Category: Inner Sanctum

• Clearing the Starry Path – Module 2 Transcript

  

  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…

  Rain & Pallas

  May 2, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Clearing the Starry Path, Inner Sanctum, Magical Practice

• Clearing the Starry Path – Module 1 Transcript

  

  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…

  Rain & Pallas

  April 25, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Clearing the Starry Path, Inner Sanctum, Magical Practice

• Bad Moon Rising: Is the Moon on the Ascendant an Affliction?

  

  A single line in Picatrix states that the Moon on the Ascendant is an affliction. Where did this rule come from and how valid is it? In this post we take a deep dive into the historical basis of this electional rule.

  Rain & Pallas

  April 16, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Source Texts & Translations, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Advanced Astrological Magic, Agrippa, Al-Kindi, Al-Razi, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Benjamin Dykes, Christopher Warnock, Clifford Low, De Quindecim Stellis, Dorotheus, Elections, Evaluating Elections, Giorgio Anselmi, History of Astrological Magic, Inceptions, Israel Hibner, Magical Practice, Marsilio Ficino, Masha’Allah, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Moon, Picatrix, Rhetorius, Sahl, Technique, Thema Mundi, Traditional Magic, Valens

• 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 Lapidary of Marbode of Rennes: C.W. King’s 1860 Translation

  

  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

  November 9, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Inner Sanctum, Source Texts & Translations

  C.W. King, De Lapidibus, Gemstones, Lapidary Lore, Lapidary of Marbode, Marbode of Rennes

• 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

• 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