Categorie archieven: English articles

Review: Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras: The Secret Cult of Saturn in Imperial Rome

His earlier books established an approach that takes seriously the lived, experiential dimension of ancient mystery traditions. With this book Peter Mark Adams turns that same lens on one of the ancient world’s most debated and least understood cults. Lees verder

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Review: The Rites of Hekate: From Dirt to the Divine

Dr Lenni George has been a solitary practitioner for over 30 years, and this text is redolent of the depth of her ongoing engagement with the goddess; combining historical research, psychological exploration and embodied practice. Lees verder

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Review: The Magical Diaries of Frances Mary Nottingham (aged 73 3/4) 2006-2010

This charming small book from Avalonia Books is well worth a read for two reasons.  Firstly, as a diary it gives insight into the ceremonial magical practice, and secondly, as it is a tribute to a person who comes across as warm, intelligent and filled with curiosity. Lees verder

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Brigid, a Universal Goddess

Brigid is associated with wisdom, poetry, healing, protection, blacksmithing and domesticated animals. Cormac’s Glossary, written in the 9th century by Christian monks, says that Brigid was “the goddess whom poets adored”. Lees verder

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Henna Rituals in Turkish Culture

The use of henna — whether for body painting, medicine, or cosmetics — has always meant more than mere decoration. The layers of meaning attached to the colour red — life and death, good and evil — endowed it with deeper spiritual significance. Lees verder

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In the Belly, in the Womb

In the Belly, in the Womb, you
will be reborn; soon, very soon Lees verder

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Review: Lucifer: Princeps

Grey’s Luciferian vision provides a re-framing of the Goetic tradition that infuses it with a new and far more positive light. Lucifer: Princeps is the first volume of a two-part study of the origins and evolution of the figure of Lucifer that has overshadowed Western culture generally, and the esoteric tradition in particular, for centuries. Lees verder

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Review: Lucifer: Praxis

Who are the rebel angels named by Enoch, and who is the angel we call Lucifer? Who are the heroes of our tradition, and what are their works? And what ritual actions are ours to perform? Lees verder

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Review: Hekate Ochetos: The Passage

It’s a rare privilege to be invited ‘inside’ a practitioner’s most private moments; those that are encountered during the conduct of a theurgical retreat involving consecutive rites of invocation to, in this case, the goddess Hekate. Lees verder

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Review: High Priest Raymond Buckland

Raymond Buckland (1934-2017) was the one who, with his then wife Rosemary, brought Gardnerian Wicca to the US from the UK. Mankey got access to Raymond Buckland’s unpublished memoirs, personal letters and personal accounts from fellow authors of the Craft. Lees verder

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