Saturday, May 2, 2009

Mastering The Mystical Heptarchy Update

Mastering The Mystical Heptarchy Update
"Back in April I announced that my content Mastering the Mystical Heptarchy" had been recognizable for book by Pendraig Publishing. Since as a result we've completed the suppression trip and the content has now moved on to planning. I lazy don't abide a book go out with, but the book is coming eat completely and I want to see it helpful for pay money for within the subsequent couple of months.

While it's in imagine "Mastering the Mystical Heptarchy" atmosphere be one of the few helpful titles on working practical magick with the "Heptarchia Mystica", John Dee's grimoire that contains the conjurations and powers for the Kings and Princes accredited to the seven days of the week. This is the grimoire that may abide helped to hitting the Spanish Task force in an sonnet argument that formed the course of the British Nation for centuries, and the a short time ago segment of the Enochian magical programming that Dee himself assembled here a grimoire sheet. Based on the particulars my magical group has done with the "Heptarchia", it contains an highly powerful and relatively new programming of magick.

Certified of the information that atmosphere come out in the book consists of rationalized versions of difficulty that was early posted into on Augoeides:

* My stance on Saintly diction based on Dee's separate phonetic notations.
* An simplification of my Operant Exercise lineage of working with pentagram and hexagram rituals.
* The AOEVEAE Enochian pentagram ritual and the MADRIAX Enochian hexagram ritual.
* Creating magical fields with these two Enochian rituals.
* The NAZ OLPIRT Enochian energy work contrive.
* A fine rationalized tab of my Heptarchial Introduction Model that has been reworked eat profound characters resistance to accomodate moreover modern and traditional grimoire practitioners.

In common ways this new tab of the guide is the branch that I'm most in flames about. Rather characters the book unequivocally for either modern or traditional grimoire magicians, I abide indicated where all the modern forms go if you basic to use them, but as well abide included Dee's opening prayers for inhabit who would amazing use the grimoire as written and do the pentagram rituals and so forth. Unhappy with the guide I declare my own hand-drawn talisman designs that I use for the Kings and Princes, Dee's conjurations, personalized versions of the separate Christian prayers that are choose for Thelemic practitioners, and a number of other tweaks to the programming that I abide found to be very effective done the time.

I'm looking forward to the let go of the book and I want that common of you atmosphere be informed in read-through it out. I'll post additional notify with a tie together as without delay as it becomes helpful.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Foundation For Shamanic Studies

Foundation For Shamanic Studies Cover The Foundation for Shamanic Studies is dedicated to the preservation, study, and teaching of shamanic knowledge for the welfare of the Planet and its Inhabitants.

“What Yogananda did for Hinduism and D.T. Suzuki did for Zen, Michael Harner has done for shamanism, namely bring the tradition and its richness to Western awareness,” say Roger Walsh and Charles S. Grob, in their book, Higher Wisdom. “Michael Harner is widely acknowledged as the world’s foremost authority on shamanism and has had an enormous influence on both the academic and lay worlds.”

Started in 1979 as the Center for Shamanic Studies, the Foundation for Shamanic Studies presents the world’s foremost training programs in shamanism and shamanic healing. They are based on the pioneering work of anthropologist Michael Harner, who brought shamanism to contemporary life in the West after extensive field and cross-cultural investigation, experimentation, and personal practice. He originated, researched, and developed core shamanism, a system designed for Westerners to apply shamanism and shamanic healing successfully to their daily lives. This system is based upon the underlying universal or near-universal principles and practices of shamanism, rather than upon culture-specific variations and elaborations.

Since the West overwhelmingly lost its shamanic knowledge centuries ago due to religious oppression, the Foundation’s programs in core shamanism are particularly intended for Westerners to reacquire access to their rightful spiritual heritage through quality workshops and training courses. Training in core shamanism includes teaching students to alter their Consciousness through classic shamanic non-drug techniques such as repetitive drumming so that they can discover their own hidden spiritual resources, transform Their Lives, and learn how to help others. Core shamanism does not focus on ceremonies, such as those of Native Americans, which are part of the work of medicine men and women, persons who do both shamanism and ceremonial work.

When invited by indigenous peoples who have largely lost their shamanic knowledge, the Foundation may send a team to help them establish firsthand shamanic contact with their own spirits and learn from them. With this work done in short time, the team leaves. The Foundation has done this by invitation in various parts of the world, including the Arctic of Eurasia and Canada, and in central Asia.

Where the survival of indigenous shamanism is threatened by outside forces such as religious and political persecution, the Foundation may designate elderly shamans as Living Treasures of Shamanism and provide lifetime stipends to help them pass their precious knowledge on to their peoples.

The Foundation also maintains a great archive, the Shamanic Knowledge Conservatory, containing irreplaceable documents, books, audio-visual media, and artifacts to preserve endangered shamanic knowledge for future generations.

Income from donations, workshops, and other activities of the Foundation help support these and other projects of the Foundation, which is a nonprofit public charitable and educational organization.

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Occult About My Name Venus Satanas

Occult About My Name Venus Satanas

A installment from a friend at facebook the other day:

Unflustered perplexing about your name. I daresay "Venus Satanas" is not your birth name, and you don't air one to do doesn't matter what that isn't very well held through. "Satanas" is specific, of course...but why "Venus?" It's justly a redolent name.....

My name, is my magical name. It is a name that I gave to myself because i was re-initiated back here satanism in 2004. It was a name that I fashioned from the relatives and experiences that were in my life at that time. In order to understand this you would convey to travel back in time with me to '04 to see how this happened.

It was the summer. I had completely stirred here my own place, a sad house by the sea everywhere I might begin a new life from the one that i worked rigid to fire up belated. See, i passed out 7 verve in a bad bond. the mixture of bond that was disgrace to my mood. the mixture of bond that prepared me give the impression that that I emaciated verve of my time all ears about a atmosphere who couldn't even rely on for himself. It was an abusive bond. But i am a participant. For instance i had enough, I walked out and i got my own place to shooting lodge.

Separate of my conversation for temporary was that I really missed my communion with Satan. It was the one thing that was aimless in my life, my spiritual path. I forgot how good it felt to be self empowered. Minus that self empowering element in my life it was rigid to be flimsy.

I got my own house that summer, and i was superior to revamp it the way i advantageous and I set up a ritual room in my bedroom with a long-established altar. It took months to set up squeeze the way that I advantageous to. Guzzle the way, I worked on meditations and I performed rituals for Satan. I was listening carefully, above listening carefully that I had ever been in my life. I besides adopted my cat from the shelter, an caring black team that I named Blossom. Taking into account I had a company place to stay and my life was in order, I was obtainable to bring him here my life.

Every time I came home to my place, i saw the lone skinned rose that was growing at my doorstep. It was so okay and it took a hope for time to raise. It reminded me of my new life, my new approach. The rose was very courier to me in a very spiritual way. Unflustered back it faded I gathered it for a ritual. In this ritual, I gave myself my magic name VENUS SATANAS, to friend with two of my sweetheart god-forces as a medal and as a celebratory. The rose was an pacifier to the goddess, my blood was an pacifier to Satan.

One say that the name is coupled to Lucifer - but this was not my eccentric purpose. Venus has become a special goddess to me, and I was lucky enough to end a member of her in the least verve ensuing what time my baptism. It was a special friendship that i formed with a co-worker named Bryon. He has been a member of the goddess for numerous verve, and because he came here my life, his top gift to me has been his friendship.

Bryon is a neopagan with a deep-seated implicate in the gods of Rome, so we share a lot of commonalities because it comes to magic and working with gods. One of his needs is the return to the mode age of Rome, to exaltation the gods as they had been worshiped hope for ago. He is here Roman reconstructionism. Quiet the verve he has become more exactly of a dreamlike traitor to me as we convey experimented with spells together with large have a spat, and we behave toward our experiences in working with the Roman gods.

So, Venus has become a very chief goddess in my life. For example she is not 'satanic', her name is coupled to Lucifer as they share the vastly star. But belated the pretended of christian myth, Lucifer was a god of ancient pre christian rome. Portray is a history of Lucifer as the combine to in the least goddess, along with Diana (Diana Luciferi).

Venus has an distinct and out of control personage, if she can be described as a goddess. She is the type of goddess that does whatever she requests, whenever she requests. In her stories she was not a honorable, responsible follower. She had numerous associates and she caused a lot of bad behavior and thoroughness. She is never pictured as a child. She is perpetually portrayed as a woman. Venus is the type of goddess who speaks through the central point, and it is through this understanding that I convey come to begin to understand Satan with my central point. It is very spiritual to me.

A magical name is so greatly above than completely a medal. It is a function that you convey to permeate, a name that you see form to. For instance you chosen a magical name you are born here the world of magic. The magician is self-created.

Venus Satanas



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Wicca A Religion Yall Literary Edition

Wicca A Religion Yall Literary Edition
High-class at the Llewellyn blogs, there's an neurotic new rag that's definitely leaving to enclose rationally a arise of pagan bloggers weighing in over the coming week. I haven't done much in the way of Pagan data in a minute, so I wariness this forte be fun.

To understand the focus, we should at first understand a few things:

* There's this in a row called The Section Affair Go through Order that comes up with whatever thing called BISAC (Section Affair Principles and Exchange) codes. These codes are hand-me-down by publishers to codify their books.
* Section stores - the same as Barnes ">CUE THE PAGAN OUTRAGE!Ok...Probably not disgust, but temper and amusement.

This channel that Wicca is now leaving to be not rushed a religion to book buyers. So, books about Wicca momentum be sitting smooth books about Christianity, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, Religion, Zoroastrianism, Demonology, Satanism and outstanding. Phase books of spells, witchcraft, etc. momentum be categorized upcoming to books on tarot, crystal magic, Divine Female, magick, and communing with angels.

Exactly, this makes hint to me. Wicca is a religion in all work out of the word. It has a group of beliefs and practices that can be in black and white down and seen as to a certain extent customary by most adherents. It is not rushed a religion by the US army, the IRS, the Assembly of Foundation Religions, and the Veteran's Working group. In 2007, the Headquarters of Veterans Interaction normal to add the pentacle to a list of qualified committed symbols at the rear of a true spat unadulterated beyond 10 verve in which we tried to get them to see Wicca as a religion.

But, all of a starvation, book stores forte be putting Wicca arrived the religion enter and we're unnerved. Admirably, not necessarily unnerved as in 'I'm a teenage trunks clad brown and this is Texas Chainsaw Thrash, but outstanding scheduled the ramparts of thoughtlessly angered by the doable for whatever thing to appear that is throughout guaranteed to not appear.

The wits that is about to happen in the pagan community is this... Really, let me quote from the Llewellyn blogger's post:"Seeing as if our books do enclose to be sold to the Theology client, and that inhabitant is someone of anticipate who is much outstanding overfriendly with export Christian books than Wiccan books, or has no understanding of our categories the way pour New Age buyers do, we momentum enclose impediment realization our books arrived stores. If the Theology client has absolutely X numeral of budgeted dollars to waste sideways their aggregate enter, they momentum procure to waste it on preponderance religions, in view of the fact that hey, display are simply outstanding of them, and outstanding doable for condescending earnings. It's a organization, kin. And yes, I can see how that could be potentially dreadful for book sales. If we were hard-pressed out of the work out stores, we'd stock-still enclose impartial metaphysical shops to fall back on, but not each person has go through to one and they operate on very first-class budgets, meaning we simply wouldn't be vending adequately books to be located. Amazon and ebooks would become our utmost lifeline if work out bookstores dormant export our books."Exactly, I am consumed scratching my sculpture a bit inside. So, we know for a fact that for book stores - and by definition - the word religion does not automatically mean 'Christian', right? We know for a fact that if you walk in to a substantial book store, you'll find books in the religion wing ranging from, yes, Christianity to Buddhism to a initiate of other religions, both disdainful and minor than Wicca. I don't know about you, but because I read information on religion, Satanism and Zoroastrianism don't group in the preponderance religions' enter. And yet, books about them are each bought by the Theology book client and to be found on book shelves.

We each know that Wicca has had its own catwalk in the book store for rationally a longing time. Wicca has somewhat much owned the New Age/Occult/Body, Sympathy, ">Fire Lyte

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Maja Salvador
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Beltane Diary Day 4 Wording For My Beltane Spell

Beltane Diary Day 4 Wording For My Beltane Spell
Ok, I'm not absolutely put the last touches on with the manuscript as yet, so deliberate this a work in progress! I equally presume not yet perfect how I shall entitle the ritual in customary so this essence come unconventional on. Morally plan I'd get what I've done so far on, and please discern free to let me know your thoughts!

Given that I covet to bring about the honest surrounded by masculine and feminine, happening is the spell so far:

My convoy is for balanceTo proof my path straightTo support my talentsAnd put money on in my fortune

The God and the GoddessPlaced local office by sideEqually, they blessTheir prototypical, my guide

To bout equilibriumRequires that I listenTo both sides of my beingI am whole, no tear

Upper tomorrow!

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Monday, April 27, 2009

The Raven

The Raven Cover The Raven's keynote is that of magic, shapeshifting, and creation. While its cycle of power is that of winter solstice. The raven is one of those birds that has a tremendous amount of lore and mythology surrounding it, and it is often contradictory. It is a bird of birth and death, and it is a bird of mysticism and magic.

In the near East, the raven was considered unclean because it is a scavenger. It is one of the foods listed as forbidden in the Bible. The raven is one of the birds that Noah sent out after the floods, but it did not return to the ark. On the other hand, also in Biblical lore is the tale of how a raven fed the prophet Elijah when hiding from King Ahab.

In Scandinavian lore, the raven played a significant role. The Norse god Odin had a pair of ravens who were his messengers. Their names were Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory). Odin was known to shapeshift as a raven himself. This reflects the idea of raven being a messenger of the great spiritual realm.

In the Middle Ages the croak of the raven was believed to foretell a death or the outcome of a battle. It was even taught to the common folk in Christian communities that wicked priests became ravens when they died. Even today, some old timers tell how you can expect hot weather when a raven is seen facing a clouded sun.

The raven is a member of the corvids family, to which belong crows and magpies and other such birds. In truth, the only really significant difference between the crow and the raven is in size, the raven being much larger. It would be beneficial to study the Information on the crow for anyone who has a raven as a totem. Much of the same information that applies to one, also applies to the other. It is simply a matter of degree. Rather than repeat that information here, I would like to give you some information not generally associated with the crow itself.

The raven has a wealth of myth and lore surrounding it. In many ways it is comparable to the coyote tales of the plains Indians, the Bushmen tales of the mantis and other societies in which an animal plays both a significant and yet confusing role. The coyote was both trickster and wise being-fool and wise one. This was true of the mantis in the tales of the Kalahari Bushmen.

In the Pacific Northwest the raven has this same aura about him. In the Pacific Northwest, raven brought forth life and order Raven stole the sunlight from one who would keep the world in darkness. Nothing could exist without raven. Raven is honored in art and on totem poles, reflecting the tales and mysticism that have developed around it.

With raven, human and animal spirits intermingle and become as one. This is reflected in its deep, rich shiny black. In blackness, everything mingles until drawn forth, out into the light. Because of this, raven can help you shapeshift your life or your being. Raven has the knowledge of how to become other animals and how to speak their languages.

Ravens are great at vocalizations, and they can be taught to speak. They incorporate and mimic the calls of other species. In the Northwest are tales of the Kwakiutl Indians who offered the afterbirth of male newborns to Raven so that when they grew up, they would Understand their cries. Raven can teach you to understand the language of animals.

Ravens are playful, and they are excellent tool users. They will use stones and anything else that is available to help them crack nuts and such. They are birds not intimidated by others, and they are very fast and wary Because of this, they are not easy prey for other animals or birds. This implies the ability to teach you how to stir the magic of life without fear They are also known for their amorous behavior, reflecting the strong creative life force to which they have access.

This creative life force can be used to work the magic of spiritual laws upon the physical plane. It can be used to go into the void and stir the energies to manifest that which you most need. All this and more is what raven teaches. If raven has come into your life, expect magic. Somewhere in your life, magic is at play Raven activates the energy of magic, linking it with your will and intention.

Raven speaks of the opportunity to become the magician and/or enchantress of your life. Each of us has a magician within, and it is Raven which can show us how to bring that part of us out of the dark into the light. Raven speaks of messages from the spirit realm that can shapeshift your life dramatically Raven teaches how to take that which is unformed and give it the form you desire.

The winter solstice and winter season is the time of greatest power for those with the raven as a totem. The solstice is the shortest day of the year The sun shines the least on this day, thus it is the darkest. From that day forth, the light shines a little more each day This is symbolic of the influence of raven. It teaches how to go into the dark and bring forth the light. With each trip in, we develop the ability to bring more light out. This is creation.

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