#esoterics

[projectiapetus]

[aitogysy]

if any tarot readers are seeing this: do you prefer to cleanse and charge your deck once in a while? what’s your fav way to do it?

every time i start getting a certain connection with my decks i start sensing some energy when i hold them in my hands. at the beginning it’s clean and refreshing, some time later it gets heavier. i ask the decks whether i should clean them, but it never works properly and the energy i’m picking up stays heavy, the spreadings get more off… maybe i should cleanse my own mind more? even though I already do

p.s. some lady once said you should cleanse them with salt… i gave it a try but the energy i felt later was sooo weird??? not bad, just.. weird??? i try to treat my deck like a person so i think it DIDN’T like that hahah

[skaldish]

…Although I will say, it’s always possible to encounter jackasses amongst genuinely experienced esoteric individuals. Having a cultivated level of wisdom doesn’t stop someone from being human. It just means that whatever human they’re being, they’re being on purpose.

And sometimes, that human is a jackass.

[theresomeone1]

Savior of the world. Painting – Leonardeschi and Leonardo da Vinci.

In the painting, which belongs to the “Savior of the World” iconographic type, Jesus Christ is depicted in blue robes characteristic of the Renaissance era; With his right hand he makes the sign of the cross, and with his left he holds a transparent sphere, Chintamani. Chintamani चिन्तामणि, : cintāmaṇi - magic or philosopher's stone = cintâ fem. genus - thought, care + mani husband. genus - pearl, precious stone - in Hindu and Buddhist mythologies, a magical stone (crystal) that fulfills wishes; has the ability to give its owner whatever he wants. His other name is Divya-ratna - God's jewel. This stone once belonged to Brahma, who himself is sometimes called Chintamani.

Chintamani (or the Chintamani Stone), is a wish-fulfilling jewel (look like a pearl) in both Hindu and Buddhist traditions. It is one of several Mani Jewel images found in Buddhist scripture.

Within Hinduism, it is connected with the gods Vishnu and Ganesha. In Hindu tradition, it is often depicted as a fabulous jewel in the possession of Vishnu as the Kaustubha Mani or as on the forehead of the Naga king called as Naga Mani, or on the forehead of the Makara.[citation needed] The Yoga Vasistha, originally written in the 10th century CE, contains a story about the cintamani. The Hindu Vishnu Purana speaks of the "Syamanta jewel, bestowing prosperity upon its owner, encapsulates the Yadu clan system". The Vishnu Purana is attributed to the mid-first millennium CE.

In Buddhism, it is held by the Bodhisattvas (divine beings with great compassion, wisdom and power) Avalokiteshvara and Ksitigarbha. It is also seen carried upon the back of the Lung Ta (wind horse) which is depicted on Tibetan prayer flags. By reciting the Dharani (small hymn) of Cintamani, Buddhist tradition maintains that one attains the Wisdom of Buddha, able to understand the truth of the Buddha, and turn afflictions into Bodhi. It is said to allow one to see the Holy Retinue of Amitabha and assembly upon one's deathbed. In Tibetan Buddhist tradition the Chintamani is sometimes depicted as a luminous pearl and is in the possession of several of different forms of the Buddha.

what the “savior of the world” Davinci is hiding and how he is connected with the Vatican and Buddhism, you can find out about this in the book “From Psychology to Magic”

Magic Diary

From Psychology to Magic: This book tells the amazing story of a young psychologist, Deus Vult, who, disillusioned with the traditional meth

Every person has the power and can fulfill their desires to realize themselves.

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Dion Fortune (introduction by Gareth Knight) - The Esoteric Orders and Their Work - Llewellyn - 1971

[anya-moon]

New Moon --- tarot spread ---

New Moon in Scorpio on October, 27-28. To put simply, from there we start our personal revolution. That’s what we pushed to do when the energy of New Moon *** new beginning, initiation, setting intentions, releasing and preparing for new circle *** 

meets the energy of Scorpion 

*** intensity, drive for the deepest realization of self through transformation and self-destruction, trauma and the patterns of pain, search for deep connection, merging with someone as a way of healing and insight***

This spread is to sit with - slow and dense, not easy to handle.

Make yourself comfortable - take in your circle blanket, images of your ancestors, physical \ spiritual, the symbols empowering you and, for sure, good pot of tea. 

Set an intention before pulling the cards that you’re ready for that revolution, you’ll be open for any messages and you’ll not turn back. 

The positions of spread:

1 - Every revolution starts from the present moment when we just relax and start seeing... - what you don’t see in your current situation, what prevents you from seeing clear and understanding

2 - Let go - what doesn’t serve you any more and holds you back, your addictions and obsessions, this position is also about forgiveness and cleaning ancestral trauma

3 - Transformation - what aspects of your self or daily life need to be transformed, card in this position may offer insight in subconscious patterns limiting you

4 - My power revealed - what aspect of your self you need to integrate this Scorpio season, what hidden powers you’re accessing 

5 - Where it leads me - what you should know about the process of integration, where it’s leading you, what role it plays in your soul journey

6 - My life and death - this card is about your relationships with that special person who makes you alive \ dead, it might show what role this person plays in your new circle and how you can deepen your connection, or alternatively you might ask about any person in your life you wish to be a part of your new circle

[north-of-annwn]

I get a lot of messages in my inbox asking where to learn the basics of magic. Whenever I get this message, I am stumped. It’s not that I don’t know... it’s the source material of where I learned all of this. I learned these concepts for years... and then I had to spend *years* unlearning what was gross and problematic. 

When the beginner material to understand for western esoterics, occult, and witchcraft contain almost all of the following, what do you say? 

- Appropriation and theft from poc cultures

- A misunderstanding of the actual content of said appropriated concepts

- Approaches to magic that are based in elitism, classism, ableism, misogyny, and sexism/genderism. 

So far, I’ve been just defaulting to trying to teach my own concepts and understandings of magic. So if you receive an answer to this question where I seem unsure and stuck... it’s that I have no idea where to direct you to learn the things that I know sans completely unethical magical concepts that I had to meticulously reexamine after I learned why they were gross.