Author: Hadron Templeton
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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…
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The Dune World and the elemental path
This isn’t a serious article I’m just massively geeking out. I was just reading some books from sci-fi series called Dune by Frank Herbert. Following an apocalyptic struggle with AI who enslaved humanity and after the successful overthrow of that AI, human-kind has to rebuild. Naturally human-kind is scared of technology now and instead of establishing…
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Ancient Greek call to quarters
This is a combination of common rituals from the Papyri Graecae Magicae. I am using it in my summoning of a familiar in the next couple of days. I combined this ritual by reading Stephen Skinner’s Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian Magic commentary on spatial techniques. If you intend to work with the PGM please read this…
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Spirit Attracting
This is a study of evocation of spirits. Summoning them to appear before the sorcerer/ess. This text hopes to explore modern translations of ancient grimmoires to look for consistency and uniqueness among the techniques therein, to develop a clear understanding of the method of spirit evocation. One of the main purposes of building this website was…
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Mystic Munta’s thoughts on Bill Butler’s The Definitive Tarot
Hello my dears, It’s Mystic Munta here from Dragged Around London. While you don’t often find me walking the streets of London trying to pick up some trade like my sisters, I do offer courses in tarot. Why do I do this? Because rarely do I find people that can teach them well! I often…