Tag: Discourse on the Eighth and the Ninth

• 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.

  Rain & Pallas

  October 4, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Source Texts & Translations, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abu Ma’shar, Advanced Astrological Magic, Al-Kindi, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Christopher Warnock, De Quindecim Stellis, Discourse on the Eighth and the Ninth, Dorotheus, Elections, Evaluating Elections, Hephaistion, History of Astrological Magic, Inceptions, Liana Saif, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Moon, Nag Hammadi Library, PGM, Picatrix, Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, Technique

• 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