Pretty review

The Chiron book's got another review. It is a 5* review that comes along with a comment for which I thank the person who posted it!

Yes, the simple ritual layout presented inside the book can be easily adapted to fit the individual needs and magical style of the reader. The Wise One will show up regardless of whether you're using the ritual presented within these pages, something more ceremonial magicky, or something more akin to Pagan Saint's muchly superior over the top (PAGAN!) woowoo. 

Speaking of which, I keep telling good ol' Nick his spuchy journalistic writing style is not being appreciated by everyone and it keeps falling on deaf ears I'm afraid. Alas, I'm trying... Shaman might have no problem with Nick's spuchy ways in Asteria, but that's another topic all together - a spuchy topic.

Decan talisman - first decan of Cancer

The first decan of Cancer is the decan of Venus, of which the Arabic Picatrix says the following:

"Consider the image of a man with curved face and fingers that looks like a horse. He has white feet and tree leaves are attached to his body. This image appears
in the first phase of Cancer. It is the phase of Venus, and it indicates wittiness, mindfulness, friendliness, delicacy and cleanliness."

And the Latin Picatrix:

"A man having twisted and crooked fingers and head; and his body is like the body of a horse, and having white feet and upon his body fig leaves. And this is a face of teaching, knowledge, of love, subtlety and of skills."

Happy Retirement!

My old phone has retired yesterday. My phone, the one I started looking up woowoo on in early 2015 and which has assisted me in every magical operation and daily practice session ever since, has retired. My phone, the one that knows more magix than a lot of occultists out there, having served as my quote-unquote grimoire, has retired. 

No, it's not busted, but old age has come to it. Besides a screen that doesn't work in certain places and an ever so depleted battery, it also lost its ability to take proper photos using a flash and several other features, including signal failure. It is still alive though and would be able to assist me in ritual anytime. 

It has seen its fair share of successes and failures over the years. It has helped me look up various occult sources and calculate many auspicious ritual times. It has served me the many invocations go various godheads I've been using in rituals. It has witnessed hundreds of spirits of many classes manifesting nearby. And now it is time for it to rest. It is still being used albeit carefully and for non magical purposes, while its senior status is being respected and as such it is receiving more than a fair share of warm electricity every day. 

Happy retirement, dude! And thank you! This is the old dude resting and you can see the new one's reflection:

And theeeeeen!

Decan talisman - second decan of Cancer

This is an election I've chosen for a decanal talisman from the Picatrix. The decan in question is the second decan of Cancer, decan of Mercury. 

The Latin Picatrix says the following: "A woman of beautiful visage, and having on her head a green wreath of myrtle, and in her hand is the stem of the planet which is called the water lily, she is singing songs of love and joy. And this is a face of playing, and of wealth, joy and abundance."

The Arabic Picatrix: "There is also the image of a beautiful woman longing for
pleasure and singing, wearing a wreath made of green basil on her head and holding a rod of nenuphar (water lilly) in her hand is longing for pleasure and singing. This image appears in its second phase. This is the phase of Mercury, and it denotes entertainment and enjoyment of music as well as grace, honor and wealth."

Article on eclipses - En

The article on eclipses has been translated into English and added upon. It was also spuched and reviewed by the ever so glorious Lord Manticore.

Courtesy of Shaman and his nerdy tech skills, voila:

Hate on, dum-dums! 

The Great Gazoo

Free scrying exercise

Several people including Shaman have written to me complaining with respect of the tremendous impact this blog has on their eyes. While I understand their complaints, I cannot change the appearance of the blog because I have intended to make it as such. 

You see, the background and fonts have been carefully chosen as to have the reader experience a free flashing colors exercise. This is helpful for a bunch of occult things, including astral vision and scrying. Shaman told me his astral vision works just fine so he doesn't need any exercise - he is free to read my blog in his 20-20 astral vision in that case :) 

Have you done your energy work today?

There are quite a few, if not many occultists out there who disregard and even dismiss energy work when it comes to magical practice. While I see nothing wrong with their views and I care not how they perform their rituals and whatnot, it kinda pisses me when they start telling beginners they don't need energy work in magick, especially when the latter ask about it specifically. It is true that several magical systems in the Western Traditions focus solely on getting to call on and commanding spirits, systems which are at risk of becoming perverted due to certain contemporary teachings, and mention nothing of any need to work on any sort of energy whatever...

There are also systems of magick like that of the Golden Dawn and Thelema in which a person is being thought not only how to conjure spirits, which is something they will learn much later, but also self-improvement and self-mastery. They way I understand it from having discussed with people who are initiated in one of these systems and are thus members of established magical orders, the individual is being guided towards working on the self in the first place and is only introduced to working with spirits after he or she has attained a certain level - Adept. Besides the need to perform certain regular exercises and meditations specific to each initiatory stage, the person also has to perform certain rituals and techniques that will strengthen their personal sphere of consciousness.