Author: Hadron Templeton
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Strength – The Tarot
Strength is one of the cardinal virtues. What is a cardinal virtue? Well, when I first came across them I wondered if it was like the cardinal directions, maybe you could navigate by them and in a way you can navigate the field of ethics. The four cardinal virtues come from a theory where all…
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The Chariot – The Tarot
Traditionally this card is a chariot drawn from one side of the card to the other but in Waite’s deck the chariot is facing forward. The card has always been associated with victory. Some early deck show a female charioteer and sometimes the horses are winged. Waite’s Understanding Waite perceives this card as the king…
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Enter the Dreamspace
Before I start defining what the dreamspace is, let’s look at a few other terms. Why? Because if you practice magic, you probably already use the dreamspace, but perhaps you don’t use the same word for it. If you don’t know what any of these things are then I’m not just giving you one definition,…
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Roses and Lillies in the Smith-Waite Tarot
These flowers show up multiple times in the Smith-Waite-Rider deck. You perhaps will have noticed them on the Magician card. They also appear on the robes of the tonsured monks at the bottom of the Hierophant card. This is mostly likely a symbol from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. They initiated Waite and…
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The Lovers – Tarot
Originally, this card featured a couple of young children about to be struck by Cupid. The children are probably the offspring of the Visconti and Sforza families who are arranged to be wed before long. Those were the families that commissioned the deck. Early interpretations of this card include marriage. Later the Marseille and Italian…
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What is Mount Abiegnus?
Perhaps you have come across this term in a Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ritual or the writing of Crowley. This article will contain ritual words from the HOGD so avoid it if you intend to undergo the initiation and do not want the ritual spoiled. Well, most of its description is in the…
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Energy at a Distance
Do NOT dismiss this exercise. This is an exercise which is so often missed in most Occult books and is actually a crucial one. Simply it is making an energy ball and floating it away from you, then returning it to you. Why is this important? Well, when you attempt to rise on the planes…
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Cultivating Clairvoyance
What do we mean by clairvoyance? Clairvoyance is as simple as the ability to see other planes, at least, the etheric layer of reality. In the etheric layer, we see all energy which allows us to perceive how the astral layers and planetary spheres might be affecting our physical reality. This can lead to seemingly…
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Formulae of Magic
The following are interesting things that can be done to add a little extra spice to one’s magical practice from time to time. They are formulae for power, but remember sometimes something overused losing its power.
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The Power of Blaspheme
Blasphemy is a powerful formula for magical power. It is often empowered by our fears and a dreaded sense of permanence. Blasphemy is an act or word that insults a deity or that treats the sacred with irreverence. Often the very act changes whether we can associate with a religious community. Once someone has acted…