Author: Hadron Templeton
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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…
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Skepticism in high places…
It’s really great exploring magic and spirituality. I always discover new things which suggest a supernatural universe that we really do not understand. It is amazing seeing rituals work and experiencing spirits appear to alter reality in incredible ways. While I think skepticism is very important, I believe it is the goal of the skeptic…
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Do I belong to a cult?
So you’ve been through auditing, got naked in a sweat lodge with blue-eyed Jimmy Ayahuasca for your first initiation and now the high priest says, “you have to sleep with me to experience union with the great horned god” and finally you ask yourself that question which has been plaguing you for a while, “is…
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What’s your motivations for the practice of magic?
Frequently I stand in circle with people whose paths are very different from mine, but with whom I share a lot more in common than people working the same kind of magic as me. That’s because I want to get to the why of people.
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Qabalistical Cross
This is the first part of the banishing ritual known as the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram and it should also be the last part of the same. It involves spoken words and hand signals and can be accompanied with visualization. The visualization gives one the sensation of energy flowing through the energy body…