Alchemy. Divination. Divination (from Latin divinare "to foresee, to be inspired by a god",[2] related to divinus, divine) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual.[3] Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency.
Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appear to be disjointed, random facets of existence such that they provide insight into a problem at hand. If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a more formal or ritualistic element and often contains a more social character, usually in a religious context, as seen in traditional African medicine. The Art of Haruspicy. Nowadays, few of us slaughter our own livestock; it is done in a factory where we don't have to see it.
Also, entrails are offensive to modern sensibilities and most of us would prefer not to examine them. Fortunately there is a form of haruspicy, called "ooscopy", that is quite compatible with the modern world. Ooscopy substitutes an egg for the sacrificial animal and inspection of the opened egg for examination of the entrails.
This works just as well as the ancient procedure, and perhaps better. Ancient haruspices didn't use it because you can't make a great public celebration out of the cracking of an egg. The Sacrifice i. Ii. Iii. "APLU!
Ritual. Left-hand path and right-hand path. The Baphomet, from Eliphas Levi's "Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie", 1854, adopted symbol of some "Left-Hand Path" belief systems.
The terms Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path refer to a dichotomy between two opposing approaches found in Western esotericism, which itself covers various groups involved in the occult and ceremonial magic. In some definitions, the Left-Hand Path is equated with malicious Black magic and the Right-Hand Path with benevolent White magic.[1]:152 Other occultists have criticised this definition, believing that the Left-Right dichotomy refers merely to different kinds of working, and does not necessarily connote good or bad magical actions.[1]:176.
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Hermeticism. Not to be confused with Hermit.
Hermeticism, also called Hermetism,[1][2] is a religious and philosophical/esoteric tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus ("Thrice Great").[3] These writings have greatly influenced the Western esoteric tradition and were considered to be of great importance during both the Renaissance[4] and the Reformation.[5] The tradition claims descent from a prisca theologia, a doctrine that affirms the existence of a single, true theology that is present in all religions and that was given by God to man in antiquity.[6][7] Many Christian writers, including Lactantius, Augustine,[8] Thomas Aquinas[citation needed], Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Giordano Bruno, Campanella, Sir Thomas Browne, and Emerson, considered Hermes Trismegistus to be a wise pagan prophet who foresaw the coming of Christianity.[9][10] History[edit]
The Path of Knowledge. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa: Of Occult Philosophy, Book I (part 1) This digital edition by Joseph H.
Peterson, Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved. Finnish translation by Michael Sirola is also available. You will need a Hebrew font installed to read some of this book. Esoterica Etc. Western Esoteric Texts. Sacred-texts home Neopaganism Grimoires Buy CD-ROM Buy Esoteric and Occult Books This page indexes resources at this site in the Western Esoteric tradition.
There is much more related to this topic at this site, listed below . The Canon Episcopi. (After reading this article, read an in-depth analysis of the Canon Episcopi. ) In the year 892 CE, a man named Regino became the abbot of Prüm.
(See the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia article on Regino here .) He was known afterward as Regino of Prüm, even though he was expelled from the abbey in 899. A Manual of Occultism. Pagan & Esoteric Explorations. ESOTERICA - Paganism, Spirituality, Psychic Explorations & Ritual Magic Mani has been exploring & studying esoteric subjects for many decades, and western paganism in particular since 1994.
Horned God. The term Horned God itself predates Wicca, and is an early 20th-century syncretic term for a horned or antlered anthropomorphic god with pseudohistorical origins[4] who, according to Margaret Murray's 1921 The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, was the deity worshipped by a pan-European witchcraft-based cult, and was demonized into the form of the Devil by the Mediaeval Church.
The Horned God has been explored within several psychological theories, and has become a recurrent theme in fantasy literature.[5]:872 Horned God of Wicca[edit] For Wiccans, the Horned God is "the personification of the life force energy in animals and the wild"[6] and is associated with the wilderness, virility and the hunt.[7]:16 Doreen Valiente writes that the Horned God also carries the souls of the dead to the underworld.[8] Occult Rituals as practice by those who follow the right hand path, I leave it to you to form your own opinion's.
What are you most powerful occult rituals? Occult Signs and Symbols. Astral projection. Astral projection (or astral travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe a willful out-of-body experience (OBE), a supposed form of telepathy,[1][2] that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside it throughout the universe.[3][4][5] The idea of astral travel is rooted and was promoted by 19th century Theosophists—philosophers who explored the mystical and preternatural origins of the natural world.[3] It is sometimes reported in association with dreams, and forms of meditation.[6] Some individuals have reported perceptions similar to descriptions of astral projection that were induced through various hallucinogenic and hypnotic means (including self-hypnosis).
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