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Tag: Ethics of Magic
Talismanic Gemstones are Neither like Birdhouses nor Birdcages: An Ecological Spirit Model Perspective On the Essential Freedom of Celestial Spirits (Part III)
In Part I of this post series on the freedom of celestial spirits, we used traditional sources to reject the idea that talismans are like birdcages that trap spirits inside them. In Part II of this post series, we deepened this idea by proposing another metaphor: that a talisman could be thought of as more…
Talismanic Gemstones are more like Birdhouses than Birdcages: On the Essential Freedom of Celestial Spirits (Part II)
In Part I of this post series on the freedom of celestial spirits, we examined source texts in the tradition of astrological magic and compared the methods of astrological magic to the methods of Solomonic magic to reject the idea that talismans are like birdcages. That is, celestial spirits do not become trapped or imprisoned…
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…