Tag: Cosmic Unity

• 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 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…

  Idola Stellarum

  April 18, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Astrological Talismans for Beginners, Inner Sanctum, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Brethren of Purity, C.S. Lewis, Cosmic Unity, David Pingree, Ihkwan al-Safa, Inner Sanctum, Magic, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Modernity, Picatrix, Science, Sympatheia, Theology of Aristotle, Weltanschaaung, Worldview