Tag: Kitab al-Istimakhis

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: XIII: The Rūḥāniyyāt: “Images are Spirits of Time” Part I

  

  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

  May 20, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Abbasid Empire, Akkadia, Amulets, Ancient Near-EAst, Angels, Apotropaion, Apuleius, Assyria, Big Day, Big Weather Spirit, Bird Man, Brethren of Purity, Celestial Spirits, Chaldean Oracles, Connectors, Daimones, Demonization, Demons, Diotima, Egyptian Magic, Enuma Elish, Etana, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Hybridity, Hygromanteia, Iamblichus, Ikhwan al-Safa, Images, Inana, Ishkur-Adad, Ishtar, Islamic Occult Sciences, Iynges, Jinn, Jupiter, Kitab al-Istimakhis, La-tarak, Lares, Liana Saif, Lion-Centaur, Lucidarium Artis Nigromantice, Lulal, Macrocosm, Marduk, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Mesopotamia, Microcosm, Monsters, Nabu, Nergal, Old Babylonian, Orphic Hymns, Pazuzu, Perfect Nature, Personified Day, Personified Time, Picatrix, Plato, Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, Quran, Ruhaniyyat, Samas, Sennacherib, Seven Sages, Sin, Spirits of Time, Spiritual Beings, Sumeria, Symposium, Teletarchs, Tiamat, Time Spirits, Ugallu, Utukku, Zwischenwesen

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: XII: Perfect Nature: Theurgy & the Ascent of the Soul

  

  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

  May 20, 2026

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Devotion & Theurgy, Inner Sanctum, Planetary Magic, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Agalma, Al-Razi, Algis Uzdavinys, Angels, Apology, Aristotle, Ars Notoria, Astrological Talismans, Becoming Divine, Brethren of Purity, Celestial Petitions, Chaldean Oracles, Charles M. Stang, Christopher Faraone, Claire Fanger, Clement of Alexandria, Daimones, David Litwa, David Pingree, Divine Double, Dorian Gieseler-Greenbaum, E.R. Dodds, Enneads, Great Chain of Being, Guardian Daimon, Hermes Trismegistus, Iamblichus, Ikhwan al-Safa, Islamicate Occult Sciences, Kitab al-Istimakhis, Liana Saif, Maslama al-Qurtubi, Michael Noble, Myth of Er, Perfect Nature, Picatrix, Planetary Dieting, Plato, Plotinus, Prayer, Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, Religion, Ruth Majercik, Self-Talizmanization, Socrates, Spirituality, Suffumigations, Sympatheia, Telestike, Theurgy, Worldview