Category: Devotion & Theurgy

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part X – Nature Loves to Hide: Celestial Correspondences & Occult Virtues

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  October 25, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abu Ma’shar, Addressative Magic, Agrippa, Al-Biruni, Al-Kindi, Albertus Magnus, Amulets, Antediluvian Pre-History, Aristotelian Physics, Astral Medicine, Astral Properties, Astrological Images, Babylonian Astral Magic, Bolus of Mendes, Brethren of Purity, Bronze Age, Celestial Correspondences, Cosmic Unity, David Pingree, De Imaginibus, De Quindecim Stellis, De Virtutibus Herbarum, E.R. Dodds, Emanationism, Empedocles, European Middle Ages, Evolution, Francesca Rochberg, Ghayat al-Hakim, Giovanni della Porta, Great Chain of Being, Great Introduction to Astrology, Harranian Sabians, Hellenistic Astrology, Henads, Hildegaard von Bingen, Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Israel Hibner, Johannes Trithemius, Kyranides, Marsilio Ficino, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Mesopotamian Ritual Texts, Neuroscience, Nicholas Culpeper, Nicholas Weill-Parot, Occult Virtues, Old Babylonian Period, On the Stellar Rays, Peter de Abano, PGM, Picatrix, Plato, Platonism, Plotinus, Proclus, Psychologism, Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius, Seira, Seleucid Uruk, Speculum Astronomiae, Sympatheia, Thabit ibn Qurra, Theophilus of Edessa, Theurgy, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Yavanajataka

• Constellations: The Mysteries of Relational Images

  

  Have you ever had a time in your life that was so powerful, so lush, so beautiful, that you wished you could bottle the moment, crystallize it, preserving it as if in amber to savor forever? These ‘preserved in amber’ crystallizations of auspicious, powerful moments really do exist: they are called astrological talismans.

  Rain & Pallas

  September 7, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Astrological Talismans for Beginners, Devotion & Theurgy, General Access, Planetary Magic, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Magic for Beginners, Astrological Talismans, Constellation Talismans, Constellations, Magical Jewelry, Relational Astromagic, Traditional Magic

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part IX – Astral Causation: The Particular Astrology of Astrological Magic

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  September 5, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abu Ma’shar, Al-Kindi, Aristotelianism, Astral Causation, Astral Properties, Atomism, Babylonian Astral Magic, Brethren of Purity, Calcidius, Celestial Script, Chris Brennan, Chryssipus, Corpus Hemeticum, Cosmic Pessimism, Cosmic Unity, David Pingree, De Radiis, Determinism, Divination, Emanationism, Epicureanism, Epicurus, Eugnostos, Fatalism, Fate, Fortune, Gnosticism, Great Chain of Being, Great Introduction to Astrology, Heimarmene, Hellenistic Astrology, Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Liana Saif, Omen Logic, Omens, On the Stellar Rays, PGM, Plato, Platonism, Plotinus, Plutarch, Poimandres, Prayer of the Night, Pronoia, Providence, Relational Network, Semiotics, Seneca, Stellar Rays, Stobaean Fragments, Stoicism, Sympatheia, Theurgy, Timaeus, Vettius Valens, Zosimos of Panopolis

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part VIII – The Cosmic Hierarchy and the Great Chain of Being

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  August 7, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Aether, Agrippa, Alexander Pope, Alienation, An Essay on Man, Angels, Anima Mundi, Animals, Aristotle, Arthur Lovejoy, Brethren of Purity, Celestial Correspondences, Chaldean Oracles, Colonialism, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio, Cosmic Dance, Cosmic Harmony, CS Lewis, Daeimones, Darwin, Dignity of Creation, Divine Right of Kings, Doctrine of Exaltation, Elements, EMW Tillyard, Giordano Bruno, History of Animals, Iamblichus, Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ, John Dee, John Milton, Linnaeus, Macrobius, Marsilio Ficino, Matter, Minerals, Neoplatonism, Nous, Plants, Plato, Proclus, Pseudo-Dionysius, Ptolemy, Quintessence, Robert Fludd, Scala Naturae, Scientific Taxonomy, Social Darwinism, The Elizabethan World Picture, Timaeus, Worldview

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part VII – The Ordered & Animate Universe: Essential Cosmological Principles

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Rain & Pallas

  July 20, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abu Ma’shar, Agalma, Al-Kindi, Al-Razi, Armillary Sphere, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Autozoion, Brethren of Purity, Cosmogy, Creation Myth, Daimones, David Pingree, De Mysteriis, Demiurge, Earl Fontainelle, Emanationism, Enneads, Eternal Forms, Ghayat al-Hakim, Gnosticism, Hypercosmic Gods, Iamblichus, Image Magic, Liana Saif, Neoplatonism, Nous, Perfection, Picatrix, Planetary Hypotheses, Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, Ptolemy, Secular Materialism, SHWEP, Statues, Theology of Aristotle, Timaeus

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part V – Tributaries to the River Part I: A Sketch of Astrological Cosmology and the Antique Origins of Astrological Talismans

  

  As mentioned in the previous lesson, “the” tradition or worldview of astrological magic is perhaps more accurately characterized as a complex blend or syncretism of many different traditions and worldviews. In much the same way as a river is fed by many streams, the tradition of astrological magic borrows much from a variety of sources.…

  Idola Stellarum

  May 31, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abu Ma’shar, Al-Kindi, Al-Qurtubi, Al-Razi, Alchemy, Anima Mundi, Apollonius of Tyana, Aristotle, Assyrian Religion, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Babylonian Astrology, Book of the Treasure of Alexander, Brethren of Purity, Chaldean Oracles, Claudius Ptolemy, Daimons, David Pingree, De Imaginubus, De Quindecim Stellis, Decans, Decumbiture, Demiurge, Discourse on the Eighth and the Ninth, Emanationism, Fixed Star Talismans, Giordano Bruno, Gnosticism, Great Chain of Being, Greek Magical Papyri, Harranian Sabians, Hermes Trismegistus, Hermeticism, House-Based Talismans, Iamblichus, Inner Sanctum, Islamic Golden Age, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Kairos, Katarchic Astrology, Late Platonism, Liana Saif, Lunar Mansions, Magic, Melothesia, Middle Platonism, Nabataean Agriculture, Nag Hammadi Library, Nechepso, Neoplatonism, Nous, Perfect Nature, Petosiris, PGM, Picatrix, Planetary Talismans, Plato, Plotinus, Proclus, Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, Ruhaniyyat, Symposium, Thabit ibn Qurra, Theology of Aristotle, Timaeus, Toz Graecus, Vettius Valens, Worldview, Zosimos of Panopolis

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part IV – The Practices of Astrological Magic

  

  In this lesson we jump back from the modern worldview toward the astromagical worldview. Having firmly in mind from the previous lesson some general vision of “the” modern worldview, we can readily begin forming a contrasting image with “the” astromagical worldview—which is not really a single worldview after all, but rather a syncretic blend of…

  Idola Stellarum

  May 25, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Addressative Magic, Al-Kindi, Al-Qurtubi, Al-Razi, Albertus Magnus, Astral Images, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Brethren of Purity, Celestial Petitions, Centiloquium, Christopher Faraone, CS Lewis, Daimons, David Pingree, Harranian Sabians, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Sina, Inner Sanctum, Katarchic Astrology, Learned Magic, Liana Saif, Liber septum planetarium ex scientia Abel, Magic, Michael-Sebastian Noble, Natural Magic, Perfect Nature, Picatrix, Pseudo-Ptolemy, Stellar Devotion, Thabit ibn Qurra, Worldview

• Christopher Warnock: Founding Figure of the Astrological Magic Revival

  

  A post crediting Christopher Warnock as the father of traditional astrological magic revival and the elder statesman of astrological magic, and encouraging anyone interested in astrological magic to seek out his works and teachings.

  Idola Stellarum

  March 9, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Astrological Talismans for Beginners, Devotion & Theurgy, General Access, Planetary Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Christopher Warnock, Magic, Picatrix, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Stellar Devotion, Theurgy, Worldview

• Beings as Epithets: The Planetary Invocations of Giordano Bruno’s Cantus Circaeus – Part II

  

  Having shared the context and content of Giordano Bruno’s planetary invocations from Cantus Circaeus in Part I of this post, we now proceed to explore some of the more magical implications of the invocations. First, we examine the condensed form of astrological magical ritual that Bruno shares and consider its implications, before then moving on…

  Idola Stellarum

  January 26, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Cantus Circaeus, Devotion, Epithets, Giordano Bruno, Idola Stellarum, Magical Practice, Orphic Hymns, Petitions, Picatrix, Planetary Correspondences, Planetary Magic, Prayer, Theurgy, Traditional Magic

• Beings as Epithets: The Planetary Invocations of Giordano Bruno’s Cantus Circaeus – Part I

  

  Cantus Circaeus, or The Song of Circe, was a work on the art of memory published by Giordano Bruno in Paris in 1582, toward the beginning of his career as an author. Intended as a briefer introduction and application of the art of memory (a complex though practical mnemonic system involving the method of loci,…

  Idola Stellarum

  January 25, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Cantus Circaeus, Devotion, Epithets, Giordano Bruno, Idola Stellarum, Magical Practice, Orphic Hymns, Petitions, Picatrix, Planetary Correspondences, Planetary Magic, Prayer, Theurgy, Traditional Magic