Tag: Al-Razi

• 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

• What Makes Astrological Talismans Special

  

  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.

  Idola Stellarum

  January 6, 2024

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

  Al-Razi, Al-Sirr, Astrological Magic, Astrological Magic for Beginners, Astrological Talismans, Magical Jewelry, Picatrix, Relational Astromagic, Symbolism, Traditional Magic