Book review: El Toque de Asclepio

Appearing practically out of the left field, El Toque de Asclepio is a unique occult book that focuses on healing. It's not just any book and it's not just any healing because it's written by Señor Shaman. Therefore, it's addressing this highly sensitive and complex field from unique perspectives.

The book itself is not complicated, meaning it won't be hard for readers to wrap their head around it. It does, however, discuss and detail concepts that can become complicated once you pass through the shallow and artificial layer New Age thought has laid down upon them.

El primero

I just received this email from the last person that had asked me if I will ever write a book on planetary magick in Spanish. As mentioned in the article regarding the book's publication, that email determined me to actually write Los cielos se abren. 

Therefore, I want to thank N.L. for his email along with all others who have emailed me expressing their interest for this book! May your work be successful all of the time!

Capella election

As I was getting bored playing around with the chart I came across this election for the fixed star Capella, one of the fifteen Behenian Stars. This star is currently located at 22*09' Gemini.

According to Agrippa, Capella is said to make one honored and exalted before kings and princes (rulers, and authorities in general, I might add). It is also said to be good against dental issues and for general health and healing, depending on sources.

Consequences of being a muggle

With this post I'd like to announce a very successful Jupiter talisman experiment. The talisman in question is the one I've discussed in the article I tagged, the Jupiter kamea. I made the talisman at a very auspicious time back when Jupiter was still super strong in Pisces and gave it to one of my relatives who was constantly complaining about money issues.

The person in question is retired and usually receives their pension, without having other sources of income. Since they've received the talisman they started getting calls from people who know them, asking them for help with various chores. These chores involve quick cleaning duty, babysitting, cooking for people who cannot cook for themselves, doing grocery shopping for people who cannot get out of the house due to various conditions and so on.

Very strong Mercury election

June 20 is a very good time to perform a Mercury ritual. While it is true there is a waning Moon, I consider this to be a less important requirement (and leave it to the so called experts to pass judgement). What is important in my opinion is that Mercury's condition at that time is kinda rare to find, as I will detail further on.

Since I wrote Los cielos se abren and detailed on general astrological requirements in there, the following chart should be helpful for people in South America tune their rituals to the appropriate time. And you can benefit from this election date even if you're not in South America by moving the chart to have Mercury on the ASC or MC.

The chart is set for Santiago, Chile:

Talisman - eleventh lunar mansion

July 1 (or 2, maybe, depending on longitude) is a good enough time for an eleventh lunar mansion talisman and anyone who bought my Los cielos se abren can use it to actively conjure the spirit of the mansion to empower the talisman. Otherwise, passing it through incense smoke while asking for it to perform such and such within the mansion's powers should do.

According to Book IV, Chapter 9 of the Picatrix, this talisman will make its bearer feared and respected by people. The same source describes the talisman image as being "the image of a man riding a lion, holding a lance in his right hand and holding the ear of the lion with his left [hand], and in front of this figure write the name of the lord of this mansion". I posted the above image just for kicks, but remember you don't have to draw an artistic image if you're not up to it. Do your best and draw the image as well as you can - do some practice drawings before then. 

The spirit of this mansion is Necol (Neciel in other sources) and the name of the mansion is Azobra, spanning between 8*35' and 21*25' Leo.

Deeper into the unknown

This is another free followup article on the twelfth astrological house. I've briefly discussed the nature of the twelfth house in this article and I elaborated on it in my article "A living hell: The eerie twelfth house" from Asteria 2. I've also discussed despair more in depth, it being a twelfth house theme. This article detail a few other twelfth house themes which affect an individual from both a micro and a macrocosmic perspective.

In the article from Asteria 2 I spoke about solitude as being part of the twelfth house bag of goodies. Solitude has its good sides and I also spoke about it from the perspective of monks who seek mystical experiences. But solitude can be good for us laymen as well since every so often we might feel the need to sit alone with our own thoughts due to various reasons, especially when the world around is constantly pushing us along more rapid lanes. In this case, brief periods of solitude can help one more or less center themselves, perform self reflection, possibly even eliminate stress and charge one's self with confidence, determination, etc. Needless to say, constant periods of solitude are necessary for someone who's actively involved in the occult due to obvious reasons.