Author: Hadron Templeton
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God in the LBRP and changing the ritual
This part is a disclaimer, which you can just skip over if you like. I warn you that there will be a few references to God throughout my writing about the LBRP and other pentagram rituals and I hope to explore what is the nature of God to the magician doing this ritual. My perspective…
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PsiBalls for the Inexperienced Psion
This article is a rewriting of an article by someone called Stony on PsiOnline.org with the title “PsiBalls for the Newbish Psion”. This article is about creating a concentration of psychic energy in a single spot. For many people magic and ritual is simply the action of creating one of these on a greater scale.…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhism – Book Review
This is an attempt to review Bruce Newman’s A Beginner’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhism. I am trying to consider what the book had to say to a pagan or occultist audience. This is not the target audience of this book so it might fail to reflect the aim and intention of the author, but that…
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Who are the Templars?
Okay! So this is a website concerned with the practical and accurate practice of magic in the modern day. So why would I write an article that sounds like it’s going to be a crazy conspiracy theorist rant? Also why is this relevant to us today? Firstly, I hope to pull apart from the romanticism…
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Heavenly Technology
Many of us are massive technophobes! I can be too and one of my jobs involves working in software! Tech often makes us forget the world we live in, but good magical practitioners often use it for something different. There are a few things that tech gives us which allows us to connect up to…
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Daoist nature worship and striving
Okay so I wish I was a Daoist (once spelt Taoist), but I’m closer to a Buddhist. As a person I have a mindset which constantly reminds me that I have this precious opportunity being alive as an intelligent human being with access to books, occult resources and the internet. I might never get this…
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The 4 thoughts for Pagans
The 4 thoughts are 4 statements which are commonly used as a meditation in Tibetan Buddhism. They remind the practitioner, how important their path is and why they are doing it. This is relevant because I believe a lot of people, including myself at times, have come to Paganism or Occultism for the wrong reason.…
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A rant about Self-Delusion
Magic calls to the powerless with promises of power, but most who hear its call want to be powerful and not to build power. – Me 2019 I’m sorry if this offends people. It will likely do that. It is my opinion; just that. These are my feelings and yes I do present them like…
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The Holy Guardian Angel
I will expand upon this more when I have time, but for now this a stub. The name of this ‘entity’ comes from a catholic prayer which is often recited in the morning with the words “O Holy Guardian Angel, whom God has appointed to be my guardian. Watch over and guide me during this…
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Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian Magic by Stephen Skinner – Book Review
This book is pricey but frankly it is worth it! The book primarily looks at the techniques which were carried over from Greek occupied Egypt to roman Egypt as were delineated in the Greek Magical Papyri. There are some surprising similarities with Egyptian pagan beliefs and practices such as housing spirits in statues, coordinating work…