Tag: Angels

• 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

• 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

• Talismanic Gemstones are not like Birdcages: On the Essential Freedom of Celestial Spirits (Part I)

  

  When those who are less familiar with astrological magic discover astrological talismans, a natural and understandable question arises: if making astrological talismans brings down a spirit of the stars inside of a gemstone (or metal), does the spirit freely reside there or has it been trapped there? This question could really worry us. We could…

  Idola Stellarum

  January 15, 2023

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, General Access, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, Angels, Animism, Astrological Jewelry, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, De Quindecim Stellus, Ethics of Magic, Goetia, Marsilio Ficino, Picatrix Talismans, Solomonic Magic, Thabit ibn Qurra, Theurgy, Traditional Magic