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all my senses wear her silver • magician • hermeticist • lover of the mysteries •🏳️‍🌈

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Ταῦτα δὲ ἐγένετο μὲν οὐδέποτε, ἔστι δὲ ἀεί 'These things never happened but always are.' This is how late pagan theologian and theurgist Sallustius (in Peri theon... §.8) thinks we should think about the myths.
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Delighted to announce publicly the formation of the Citadel of the Caduceus, a local body of the Astrum Sophiae, here in London. oas-caduceus.org/2024/04/the…
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Delighted to announce publicly the formation of the Citadel of the Caduceus, a local body of the Astrum Sophiae, here in London. oas-caduceus.org/2024/04/the…
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This is a really nice introduction to - and conversation about - Enochian magic. As Douglas jokes, it might be the hardest thing to introduce without visual aids, but they manage it very well. Some thoughts follow 🧵 ––
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Dee had a strong sense of his own importance, but he was also a very pious man. That’s why I like @cliffwigtil's stress on self-examination and self-scrutiny in his contribution. Heart work, in other words. It matters.
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Anyway - an enjoyable introduction. PS: I think Kevin Klein's edition of the diaries should get more love than it does: imv it is the best and most reliable on the market.
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I think this is true, with the caveat that ‘initiation’ is so polyvalent a term in occultism that it would be fairly simple to conjure up legitimate counter-examples.
A true initiation is one where afterwards there is no going back. You can change again but you will never be able to be the same person you were before the initiation.
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E.g.: initiation as a marker of socio-spiritual transition; initiation as simple conferring of legitimacy within a tradition; as recognition of attainment; as ‘introduction’ to powers; as spark and accelerant for a process of spiritual transformation…
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The latter, at least done effectively, are the rarest in my experience. As the follow-up tweet suggests, initiations in many western esoteric traditions are quite disconnected from major life events. Not a problem in itself, but perhaps a notable absence.
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“They had changed their throats and had the throats of birds.”
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Lovely shot of a hand-inscribed Sigillum Dei. Always worth constructing 'by your own ingenium' – lots of pre-printed versions contain an error. Pedant warning: for Dee "Aemeth" is a name for the Sigillum Dei, they're not part of the same title, so it's just "Seal of God".
I am holding the Sigillum Dei Aemeth, or Seal of the Truth of God, used for an Enochian scrying session. This gorgeous shot was captured by Clopezmiro Photography for his project on the occult in North Carolina.
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