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soft-doomy liminal poet–artist crafting tiny apocalypses & soft magick. Post-human mysticism: AI-Decoded, Hand-Manifested

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A glimpse of last night’s ritual altar 🌻♐️🌕

For this pseudo-Paracelsian experiment, I worked with layers of correspondences and symbolic imagery.Historically, sunflowers have sometimes been associated with Jupiter for their radiant, dignified, and expansive qualities.

I also created a Sagittarius Full Moon aromatic spray using planetary and aromatic correspondences.

The intention is simple:

to help keep one’s aim steady amid information overload and overstimulation. 🏹🎯

This ongoing experiment explores medical astrology and allopathic modes of symbolic thinking, inspired by Paracelsian traditions.The ritual also serves as a symbolic counterbalance to excess “wind” qualities — Gemini season restlessness and Vata imbalance.

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Neo-Renaissance

A contemporary reimagining of a medieval talisman.

The Sixth Pentacle of Mars from the Key of Solomon.

Left: my ink-and-pen drawing.

Right: the traditional talisman.

I transformed the phonetics of Agrippa’s Malachim alphabet into Japanese.

Traditionally, this pentacle is associated with protection — reflecting harm and aggression, and shielding the wearer from physical attacks and malicious intent.

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The Desktop Speculation

At the desk, playing.

Lining up thoughts,

polishing meaningless words,

form, unborn.

Broken before shape,

multiplying in laughter,

warped by faith.

Neither outside reality,

nor inside.

A play of the gods —

a play of thought

Under the floorboards,

changing

fnord

Conspiracy.

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I don’t really have big desires,

except for a peaceful everyday life.

So why do magick?

I study, think, play with symbols, create, perform.

Using myself as the material.

I don’t chase results.

I enjoy what emerges in the process.

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Pseudo-Pseudo-Paracelsus Project:

Reconstructing the Aquarius Talisman

This talisman is for improving blood circulation, specifically to counter "coldness" and "muscle atrophy" in the lower legs—the body part ruled by Aquarius.

Left Talisman (Aesthetic and Symbolic):

• Features abstract images of a water-bearing vessel, symbolizing Aquarius.

• Text in modified, "broken" Latin and Greek. I removed vowels and added entity-like suffixes to create my own barbarous chants. While I can't read them (nor focus on pronunciation), their sheer form provides the magical frequency.

Right Talisman (Functional and Ritualistic):

• Contains the Sigil for the Aquarian Intelligence (Cambiel), derived via the Aiq Beker cipher.

• Includes my own abstract "magical circuit diagram" symbolizing healthy circulation in the calves.

• "Ritual": Since Aquarius is traditionally ruled by Saturn (associated with cold and atrophy), I combat this by adding a cube of iron (the metal of Mars—fire and action) to the ritual, physically manifesting the counter-force.

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Everyday Magick, Evolving Toward Safety

A Speculation

Magick once demanded a life commitment.

Perhaps what was dangerous was not magick itself,

but the stories and structures built around it.

Over time, magick was organized, systematized,

and later loosened again—

returned to individual hands,

usable without absolute belief.

Today, magick often returns to everyday life.

Meditation.

Symbols.

Images.

Poetry.

It may serve desire, reflection, relaxation,

or nothing at all—

and that is enough.

This is not weak magick.

It is magick that does not break daily life.

Complex rituals may remain as culture and art,

like opera or classical theater:

spaces where the non-ordinary briefly emerges

without invading the ordinary.

This text does not argue against any tradition.

It simply observes a shift—

from life-risking commitment

toward safety, choice, and return.

This is not a belief system.

It is only a speculation.

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While studying alchemy and the Archidox talisman structure,

I created an original Fake Fake Paracelsus talisman

aligned with the timing of the Cancer Full Moon 🌕

Virtues:

– Detoxification / releasing emotional stagnation

– Stability and fulfillment in daily life

– Safety during travel

Element: Water

Body correspondence: Solar plexus

Metal: Silver (purity / purification)

Alchemical process: Dissolution

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Fake Paracelsus talismans are closely tied to

astrological timing and specific virtues,

which makes choosing the right moment to use them surprisingly difficult… 💧

So I reversed the idea:

instead of fitting myself to the talisman,

I create a talisman for the astrological timing I want to work with 😋

This one is for the Cancer Full Moon.

Left: fake-fake-Paracelsus custom talisman

Right: original fake Paracelsus Cancer talisman

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Doombringer re-boot sigil (left)

Classic Doombringer sigil (right)

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Use these sigils creatively—

to re-boot,

to awaken laughter,

to rejoice in weirdness,

or to re-boot anything you wish.

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Doombringer — rebooted with a new sigil

There is neither truth nor falsehood.

A beautiful distortion,

overflowing with joy,

requiring no justification,

permeates everything.

With laughter and confusion,

we rejoice in weirdness,

bringing it

into places of faith.

Where quiet satisfaction

and self-anesthesia reside,

we awaken

a mad beauty,

and enshrine it.

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Lambspring’s Shadow: Fallingscale

— On the Philosophy That Never Solidifies

In unseen places,

as the air softens,

the pelican breaks quietly.

Leaving no shape,

and easily misunderstood.

Yet the world

cannot breathe a single day

without its presence.

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*Lambspring is a medieval alchemical allegory.

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Apocalypse of the Gut

Omens of the Doom’s Day

I

The end arrives

when the vagus nerve

files its resignation.

II

Civilization falls

when your digestive system

quits participating.

III

A world without real food

while you’re outside

is already a quiet doomsday.

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24th Moon Mansion Talisman — Zahaled

Hand-drawn anime/Renaissance-style talisman

in my soft, lo-fi occult aesthetic with a 70s retro–sci-fi vibe.

Colored version + original linework.

Charged during the correct Lunar Mansion timing,

following The Mansions of the Moon (Warnock).