Category: Devotion & Theurgy

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: XIV: The Rūḥāniyyāt Part II: Angels, Souls, and Ensoulment

  

  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

  June 1, 2026

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

  Abu’l-Barakat, Al-Kindi, Al-Razi, Albertus Magnus, Amulets, Angels, Arab polytheism, Aristotle, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Aziz Al-Azmeh, Carriers of the Throne, Celestial Correspondences, Celestial Spheres, Cosmology, Daimones, De Quindecim Stellis, Elevation Model, Emanationism, Ensouling, God, Governance Model, Hadith, Hypostases, Identity Model, Ikhwan al-Safa, Image Magic, Intelligence, Islam, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Israfil, Jibra’il, Jinn, Katarchic Astrology, Liana Saif, Macroanthropos, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Matter, Mika’il, Munkar, Nakir, Nature, Near East, On the Stellar Rays, Picatrix, Planets, Plato, Quran, Revelation, Ridwan, Ruhaniyyat, Rulership, Sachiko Murata, Secondary Creation, Spirits, Spirits of Time, St. Augustine, Stephen Burge, Sublunary Creation, Timaeus, Universal Nature, Universal Soul

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: XIII: The Rūḥāniyyāt: “Images are Spirits of Time” Part I

  

  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

  May 20, 2026

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

  Abbasid Empire, Akkadia, Amulets, Ancient Near-EAst, Angels, Apotropaion, Apuleius, Assyria, Big Day, Big Weather Spirit, Bird Man, Brethren of Purity, Celestial Spirits, Chaldean Oracles, Connectors, Daimones, Demonization, Demons, Diotima, Egyptian Magic, Enuma Elish, Etana, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Hybridity, Hygromanteia, Iamblichus, Ikhwan al-Safa, Images, Inana, Ishkur-Adad, Ishtar, Islamic Occult Sciences, Iynges, Jinn, Jupiter, Kitab al-Istimakhis, La-tarak, Lares, Liana Saif, Lion-Centaur, Lucidarium Artis Nigromantice, Lulal, Macrocosm, Marduk, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Mesopotamia, Microcosm, Monsters, Nabu, Nergal, Old Babylonian, Orphic Hymns, Pazuzu, Perfect Nature, Personified Day, Personified Time, Picatrix, Plato, Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, Quran, Ruhaniyyat, Samas, Sennacherib, Seven Sages, Sin, Spirits of Time, Spiritual Beings, Sumeria, Symposium, Teletarchs, Tiamat, Time Spirits, Ugallu, Utukku, Zwischenwesen

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: XII: Perfect Nature: Theurgy & the Ascent of the Soul

  

  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

  May 20, 2026

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

  Agalma, Al-Razi, Algis Uzdavinys, Angels, Apology, Aristotle, Ars Notoria, Astrological Talismans, Becoming Divine, Brethren of Purity, Celestial Petitions, Chaldean Oracles, Charles M. Stang, Christopher Faraone, Claire Fanger, Clement of Alexandria, Daimones, David Litwa, David Pingree, Divine Double, Dorian Gieseler-Greenbaum, E.R. Dodds, Enneads, Great Chain of Being, Guardian Daimon, Hermes Trismegistus, Iamblichus, Ikhwan al-Safa, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Kitab al-Istimakhis, Liana Saif, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Michael Noble, Myth of Er, Perfect Nature, Picatrix, Planetary Dieting, Plato, Plotinus, Prayer, Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, Religion, Ruth Majercik, Self-Talizmanization, Socrates, Spirituality, Suffumigations, Sympatheia, Telestike, Theurgy, Worldview

• Is Astrology Magic?

  

  As with many questions, the answer depends on your perspective. At a very simple level, we could say: no, astrology is not magic. In our view, as practiced by many contemporary practitioners and engaged with by many consumers, there is nothing inherently magical or out of the ordinary about astrology. There are other perspectives, however,…

  Rain & Pallas

  March 8, 2026

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

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Magic for Beginners, Astrological Talismans, Astrology, Magical Jewelry, Relational Astrology, Relational Astromagic

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part XI – The Macrocosm in the Microcosm: Astrological Magic as Medicine

  

  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

  January 11, 2026

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

  Al-Buni, Albertus Magnus, Amulets, Ancient Amuletic Medicine, Animated Statues, Anthropology of Medicine, Astromonica, Babylonian Astral Magic, Babylonian Ritual Texts, Book of Minerals, Book of the Treasure of Alexander, Bronze Age, Camillo Leonardi, Critical Days, Cuineiform texts, De Mysteriis, Decanic Magic, Decans, Dodecatemoria, Egyptian Magic, Egyptian Medicine, Erica Reiner, Firmicus Maternus, Galen, Galenic Medicine, Ghayat al-Hakim, Giorgio Anselmi, Hemerologies, Hippocrates, Hippocratic Medicine, Iamblichus, Iatromathematics, Image Magic, Israel Hibner, Khawass, Kyranides, Liana Saif, Liber Hermetis, Marsilio Ficino, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Melothesia, Mesopotamian Medicine, Mysterium Sigillorum, Occult Virtues, Old Babylonian Period, Paolo Vitellozzi, Picatrix, Robert Zoller, Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius, Shams al-Ma’arif, Speculum Lapidum, Sphragides, Sphragis, Spiros Piperakis, Stone Plant and Tree System, Sympatheia, Technical Hermetica, Three Books on Life, Triplicity Talismans, Zodiac Man

• 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