Tag: Secular Materialism

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part VII – The Ordered & Animate Universe: Essential Cosmological Principles

  

  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

  July 20, 2025

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

  Abu Ma’shar, Agalma, Al-Kindi, Al-Razi, Armillary Sphere, Astrological Magic, Astrological Talismans, Autozoion, Brethren of Purity, Cosmogy, Creation Myth, Daimones, David Pingree, De Mysteriis, Demiurge, Earl Fontainelle, Emanationism, Enneads, Eternal Forms, Ghayat al-Hakim, Gnosticism, Hypercosmic Gods, Iamblichus, Image Magic, Liana Saif, Neoplatonism, Nous, Perfection, Picatrix, Planetary Hypotheses, Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, Ptolemy, Secular Materialism, SHWEP, Statues, Theology of Aristotle, Timaeus

• The Worldview of Astrological Magic: Part III – “The” Modern Worldview

  

  In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part III, we examine how to evaluate the Moon’s aspects to the Sun, Mercury, and the fixed stars before enumerating some…

  Idola Stellarum

  April 30, 2025

  Astrological Magic, Inner Sanctum, Theories of Astrological Magic

  Astrological Magic, Atomism, Christianity, City of God, Colonialism, CS Lewis, Daimons, Demonization, Disenchantment, Edmund Husserl, Inner Sanctum, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Magic, Max Weber, Modernity, Naturalism, Psychology, Reductionism, Reformation, Saint Augustine, Sanism, Science, Secular Materialism, Separation, Wilfrid Sellars, Wilhelm Dilthey, Witch Trials, Worldview