Author: Hadron Templeton
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St Cajetan (saint of the unemployed)
I have prayed to this saint three times. Twice for jobs for me and once for a job for a friend. All 3 times it worked within the nine days that the prayer lasts for. I feel a little blasphemous when praying and as if I am lying. I worry about the effects of any covenant I might…
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Unverified Personal Gnosis and Reality
Unverified Personal Gnosis (UPG) is a way distinguishing between historical fact and what a person feels is true from their personal spiritual experiences. The word originates from reconstructionist Pagan circles. It describes a gnostic, mystical or spiritual experience which has no basis in historical fact. My friend Circe found that when she offered Strawberries to…
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Geburah – The Fifth Sphere of The Tree of Life and the divine name Elohim Gebor
This page is notes The name of Geburah used by Rabbi Azriel of Gerona in his 1850 work explanation of the sphiroth is Pakhad (which means Fear). The power of Geborah to determine life In Gikatilla’s comments on the 9th Sephirah Yesod, he talks about life forming a pool at the name Elohim which is the main…
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Kether – The First Sphere of the Tree of Life and the divine name Aheyah
The name for Kether given by Rabbi Azriel of Gerona was Rom Ma’alah which means elevated height. In her writing, Dion Fortune equates Kether, Tiphereth and Yesod to the holy trinity of Christianity. Kether being the father, Tiphereth being the son and Yesod is the holy spirit.
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Yesod – The Ninth Sphere of the Tree of Life and the divine name Shaddai El Chai
This is just notes The name of the 9th sphirah is Yesod which means foundation. Rabbi Azriel of Gerona refers to it as Tsaddiq Yesod ‘Olam (which means the Righteous one is foundation of the world). Many of the descriptions of Yesod fit neatly with descriptions of energy work but it is important in order to…
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What is The Tree of Life?
The Tree of Life features in the story of the garden of Eden. It bares similarities to various plants of life, that are suggested to give immortal life. These plants of life feature in many Mesopotamic ancient stories, but the story of the garden of Eden stands out because the Tree of Life is less…
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Malkuth – The tenth sphirah of the tree of life and the divine name Adonai
In the mystical practice known today as Qabalah, it is common to imagine the divine as 10 different spheres often arranged into a specific pattern called the Tree of Life. While philosophy and practice differs from author to author, Gikatilla in his text Gates of Light suggests that the spheres are like gateways between man…
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Do what thou wilt shall be whole of the law
Disclaimer – This article is a rough draft and doesn’t represent a finished article. More will be added as and when inspiration hits. Sorry for the mess inthe mean time and I hope the half written article will be suitable. —– I am writing regarding the famous phrase “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole…
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Energy balls: The how to guide
I recently received an archive of a website called Psipog.net and this article is a clumsy rip off of another named “Psiballs: The epic tale of how-to” that used to be online by a person who calls themselves, “SheepKing”. It was websites like Psipog.net that really got me started with energy work. When I was…
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Vision and Values of my local pagan group
Values This is the result of a small discussion between pagans at my house. What follows are a few values that we pagans came up with. This is not in any way meant to be an exhaustive list of pagan values and many of the values here are not meant to be exclusively pagan. There…