Tag Archives: Ceremonial Magic

Reflection on Ritual

Posted on 2017-04-10 by freemanpresson

I was in a discussion a week ago that reminded me of another one sixteen years past. None of the same people were present, but there were two things strikingly similar: conflation of the different senses of the term “ritual,” … Continue reading →

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Opus of the Parametamagus: an Antero Alli Wonderwork

Posted on 2016-05-13 by freemanpresson

I took a lot of notes during my first viewing of Antero Alli‘s “To Dream of Falling Upwards.” They mentioned the dreamlike opening, in which a woman walks a labyrinth, sits in the middle, is visited by a hummingbird, then … Continue reading →

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How About an Illustrated Hardcover Picatrix?

Posted on 2015-04-10 by freemanpresson

Review copyright 2015() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved You can still get the the paperback Picatrix on Amazon, but there is now a hardcover edition of the same thing with a wealth of small (6.5cm x 6.5cm), monochrome talismanic pictures by … Continue reading →

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Pens for Talismanic drawing?

Posted on 2014-06-11 by freemanpresson

I’ve been using Pilot V5s (like these: Pilot Precise V5 Stick Rolling Ball Pens) because Poke Runyon recommended them, now I see these ultra-fine pens (Sakura 50075 16-Piece Pigma Micron 05 Assorted Colors) that look even better for “close” work. … Continue reading →

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Review of _The Best of the Equinox III: Sex Magick_

Posted on 2013-10-26 by freemanpresson

Review copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Maestro Lon Milo DuQuette has again made selections of articles from Crowley’s Equinox, with a fascinating Introduction. The previous two, Enochian Magick and Dramatic Ritual, have previously been examined here. The selection … Continue reading →

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Sigils, History, etc.

Posted on 2013-06-12 by freemanpresson

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 2013-05-29 by freemanpresson

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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Best-Loved Books

Posted on 2013-04-24 by freemanpresson

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 2013-04-13 by freemanpresson

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

Posted on 2012-11-21 by freemanpresson

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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