Solar calls

At the end of yesterday's article I mentioned a charm for love from The Anthology of Romanian Popular Charms, compiled and edited by Radu Răutu. Besides charms for specific goals, the book also contains a few prayer-like structures referred to as calls. Specifically, there are a few solar calls, one lunar call and quite a few stellar calls. 

Since Solstice is upon us, it came to me I should translate the solar calls and add them here. The calls themselves are a form of prayers that call on the magical aspects of the Sun - I usually write Sun and Moon with capital letters whenever I'm referring to the divine consciousness behind them, while I use lowercase letters whenever I'm referring to the physical cosmic objects; in this case I will refer to the Sun by writing it beginning with capital S, despite the text also referencing attributes of the physical sun. Unfortunately, I'm unable to translate them in rhyme as its their original structure. I would have to make certain modifications to the text to preserve the essence of its meaning though.

Old Romanian charms

Now that my Magic Words is out I figured I'd share some old charms from my neck of the woods. They are mostly spoken formulae although various tools and ingredients are also used depending on the goal they are used for. Talk about protocol, huh? 

Similar charms are found in various cultures around the world. During my time in the occult I came across somewhat similar ones in sources like the Egyptian Secrets, The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet, or Ancient Christian Magic so it's not like these are their own trend or something. What makes them special to me is simply that they come from around here. 

Such magical workings were usually performed by old women known by a term that would be the equivalent of both old woman and hag in English. Whereas the stereotypical image of a witch in the western world is a woman with a pointy hat, the hags from around here usually looked like the old woman depicted in the above image. While some men also performed this role, women were predominant in this field. These people were often both feared and respected in their community and people took great care not to cross them. It was not uncommon for priests to send sickly people to the hags whenever their religious work could not provide relief from suffering.

Beyond psychological...

...but wtf do you know?

It's been a few years now since I ceased to be pissed off whenever I came across alleged occultists stating that lodge magick is psychological. It became obvious to me those people knew very little relating to the occult in general and it is possible that their innate ignorance prevented them from trying to understand magical systems other than then ones (mostly one!) they're using. The fact some of the people who made this stupid statement aspire to fame and glory as renowned occultists should cause people to question their overall knowledge and experience, but that's not the point of this article.

If you've read Asteria, even the first few pages, it's likely you've come across a phrase that says "a magical act is in itself an interaction between the magician’s consciousness and the outside world." This should be a no brainer for any practicing occultist yet what I forgot to write at that time was that it does not take place on a physical level, otherwise practically any mundane experience during a person's life time can be considered a magical act - my bad! I do speak about magicians elevating their consciousness in Magic Words and the benefits resulting from that. I think I also said in The Magick of Astrorelationships that you can't be in the same mindset when you're doing a magical ritual as when you're at a strip club, but that was a very short explanation in a book that targeted people who want to address relationship issues (and then some) using magical means more, than those who seek to pursue a lifelong magical path.

Magic Words

>MAGIC WORDS<

FINALLY! ABOUT FREAKIN TIME! Supposed to be out 18 months ago...

Anyway, this magnificent piece of magical... NAH! This book of mine got published today by Lord Manticore. I published it independently earlier this summer and it got the attention of LM so I decided to remove it from amazon and awaited for it to be published elsewhere. I was told I needed to make some changes to the original because apparently it was going to hurt some people's feelings and make them cry so much they were prone to sue me and although I cared not about that, I reluctantly made the changes. It doesn't mean it's not going to irritate people and so on. And then I waited... and waited... and then I started cursing... and it finally came out at some point.

At any rate, this short book was written from my overall experiences in occult social media over the past five years or more. It addresses basic things that answer many repetitive questions I've encountered along the way from people who were in their early magical days, but not exclusively from them.

Occult customer awareness 2

This is a follow-up on my previous article. In this article I'll be discussing #2 contained within the definition of customer support I've found online, namely "how conscious customers are of their needs or wants in relation to your company's offerings." 

In the past I've worked in the retail business for more than enough time in something akin to an Apple store around here, but which also sold washing machines and refrigerators and so on. During that time I've encountered all sorts of people, ranging from those who simply nose around in stores criticizing the merchandise out of spite because they can't afford it to those who walk up to a product with cash in hand saying they want that one. And then there are the people in between who have to be more or less tutored in the specifics of each product they are interested in based on their specific needs.

The problem is not everyone knows what their needs are and some of people have a harder time expressing those needs. Others confuse their needs with their wants. Others still misunderstand the explanations they receive for various reasons, Mercury retro perhaps, and this case, along with a negligent salesman generate the most amount of complaints these stores receive. I will offer three examples based on personal experience:

Occult customer awareness 1

I was thinking of writing something else this weekend before going berserk writing the previous articles. But that made me think of yet another article, one that would help occult customers get a better deal for their money so this is that article. If you happen to be in need of magical service from occult providers who deal with planetary forces then I think this article would be helpful.

Using a quick online search I found that "customer awareness is a concept used by marketing and sales teams. Customer awareness refers to two key concepts:

1. How knowledgeable potential consumers are about your brand, services or products.

2. How conscious customers are of their needs or wants in relation to your company's offerings." 

This applies in every commercial field, even more so in the occult, since many people in this field are not that educated with respect to certain particularities surrounding a magical act, let alone the intricate details that would boost or hinder such an act. The people in question should not be blamed for this imo, since it's the so called teachers that should have imparted such details in the first place. Unfortunately, many such teachers are oblivious themselves, while others seek to keep their followers at a minimum supply of knowledge just to maintain the upper hand. And I don't think someone who's eager to earn more and more money from such services will tell a potential customer they cannot perform a certain planetary ritual on that person's behalf for such and such a time due to unfavorable energy flows that planet is experiencing.

Moon talisman experiment

Tis the final article of the series on experimental planetary square talismans from Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosoply. After Venus (which it'd be best if you read first), Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, the Sun and Mars we will wrap it up with the Moon. 

Agrippa said the following of this talisman:

"The seventh table is of the Moon, of a square of nine multiplied into it self, having eighty one numbers, in every side and Diameter nine, producing 369. and the sum of all 3321. And there are over it divine names with an Intelligency to what is good, and a spirit to what is bad. And of it are drawn the Characters of the Moon, and of the spirits thereof. This fortunate Moon being engraven on Silver, renders the bearer thereof grateful, aimiable [amiable], pleasant, cheerfull, honored, removing all malice, and ill will. It causeth security in a journey, increase of riches, and health of body, drives away enemies and other evil things from what place thou pleaseth; and if it be an unfortunate Moon engraven in a plate of Lead, where ever it shall be buried, it makes that place unfortunate, and the inhabitants thereabouts, as also Ships, Rivers, Fountains, Mills, and it makes every man unfortunate, against which it shall be directly done, making him fly from his Country, and that place of his abode where it shall be buried, and it hinders Physitians [physicians], and Orators, and all men whatsoever in their office, against whom it shall be made."