Tag Archives: 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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Review of Peter Stockinger’s STARS AND STONES: An Astro-Magical Lapidary

Posted on 2016-05-11 by freemanpresson

I didn’t realize, until I got the book in my hands, that this does a lot more for Hermetic astro-mages than just add to the lore of what stones and metals to use for talismans … Continue reading →

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Magical Hip-gnosis post (from the archives)

Posted on 2014-09-14 by freemanpresson

(This went up on my livejournal on 2011-04-10) This is from the I-thought-I-invented-this-until-I-saw-it-in-a-book1 dep’t: A few years ago, I started doing magical hypnosis work. Right away, I hit on the idea of programming keywords by way of post-hypnotic suggestion. I … 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 Stones of the Seven Rays

Posted on 2014-02-21 by freemanpresson

I reviewed Stones of the Seven Rays: The Science of the Seven Facets of the Soul on Spiral Nature! Also recently bought: the deeply annotated edition of the Timaeus: Plato’s Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato. I expect to get a … 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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Astrobabble, bad and good

Posted on 2013-05-05 by freemanpresson

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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The Reënchantment Project

Posted on 2012-12-28 by freemanpresson

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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