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Ptah The Ennead The Ogdoad / / / / Other Egyptian Gods Ptah In , Ptah (“creator”) (or Tanen or Ta-tenen or Tathenen or Peteh) is a creator god and patron deity of Memphis, Egypt, as well as craftsmen. Unlike Seker, another crafts god, Ptah was associated with stone-based crafts. was his oracle. Later, he…

Pseudomonarchia Daemonum *Pseudomonarchia Daemonum*, first appears as an Appendix to Johann Weyer’s De praestigiis daemonum (1577). A similar in nature to the , the first book of it contains a list of demons, and the appropriate hours and rituals to conjure them. The book was written before known copies of The Lesser Key of Solomon,…

Babalon Babalon as depicted in the card “Lust” in the Thoth deckBabalon is referred to as the Scarlet Woman, the Great Mother, and the Mother of Abominations. Her godform is that of a sacred whore, and her primary symbol is the Chalice or Graal. Her consort is , the “Father of Life” and the male…

Fixed stars Fixed stars such as those that make up the constellations are called fixed to distinguish them from the “wandering stars” or . In actuality, all stars are in motion relative the the Earth’s rest frame. It is only because stars other than the are located very far away that they appear unmoving on…

International College of Thelema The International College of Thelema (formerly known as the College of Thelema of Northern California) is a non-profit religious and educational corporation, based on the principles of Thelema. It was founded “in service” to the , to provide preparatory training in magick, mysticism, , , , and more. Each student is…

Siddhi — Siddhi is a term for spiritual power (or psychic ability). These spiritual powers supposedly vary from relatively simple forms of clairvoyance to being able to levitate, be present at various places at once, become as small as an atom, materialize objects, having access to memories from past lives and more. The term became…

Martialis Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis), Latin epigrammatist, was born in one of the years AD 38–41, for, in book x., of which the poems were composed in the years 95–98, he is found celebrating his fifty-seventh birthday (x. 24). Our knowledge of his career is derived almost entirely from himself. Reference to public events enables…

Stele of Revealing The Stèle of Revealing (also called *Stèle 666*) was discovered by and his wife in the Boulaq Museum in Cairo, Egypt on March 18, 1904. For the previous two days, she had been receiving the message, “They are waiting for you” and claimed that it was from . When Aleister took her…

Works of Aleister Crowley (Libers) *Part of the series* Many of the important works of are in the form of Libers (*lit.* “books”), which are usually short documents consisting of core teachings, methodologies, practices, or scripture. All the libers are given a number in the Greek numbering system, and those that are part of the…

Bhakti yoga Bhakti yoga is the term for the spiritual practice of fostering of loving devotion to , called *bhakti*. Traditionally there are 9 forms of bhakti yoga. Hindu movements in which bhakti yoga is the main practice are called bhakti moveme. Table of Contents The Philosophy and Development of Bhakti Bhakti is the Hindu…