history & documentation
The symbolism of precious stones has always played a very important role in many cultures and was not confined to the niche of magic. Several books were published on the subject. One of the...
The meaning of Typhon in astrology is very explicit. This rather infamous astrological newcomer is classified as a SDO annex Binary Extended Centaur. Typhon was discovered automatically on February 5, 2002, by Near-Earth Asteroid...
In his Songs of the Russian People, W. R. S. Ralston gives us interesting information about the inferior inhabitants of their spirit-world, among them is the Domovoy (plural Domovuie). The Church has waged war against...
As the pagan revival continues at full speed, interest in the ancient European gods and nature beings is also growing in the eastern half of Europe. Folklorist W.R.S. Ralston left us interesting data in...
Sexual magick, in most cases, refers to the linking of sexual and magickal practices in the context of modern Western occultism and, more broadly, modern spiritual movements in the Western world and the concepts...
Next to dogs, goats, toads and horses, cats and cocks, especially the black ones are surrounded by superstitions, mysteries, legends and ghost tales. The cat, as appears from many legends, easily holds the place...
The Book of Abramelin tells the story of an Egyptian mage named Abramelin, or Abra-Melin, who taught a system of magic to Abraham of Worms, a German Jew presumed to have lived from c.1362–c.1458....
Toad folklore is found all over the world and going back for many centuries. In Europe they are in particular associated with witchcraft or the witches’ familiar. In contrast to the frog close to...
Sundsvall (asteroid 6796) was discovered on 21 March 1993 by the Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets (UESAC) and is named after the city of the same name in Sweden. The asteroid measures 11.07...
Manly Palmer Hall (Peterborough, Ontario, 18 March 1901 – Los Angeles, 29 August 1990) was a Canadian-American writer, astrologer, Freemason and mystic. He wrote more than two hundred books. His best-known work is “The...
