Tag: Lunar Mansions

• 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

• Practical Talismanic Magic – An Initiation Into Esoteric Knowledge – Part II

  

  In this more personal post for the Inner Sanctum written in the first person, Rain describes their experience living through, diagnosing, and (in Part II) eventually resolving an issue caused by mishandling of a 24th Lunar Mansion talisman for Esoteric Knowledge. As with a previous post on Diagnosing and Solving a Personal Snag with a…

  Idola Stellarum

  February 3, 2024

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Inner Sanctum, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Audre Lorde, Clinical Psychology, Depression, Divination, Idola Stellarum, Inner Sanctum, Lunar Mansions, Magical Practice, Politics, Practical Talismanic Magic, Traditional Magic

• Practical Talismanic Magic – An Initiation Into Esoteric Knowledge – Part I

  

  In this more personal post for the Inner Sanctum written in the first person, Rain describes their experience living through, diagnosing, and (in Part II) eventually resolving an issue caused by mishandling of a 24th Lunar Mansion talisman for Esoteric Knowledge. As with a previous post on Diagnosing and Solving a Personal Snag with a…

  Idola Stellarum

  January 21, 2024

  Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Inner Sanctum, Ritual Practice, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Albertus Magnus, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Depression, Divination, Idola Stellarum, Inner Sanctum, Lunar Mansions, Magical Practice, Politics, Practical Talismanic Magic, Traditional Magic