Author: Hadron Templeton

In Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ritual, this is the name of the guardian of the East where the initiate will be presented to receive enlightenment. The role played by the Hierophant in the Neophyte ceremony of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Hierophant guards the pathway into the light in the…

In Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn‘s Neophyte ritual, this is the name of the guardian of the West. The role played by the Hiereus in the Neophyte ceremony of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Hiereus guards the pathway into the darkness in the West. The initiate is challenged on the point…

I am going to put up some interesting Reiki articles soon since I have been studying Reiki constantly over the last few weeks, looking forward to that. Naturally, the Jikiden Reiki Institute would rather I didn’t put up their specific teachings because of how Western Reiki has so heavily bastardized their teachings and now they…

So over the years, I have done many Energy work course and I prefer to call them all “energy work” courses. Some of them had “Reiki” in the name, but they had very little to do with Usui’s reiki other than a brief mention of him in the beginning. As time went on I grew…

This is a quick romp through different methods of achieving altered states of mind for a workshop with my coven. This is meant to be suitable as a series of practical exercises. We rushed through this skipping the odd section and it took us about 2 hours to complete. Why include a section about Altered…

Early decks often refer to this card as the traitor. Eliphas Levi supposes that this is the prudence card. As I have said before, in the decks which include the prudence card, the Popess is distinctly absent she is also commonly depicted with a book, just like prudence, and is the appropriate gender. The way…

This is one of the 4 cardinal virtues which govern society. Plato placed Justice above all the others. Temperance was needed by the farming class who had to temper their animal instincts while governing the food for the nation, prudence was needed to guide the ruling class and strength was needed by the warrior class…

This was an interesting card. When it first appears in Bembo’s deck it appears to concern itself more with the rise and fall of kings. Often the goddess or angel of fortune is blind folded and turning the wheel behind herself so she does not see what she is doing. Someone is climbing up the…

The Hermit is a very simple card featured in nearly all tarot decks. Early renditions of the card feature an older man gazing at an hourglass and using a walking stick. The card was often called “il vecchio” which means old man or sometimes “il tempo” meaning time. If I were to translate that into…