Talismans in the making

Today I started making some Saturn talisman bases. Got some lead fishing weights and pounded them into shape during the hour of Saturn. They may not look like much now, but I'm not finished with them yet. Still have to file them and maybe hammer them flat some more, but in the end I don't expect to get some top shelf product in regards to looks.

But looks is not my goal since I'm not making talismans to look pretty. That's the job of any self-important wannabe that's selling magical products. Instead, I'm looking for efficiency and results of the best kind and if that were to happen with the help of a talisman with a nice curve appeal, even better. If not, I've seen talismans working well regardless of their looks.

How talismans work

One of the questions I've been seeing often on social media is what to do with already existing talismans during certain planetary retrogrades. Those who ask this question seem to be concerned with the retrograde periods of the planet who's energies had been used to empower a certain talisman, but there's also the case of Mercury retrogrades regardless of the nature of the talisman.

I blame ye "experts" in the latter case because they usually mask their utter lack of astrological knowledge and ignorance with respect to that topic by warning people of staying away from Mercury retrogrades whenever doing magix. The only reason you'd have to be concerned about Mercury retrograde if you're performing a ritual for working with another planetary force is if the planet of choice happens to be involved in a hard aspect with Mercury retrograde (or any other planet, retrograde or otherwise).

HGA "experts"

I've addressed the wannabe experts with respect to occult matters in more than one article so far. This time I will do it in regards to the subject of the Holy Guardian Angel. Anyone who knows even a bit on this subject is aware there is more than one such entity assigned to each person and we've discussed this briefly in Asteria.

This article focuses on the Holy Guardian Angel from the perspective of being the entity of the highest rank assigned to an individual. So far so good, except that in some cases people elevate that entity to a status that would make it equal to and even equivalent to the person's Higher Self. This is foolish since the former is a creation of the latter, the Higher Self being the divine spark inside each individual, practically "your personal piece of God". I discuss this in Words and I even throw in some Genesis verses.

I, Satanist

For quite some time now I purposely ceased to be cautious regarding my active involvement in the occult. As a result, several individuals have become aware of this. Moreover, they started spreading the word and in one case some self-important loser made use of this information, thinking he'd discredit me. Even more so, one of the people whom that loser told about occult activities is someone I somewhat respect and I would've preferred the person learning about this from me. Instead, they've been told I'm a Satanist by that loser and then started freaking out over it.

Not that I care I'm now being seen through different lenses by that particular person, but their utter ignorance and refusal to accept things beyond what their mindset allows them is yet another sign for me the world is seriously fucked. Scott often says the world would be much better if more people were actively performing magick and I wholeheartedly agree. The problem is many individuals have been brainwashed from a very young age into seeing things through others' eyes. Naturally, I'm speaking about the conditioning every person starts constructing (without their knowledge) from a young age. It's natural that in a country full of superstitions, a trend dating back some two millennia, anything that looks out of the ordinary must be evil. Too bad people here only start freaking out regarding evil things when it comes to spiritual or pseud-spiritual topics and not when it comes to matters that are pressing for day to day living. But I'm digressing.

Yule Goat gift

Her Cutsiefulness strikes again! A few days ago everyone's favorite woowoo and energy worker texted me something about having sent me a magical Saturnalia present via the Yule Goat. Being so adorable, she made it seem like it's no biggie although yours truly was awestruck by her ever so amazing gesture. She told me to go out and about and await for it to hit me, so I did.

The actual manifestation of the gift is a pure lesson on how magick works and I will go ahead and relate the entire story with every little detail so people would get an idea of how the universe is being bent at times like these. I've already given a detailed example in the article on Hecate, but Her Cutsiefulness deserves her own article because she's way up there with the divine. I'm saying this because unlike the majority of occultists who borrow from "the beyond", Her Cutsiefulness has her own innate superpowers (which makes one wonder why she'd be hanging out with the likes of me).

Ritual template

Over time people have asked me how I conduct my rituals, meaning what ritual steps I follow. While my work heavily draws on lodge magick techniques, I do not shy away from incorporating various Pagan elements whenever the situation calls for it, both ancient and neo-pagan. I also adapt stuff from medieval grimoires and even from what's being called "darke fluff" into my work depending on the entities I want to work with. 

In general though, my template is pretty simple despite the fact it can come across as rocket science to those who can't wrap their heads around Qabalah despite posing into experts and scholars. The latter can make use of the template I present in Cielos since there are no qabalistic elements detailed there in regards to the ritual itself, while at the same time they can learn some quabalistic stuff from there as well. They would have to know Spanish though, hehe.

Occult beggars

It's been more than a few years now since I started noticing yet another trend in the occult environment. As with all other trends, this too is being propelled by an underlying fast money grabbing theme. While I see nothing wrong with making money in this field, the methods used by some should be raising huge red flags and I've briefly addressed some of that in past articles. This article focuses on on a particular method, one that confers apparent legitimacy to the people using it by making it seem they are highly specialized scholars in the field.

More than once have I seen online posts and comments made by certain people asking for money to perform research. While this might not be as pathetic as a certain African person who wanted people to pay them for meditating on stopping the pandemic, it too is a scam people usually don't recognize. Some of them end up willingly paying money to someone who sits on their ass and collects for apparently doing something any serious occultist should do. The fact they're not actually serious occultists but actually posers is of lesser importance, as a quick overlook over their teachings will likely make people aware of that, yet asking for money to look into more or less older occult sources should be punished by law. I mean, calling a certain KoS Mercury pentacle some kind of fancy octa-thingy as a marketing gimmick should be clear proof of fraud.