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  • Curses

    Curses Curses are generally understood as magick spells (frequently of a vulgar kind and lacking elaborate ceremony) often found in old stories, fairy tales, or gypsy folklore, which are employed to cause various maladies or problems to the recipient or victims thereof. The parallel operation in ecclesiastical magick is the anathema. In the historical practice…

  • Forcas

    Furcas — King Duke Prince Marquis President Duke Marquis Duke King President Duke Prince King Marquis Duke Duke Count/President Duke Duke King Count/President Count Duke Marquis Count/President Duke Marquis/Count Duke Duke Marquis President King Prince/President Count Marquis Prince Marquis Count President Count Duke Duke Marquis Marquis King/Count Count Duke President Duke Knight Furcas King Duke…

  • Path 32 Bis

    Path 32-bis In the , the (named after the letters of the Hebrew alphabet) connect the ten on the “.” The —the 22nd path joining and —is *bisected*, and the second half (or alternate) is numbered 32-*bis* on the . The 22 paths are: , , , , , , , , , , ,…

  • Chakras

    Chakra A chakra (from the Sanskrit word चक्र meaning “wheel, circle”) is an energy node in the human body. The seven main chakras are described as being aligned in an ascending column from the base of the spine to the top of the head. Each chakra is associated with a certain color, multiple specific functions,…

  • Astaroth

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  • Tree Of Life Magical Formulae

    Tree of Life:Magical Formulae *Part of the series* T H E   T R E E   O F   L I F E *The includes* Columns from *Liber 777:* CLXXXVII, “Magical Formulæ” See also: & Within the western magical tradition, the is used as a kind of conceptual filing cabinet within the larger system…

  • Tree Of Life Tarot

    Tree of Life:Tarot *Part of the series* T H E   T R E E   O F   L I F E *The includes* Columns from *Liber 777:* XIV—”General Attribution of Tarot” LXXI-LXXIV—”The Court Cards of the Tarot, with the Spheres of their Celestial Dominion (Wands, Cups, Swords, Pantacles) CLXXIX—”Numbers printed on the Tarot…

  • Magick Weapons

    Magical Weapons *Part of the series.* Magical weapons needs a definition here. The weapons also need to be categorized better… The Elemental weapons Cup Dagger Pantacle Wand Other magical weapons Apron Bell Book Bow and Arrow Breastplate Candle Chain Crook Crown Fan Girdle Holy Oil Horns Incense Lamp Lance Mirror Robe Sceptre Scourge Sickle Spear…

  • Heresy

    Heresy Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a “theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the catholic or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. By extension, [heresy is an] opinion…

  • Claude Lévi Strauss

    Claude Lévi-Strauss Claude Lévi-Strauss (born November 28, 1908 ) is a French anthropologist who became one of the twentieth century’s greatest intellectuals by developing structuralism as a method of understanding human society and culture Table of Contents Biography Claude Lévi-Strauss was born in Brussels and studied law and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He did…