Category: Source Texts & Translations
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Kyphi: A Link Between the Picatrix and Egyptian Temple Incense?
Are the Picatrix solar and lunar petition suffumigations related to the Egyptian temple incense kyphi? If so, what can we learn from this?
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Thinking About How to Think About the Electional Rules in Picatrix Book II Chapter 3
Book II, Chapter 3 of Picatrix contains many restrictive maxims about astrological elections. How should we read and understand this chapter? In this post, we look at this chapter in context and propose an hypothesis.
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Is Astrological Magic ‘Western’?
Calling astrological magic ‘Western’ without any qualification participates, however inadvertently, in the erasure of the contributions of the Islamicate world, and in a Eurocentric assimilation of ancient Near-Eastern & historical & ongoing SWANA influences.
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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.
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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.…