Category: Inner Sanctum
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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…
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The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part III – “The” Modern Worldview
In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part III, we examine how to evaluate the Moon’s aspects to the Sun, Mercury, and the fixed stars before enumerating some…
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The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part II – The Nature of Worldviews
In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part III, we examine how to evaluate the Moon’s aspects to the Sun, Mercury, and the fixed stars before enumerating some…
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The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part I – Why Worldview?
In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part III, we examine how to evaluate the Moon’s aspects to the Sun, Mercury, and the fixed stars before enumerating some…
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Evaluating Magical Elections: Rejected Elections II – Fixed Star Alcyone
In this sub-series on evaluating magical elections for Inner Sanctum Members, Rejected Elections, we examine potential elections that were given a second look as candidates for Idola Stellarum talismans but were ultimately passed up for one reason or another. In this second installment of Rejected Elections, we examine a candidate fixed star election for Alcyone…
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Evaluating Magical Elections: Rejected Elections I – Moon in Taurus
In this sub-series on evaluating magical elections for Inner Sanctum Members, Rejected Elections, we examine potential elections that were given a second look as candidates for Idola Stellarum talismans but were ultimately passed up for one reason or another. In this first installment of Rejected Elections, we examine a candidate Moon in Taurus election. In…
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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…
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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,…
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Omnibus Bestiarium: Animals, Birds, and Fish Attributed to the Planets According to a Variety of Traditional Texts
This page catalogs the animals, birds, and fish attributed to the seven traditional planets in a variety of source texts from within the astromagical tradition. Such correspondences form an important backbone for astrological magical practice, and this resource is intended to be quasi-encyclopedic. Creatures are presented as organized both by planet and by source facilitate…
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Omnibus Herbarium: Herbs and Plants Attributed to the Planets According to a Variety of Traditional Texts
This page catalogs herbs, plants, trees, and fruits attributed to the seven traditional planets in a variety of source texts from within the astromagical tradition. Such correspondences form an important backbone for astrological magical practice, and this resource is intended to be quasi-encyclopedic. Plants are presented as organized both by planet and by source facilitate…