Tag: CS Lewis

• 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 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

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part III – “The” Modern 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 30, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Inner Sanctum, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Atomism, Christianity, City of God, Colonialism, CS Lewis, Daimons, Demonization, Disenchantment, Edmund Husserl, Inner Sanctum, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Magic, Max Weber, Modernity, Naturalism, Psychology, Reductionism, Reformation, Saint Augustine, Sanism, Science, Secular Materialism, Separation, Wilfrid Sellars, Wilhelm Dilthey, Witch Trials, Worldview