from the middle to the beginning and back out again. Chaos Magic, and in particular, the modern method of “sigil” magic, … Continue reading →

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Review of The Qabalah Workbook for Magicians

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

Review copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved The Qabalah Workbook for Magicians aims to be a follow-on to Lon Milo DuQuette’s The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford, serving as a first workbook. It covers the Sephiroth, and … Continue reading →

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Astrobabble, bad and good

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved My favorite piece of egregious astrobabble, of course, is from Hair: When the moon is in the Seventh House, And Jupiter aligns with Mars; Then peace will guide the planets, And love will … Continue reading →

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Best-Loved Books

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Review copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved While I’m waiting to finish something else from my to-be-reviewed pile, I thought I would emulate Polyphanes and write about the contents of my “well-thumbed pile,” my books of frequent resort. Actually, … Continue reading →

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Review of Dramatic Ritual (Best of the Equinox, Volume II)

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

“… it is no secret that the falling away of all nations from religion… is due to the fact that the fire no longer burns in the sacred lamp.” – Aleister Crowley Review copyright 2013 () Freeman Presson, all rights … Continue reading →

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The Reënchantment Project

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Copyright 2012 () Freeman Presson, all rights reserved I think that modern physics has definitely decided in favor of Plato. In fact the smallest units of matter are not physical objects in the ordinary sense; they are forms, ideas which … Continue reading →

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Review of Crystals * Jewels * Stones Magic & Science

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Review copyright 2012 () Freeman Presson, all rights reserved This is a nicely-made, 6″x9″ paperback with a soothing, New-Age-friendly sky blue cover bearing a picture of assorted tumbled stones and an attractively-clouded crystal on the cover. Unlike some books on … Continue reading →

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Review of Enochian Magick (The Best of the Equinox, Volume I)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

Review Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved I must begin this review by admitting that the subject of Enochian is above my pay grade as a practitioner at the moment (and will likely remain so for some time). You … Continue reading →

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Mercury Cazimi Talisman Consecration

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

And now for something completely different … wherein I publish a note from my Magical Record. This is pretty close to a traditional consecration; but check out what Polyphanes did if you want a completely pimped-out ritual. 0550 – 0640 … Continue reading →

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Dion Fortune’s The Winged Bull (Dry and Wet Sex Magick in the 30′s)

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Here we have a tale, vintage 1935, of a fairly classic sort in the occult fiction genre: woman who is just magical enough, and just sexy enough, to be irresistible to a left-hand … Continue reading →

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