Tag: Great Chain of Being

• 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 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

• Stellar Devotion as a Practice

  

  What is the purpose of stellar devotion? Some people question whether planetary prayers are effective or worthwhile. This Members-Only post for Inner Sanctum members offers an analogy with Zen meditation, drawing upon the Fukanzazengi of Eihei Dogen, to offer a radically different, non-utilitarian understanding of celestial prayer practices.

  Rain & Pallas

  November 3, 2024

  Astrological Magic, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Devotion, Dogen, Embodiment, Enlightenment, Great Chain of Being, Inner Sanctum, Picatrix, Prayer, Proclus, Theurgy, Traditional Magic, Zen Buddhism