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Transiting Ceres stations retrograde

Timetable (current events in bold): Sunday, October 8, 2017, 02:12 UTC Ceres enters retrograde zone, 4:43:23 Leo Saturday, December 16, 2017, 22:30 UTC, Ceres stations retrograde, 18:11:49 Leo Monday, March 19, 2018, 04:14 UTC, Ceres stations direct, 4:43:23 Leo Sunday, May 27, 2018, 05:54 UTC, Ceres exits retrograde zone, 18:11:49 Leo Thursday, June 28, 2018, Ceres enters Virgo

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Planes Of Existence

This is a reconstruction on one of my earlier post, because I feel like I may have new information on this subject. This is a post that will be going over the different planes of existences, along with setting up a universal map that will show the planes of existence is in relation to each other. There are many different planes of existences, and these planes of existences are different milestones in vibrational frequencies as it increases upwards, starting here in the physical, and rising to the divine monad. By understanding this you’ll be able to comprehend the various different parts of the universe, and how they connect together.

Physical plane, earthly plane, or material plane:

The physical plane of existence is the existence that we have come to know. It is the densest plane of existence which vibrates at the slowest frequency. The physical plane is home to all of the physically incarnated entities which reside there. The physical plane may be very mundane to us, but it is a very beautiful plane that can allow an entity to learn, grow, and experience individual experiences. This is the plane of matter, material, and physicality. This is the place where the 4 classic elements manifest themselves into a physical form, and all the energy from above finds rest. This is connected to malkuth on the qabalistic tree of life. This plane of existence also does exist within a 3rd dimensional space.

The veil, or the lower veil:

The veil is the first spiritual separator that leads to the higher planes of existences. This barrier can be passed through in order to reach, and communicate with these planes. This veil can get thinner in places where there is liminality. By passing through this Veil you enter the other planes of existences, and will become connected, and aware of these other parts of you, that are more than your physical body.

Etheric plane, or the inbetween:

The etheric plane is the first spiritual plane of existence. This is the place where ghost, and nature spirits that are greatly connected to the physical plane exist. This is also the plane of existence you connect to when you meditate, or enter an altered state of consciousness. This is also the plane of existence where dreams take place, and the energy centers of the physical body are located. The etheric plane has the most dense non physical energy, and is very deeply connected to the physical. This Plane of existence also extends on to the other side of the veil, and does meet, and mixed with the higher parts of the physical plane. The etheric plane is the foundation of the physical world, and flows through it, and is greatly connected to it. This is connected to yesod on the qabalistic tree of life. This plane of existence does exist within a 3rd dimensional space, though time has also been known to become warped here.

Astral plane, or emotional plane:

The astral plane of existence is the next spiritual plane of existence after the etheric plane. The astral plane in general is where our consciousness resides between lifetimes, and it said to be the place where we go when we die, after we cross over the veil, and our etheric body dissipates. All of the astral plane is highly connected to emotional energy, and can even be shaped by it. it is also the place in which practitioners astral project, and astral travel to. The astral plane is connected to hod on the qabalistic tree of life, and does exist within a 4th dimensional space. This plane of existence is also usually separated into three sub planes known as the low, middle, and high astral. The low astral has the densest of spiritual energies for the astral planes, and is said to be home to more negative, or dark entities. The middle astral plane is the neutral ground between the higher, and lower astral planes. This place is where most of the astral entities can be found, and is a good combination between both of the higher, and lower astral planes. The high astral is said to be home to more positive entities, or beings of light. This part of the astral plane is said to be extremely beautiful, and awe inspiring, and has even been compared to heaven, or summerland. This place is the very last part of the astral before ascending into the mental plane.

Mental plane, lower mental plane, lower manas, or manasic plane:

The mental plane is a plane of consciousness, and thought. In this plane you are connected to the universal consciousness. On this plane things are created, and manifested through consciousness. communication is also instantaneous on this plane of existence, and communication between all things is clear, and open through the power of one’s thought, and consciousness. This is the first plane where you can consciously reconnect to the overall collective consciousness of all beings. The mental plane is connected to netzach on the qabalistic tree of life, and does exist in a 5th dimensional space.

The second veil, middle veil, veil of nephthys, or the veil of paroketh:

This is the second spiritual Veil that separates the mental plane from the higher spiritual planes of existence. In order to pass through this veil you must ascend and retake control of your higher self.

Causal plane, higher mental plane, or higher manas:

This is the place where your higher self resides. In this plane of existence you become your higher self, and are connected to all your incarnations. From here you are connected to all things that are you, and all of the furthest parts of your soul. This is the place where you come together with all your memories, understandings, and information that makes you, you. This is a place of connection between you, and everything else in existence. From here you are aware of yourself, and are a separate entity, while also being here you are aware of your divineness, and your overall connection to existence, and source. This is also the first plane of existence where form gives way to formlessness, and you become ascended into a new state of being. This plane of existence is connected to tiferet on the qabalistic tree of life, and does exist within a 5th dimensional space.

Akashic plane, or the neutral plane:

The Akashic plane is a plane of information that can be accessed by your higher self. From here you can unlock or perceive information from throughout the Universe. It is a place of knowledge, learning, and wisdom, and also acts as an archive for the entire universe. What is saved here is everything from the known universe. All the knowledge one could ever want. Recorded, and documented by the energies that were present at the time. Giving all possible views, standpoints, and outlooks on all subjects. It is a place where you can look, and understand your own karmic destiny, so that you will be able to walk your path more clearly, and be able to interact, and learn from experiences. This Plane of existence is connected to gevurah on the kabbalistic tree of life, and This Plane of existence does exist within a 6 dimensional space.

Buddhic plane, intuitional plane, or unity Plane:

In the buddhic plane your ego is stripped away and you become combined with the all of existence. You combine, and connect with all beings, all places, and all energies. You begin to come less of an individual. This is also the place where ones spiritual will resides. This will be the last plane of existence were you will be an individual, and will have perception of the self. This is the first place where new souls take form, and actually properly exist in some shape, or form. For them it is the beginning of their individuality, and their first complete separation from source. This plane of existence is connected to chesed on the qabalistic tree of life, and this plane does exist within the 7th dimension.

The third veil, the higher veil, veil of isis, or the abyss:

This is the veil that separates you from connecting to the higher planes of existences. In order to pass through this veil of existence you must separate from your individual self to become one with existence. Being very close to this veil allows you to gain much knowledge of existence, while also being able to keep your individual being. This is connected to da'at on the qabalistic tree of life.

Atmic plane, nirvanic plane, or spiritual plane:

This is a place where the confines of the soul no longer exist, and there is no more you. This is the plane of the pure spirit, and is said to be the place of self-realization. This is the place where you as yourself is annihilated, but transmuted into the true spiritual self. This is also where the monad gets life breathed into it, and also begins to build up energy, and the concept of form is given to the new souls. This plane of existence is very connected to feminine, and yin energy. This Plane of existence is connected to binah on the qabalistic tree of life, and is present in an 8th dimensional space.

Anupādaka plane, or monadic plane:

This is the plane where the monad, holy spirit, or oversoul does exist. This is the plane where the spark of source is used to create souls, and the rest of the facets of the existence. This is the plane of existence where the pure energy from the adi plane becomes directed, and focused.

These monads will project themselves downwards into the lower planes of existences creating, and beginning new souls. The soul will be everything that extends from the monad. The soul is the individual subsection of the monad, and will go forth to lower planes of existence to exist and experience. This Plane of existence is very connected to masculine, and yang energy. This is connected to chokmah on the qabalistic tree of life, and does exist in a 9th dimensional space.

Adi Plane, logoic plane, divine plane, or the unknown:

This is the crown of the universe, and is the highest point of source. It is a point of unity, and divinity. It also encapsulates everything that exists, and is the place where the divine monad for everything is present. This is the plane of being, where everything that is anything is, and there exists an unlimited unmanifested potential of energy, and consciousness. It is said what is on this plane is undescribable, and is something that stretches through all space-time, and reality itself. This plane of existence is said to be the place of the divine monad, and the logos. This plane encloses, and interpenetrates all of existence, and is the beginning point of creation, and the divine essence of existence. This is connected to keter on the qabalistic tree of life, and does exist in a 10th dimensional space.

[animapurasit]

Banishing pt. 1

In almost any book on Magic(k) one of the first things you’re likely to encounter is a Banishing Ritual or at the very least some form of instruction on Magic(k)al or Psychic protection. I whole-heartedly agree that Banishing Rituals and Magickal/Psychic Protection techniques are some of the first practical exercises that one should learn, and learn well, in their study and practice of magic(k). There are several reasons for learning these techniques. Simply stated, Banishing means to send something away. The various techniques that belong to this category of practice can be and are used to clear the mind of distraction, and the general area of unwanted influences, not only before and after ritual work, but also in everyday life . Any ritual or technique used to ground, dissipate, neutralize or otherwise get rid of, or protect the magician from, general or specific unwanted energy, spirits, thought-forms, memories, emotions, etc. can be considered a form of Banishing.

In a lot of Magic(k)al practice, particularly ritual work, it is desirable to work in a “neutral” environment, free of any mundane or psychic influence, positive or negative. Many people are not able to have a great deal of privacy, such as a room which can be used solely for magical work. It’s common practice for the modern magician to use areas which are used for other day-to-day activities for ritual work, meditation, and various magic(k)al endeavors. For this reason, it’s a good idea to begin and end any formal Magic(k)al work with some form of Banishing that seems appropriate to the work. These are techniques that center the magician within himself and his ritual space, and remove all unwanted energies that may interfere with the ritual. Banishing after magic(k)al work clears the area and helps ground the magician and return him or her to normal consciousness. This can sometimes be in the form of a preliminary Exorcism before or a License to Depart at the end of a working. These same techniques, in my experience, work just as well at removing unwanted energies from physical objects, your own mind, or even other people, such as in the case of an obsession or possession of some sort.

What about using Banishing in the “real” world, though? Have you ever been in an empty room and simply felt “uncomfortable”? Maybe you know someone who seems to have a certain “negativity” about them, or they seem to drain you physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually in some way whenever you’re near them. We’ve all experienced this. It can be extremely helpful to Banish when you’re in places where a large amount of negativity may be lingering, such as at work. Remember that Banishings function to remove unwanted energy, positive or negative, from the area that the magician is in. Also try Banishing such things as bad habits, negative situations, and unproductive emotional responses. Anything that the magician may need to “send away” can be Banished in some way.

I’m a firm believer in the idea that a banishing should fit the situation. Whenever you plan to use a particular Banishing, ask yourself why it is being used and if it’s really the proper method. Some are and some aren’t depending on what you’re intention is. When it comes to Banishing, there are no hard and fast rules. Remember, there’s no one right way to do it, just the way that works for you. To illustrate the importance of having good knowledge and ability when it comes to Banishing, here’s a story:

I was involved, for a short time several years ago, with a small group of magicians who were without a doubt….hardcore. I was invited to the home of one of the magicians for a day of marathon magick. I was told ahead of time to work on a quick, effective banishing technique.

We went into the basement. This was my first official meeting with the particular group I was working with. I was told, in a joking manner, “This is your first time at Fight Club, so you have to fight.” It was explained that I was going to be involved in alot of ritual work, and that I had to be able to banish quickly, and well.

I’d always thought of banishing as a way to balance and center, get in the right mind, create a working space, etc. I was not really prepared for what was about to happen. I was told that a demon was going to be evoked into a triangle on the floor in front of me, and my job was to make it go away in a timely manner.

I stood against the wall, breathing deeply and mentally preparing myself, while two guys performed a goetic-like evocation ritual about 3 feet in front of me. When they were done they told me “ok, it’s here.” I saw nothing. I focused on the triangle and shouted a short incantation. A large banner flew off the wall on the other side of the room. Everybody kind of laughed, and said “It’s still here”. I repeated my performance, and began hearing A LOT of noise coming from outside….people yelling and stuff. “That’s to distract you. Focus. Ignore it.” I repeated my Banishing again, and again. After some time I thought to myself “I cant do this”. One of the other guys said “Yes you can”, as if he’d heard my thoughts. I gave it one more go, from the heart, and they said it was gone.

The point……when your backs up against a wall, you better be able to banish quick and effectively.

I believe a banishing technique is a very personal thing. In my opinion, it is your belief in the banishing technique that empowers it and brings about the desired effect. By saying I think such things are personal I don’t mean to say that I think learning other peoples techniques are a bad idea. In fact, I believe one should learn as many techniques of this sort that they can find. People are different, and therefore should experiment and find what works best for them. The point I am trying to make is that each person has their own view as to how and why things are and this should be utilized when creating your own Banishing methods. There is no limit on how many you can use or when to use them.

Essentially, a Banishing will be used for one, or several, of the following purposes: • Grounding and Centering, • Creating a neutral environment, • as a License to Depart or an Exorcism, • or as form of Magic(k)al/Psychic Self-Defense.

Banishing techniques and methods will generally be in the form of:

• Artifacts (such as Talismans and fetishes), • simple or complex Ritualized Banishings, • visualizations and/or energy manipulation such as Psionic-style Shielding, • Words of Power in the style of the “Apo Pantos Kakodaimonos” in Crowley’s Star Ruby • or a combination of these different forms.

Grounding

Grounding techniques help bring the Magician back to a “normal” state of consciousness. This is often necessary after an intense ritual when one has spent a significant amount of time in an altered state of consciousness. Depending on the intent and nature of the ritual and the emotional/psychological state of the magician there may be some residule energy associated with the ritual. This is normal, but when the ritual is over it is necessary to return to a normal state of mind. If you have just performed, for example, a ritual to get revenge on an enemy, fueled by rage, you want to let that go when you’re done. On a lighter note, sometimes after a ritual you may just feel a bit unbalanced, or maybe somewhat euphoric, which also warrants a good grounding.

In everyday life, there are a multitude of “mundane” ways one can ground. People who are especially sensitive to the problems, emotional baggage, personal dramas or even physical pain of others can benefit greatly by grounding regularly, possibly several times daily. People like this are a form of Psychic Vampire, and grounding is a good way to Banish the draining effect they sometimes have. Grounding is also a good way to overcome stress and anxiety. Nearly everyone experiences these things from time to time for one reason or another, and finding ways to ground ourselves is a great solution to overcoming these feelings. One of the fastest ways to ground is to shock your body slightly. Splashing your face with cold water is probably the most common way to do it.

Focusing on breathing slowly and deeply as opposed to shallowly and rapidly is good, too. Ever heard the phrase “Take a deep breath and count to 10”? To do this, simply become aware of your breathing and slow it down. Breath in counting slowly and evenly to 4. Now hold your breath in for 4, Breath out 4, hold your breath for 4. Make sure you don’t close your throat when holding your breath either in or out. Just use your lungs to stop your breath. Focus your attention on the sensation of your breath going in and out. Continue this exercise until you feel calm and grounded.

Paying close attention to things around you can help you reorient yourself.

Stretching and general body movement, such as waving your arms around or going for a walk, seem to be helpful as well.

Most anything that normally calms you down will help you to ground, such as watching TV, playing video games, reading, a relaxing bath or shower (which are easily ritualized through visualization), and even eating. In many religious and magic(k)al traditions a feast will follow ritual work, though the participants may not be aware of this reason, for the grounding effect a meal has. Sometimes you may not really feel like eating, but you should, if possible, have something sweet followed by a small amount of protein. High protein food is harder to digest and therefore redirects the person’s energy into their body. Moreover, high protein food will help adjust brain chemistry in the direction of normal beta wave consciousness.

Laughter might well be the best method, though, as many a seasoned Chaos Magician will attest.

Centering

Centering techniques generally focus upon one’s center of gravity. They’re used for the purpose of helping the Magician summon energy and find stability for whatever work they’re doing. Centering techniques focus the mind and get it ready to work. This type of technique should effectively “Banish” thoughts that aren’t in accordance with your current work, whether that work is an Enochian Ritual, a math exam, or a job interview.

I personally use only one method of Centering. I’ve been using it since I was a kid and it’s always served me well. When I was about ten years old my father put me in Martial Arts classes because I was being picked on by neighborhood bullies. This not only led to the bullies not picking on me anymore, but also gave me a lifelong passion for such things as energy work and meditation. My martial arts instructor taught me about keeping one point of consciousness at the Dantian. The Dantian is used as a focal point for internal meditative techniques and refers specifically to the physical center of gravity located in the abdomen three finger widths below and two finger widths behind the navel. He demonstrated how maintaining “one point” was useful, not only in fighting, but in daily life. When he put his consciousness at his Dantian he became immovable. He could lay on beds of nails while grown men broke concrete blocks on his stomach with sledgehammers. Things like this tend to get the attention of a ten year old boy. During our meditations, people would sway and bounce from the energy they were cultivating. The instructor, from time to time, might even walk up and hit or kick them. They didn’t lose their focus. I found that by putting my focus on my Dantian I was more balanced, stronger, more energetic, and more graceful.

So here’s my personal Centering practice. It’s incredibly simple, but will allow you to bring focus and find balance. This technique can be performed standing, sitting, or lying down. If sitting in a chair you’ll want to sit so that with your feet flat on the floor your torso, thighs and shins roughly form the shape of a stair step. In other words, the angle between your spine and thighs is about 90 degrees and the angle between your thighs and lower legs is about 90 degrees in the other direction. It is better that these angles be a little more than 90 degrees rather than less. Your head should rest comfortably on your neck. Your spine should be erect so that your head balances there without much muscle tension keeping it in place. Sit up straight and find that balance point. You may look slightly downward, or simply close your eyes. You may simply rest your hands on your thighs. Your nose and your navel should be in line. Your ears and shoulders should be in line. You may rock a little front to back and to each side to find the balance point.

Now release any remaining muscle tension and concentrate on your breathing. At first, simply let your breathing become very natural. It will find its own pace and you may notice that it slows and deepens. Inhale gently through the nose, hold, and exhale through the mouth, each period lasting for about five seconds. Allow the breath to sink into your abdomen. Imagine that the breath is moving like a wave between your lungs and the point in the center of your abdomen a couple of inches below and behind your navel. Bring your attention fully to that energy center. Allow all of you attention to focus at that point. It may be helpful to imagine a point of white light in your abdomen. Visualize with each breath that the  abdomen fills with energy; feel it warm and tingling. Continue to return your awareness to your Center whenever it drifts away. Focus all of your attention there. Note any sensations you have there and let them go. Releasing your mental constrictions there will allow the energy to move up your spine and throughout your body. You may feel energized, but at the same time you may have a feeling of being in balance. Focus your attention without desire for any particular result. Check your posture and bring it back to balance when you feel it slip.

Creating a Neutral Environment

As was mentioned earlier, a magician will usually have to create a neutral environment prior to ritual work, get rid of residue left lingering after magic(k)al work, and neutralize negativity from people, places, and things in the everyday world. Negative energy in various forms can collect where we live, where we work, and basically anywhere people find themselves. For example, arguments with spouses, children, parents, or friends cause it. A stressful work environment causes it. I’ve even noticed large family functions that seem to be quite happy on the surface sometimes seem to cause it. These are all perfectly normal everyday situations that will happen from time to time, but all produce negative energy that must be Banished.

Before formal magic(k)al work it is a good idea to clean the area physically. Pick up any clutter, vacuum, mop, whatever seems necessary. Also, make sure you will not be interrupted. Disconnect your telephone, close any open curtains and lock the doors if necessary. If you are working at home and have family, tell them you are not to be disturbed for a while. Now you are ready to begin banishing any negativity that might be present. There are several ways of doing this. Here’s a simple one:

Standing in the area to be Banished, face any preferred direction. Ground and Center. Hold out your projective hand (right if right handed) palm down at waist height and point your fingers at the edge of the area. Visualize energy flowing out from your fingertips as a bright light (colored if you wish) and slowly walk clockwise around the area. Now form it with your visualization into the form of a dome, it should encompass the whole area. Now extend the energy down into the floor, see it forming into a complete sphere of brilliant light as you stand at its center. Feel it dissipating all of the negativity in the area. When the area seems ’clean’, finish the technique by turning the palm and clenching your fist pulling it back to your body.

Smudging, the burning of certain herbs to create a cleansing smoke bath, is another common method which is used to purify people, ritual space, and ceremonial tools and objects. This technique is traditionally used to Banish negative energies by cleansing, purifying and protecting the magician and the working area, and also bringing physical, spiritual and emotional balance. It is easily performed by burning traditionally purifying incense or herbs such as frankincense, myrrh, sage, thyme or rosemary. The physical act of smudging can be as simple as fumigating the area by walking clockwise around the area and visualizing the smoke dispelling any negative energy.

For formal ritual work, I like to smudge before and after. The first smudging is for the purpose of cleansing the space, myself and any participants and for banishing any unwanted energies. Cleansing the ritual space before and after the event is essential. The final smudge is to Banish any negative vibrations and energies attracted or created during the ritual. Smudging is also an easy way to banish yourself and your living space on a regular basis. Many people with desk jobs can even get away with this method of Banishing at work.

Ritual Banishing

The Golden Dawn’s Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, Aleister Crowley’s Star Ruby, Peter Carroll’s Gnostic Pentagram Ritual, and countless other Banishings fall into the area of Ritual Banishings. All of the one’s just mentioned are good, as well as many others out there. Most use various combinations of visualization, gesture, movement, words of power, invocation, sometimes evocation, breath control, and a wide array of symbol systems in a psycho-dramatic fashion to Banish. Many of these rituals ground, center, create a neutral environment for, and protect the magician all with one short, usually no more than ten minute ritual, making ritual Banishings excellent for beginning and ending longer sessions of magic(k)al work.

Many magicians also perform Banishing Rituals as a daily routine, such as in the morning just after they wake up and at night before bed, in addition to using them to open and close their ritual work.

[westernmystery]

The Feri Tradition

The Feri Tradition (referred to also as Vicia, Faery, or Anderson Feri) is an initiatory tradition of modern traditional witchcraft. It is an ecstatic, rather than a fertility, tradition stemming from the experience of Cora and Victor Anderson . Strong emphasis is placed on sensual experience and awareness, including sexual mysticism, which is not limited to heterosexual expression.[1]

Among the distinguishing features of the Feri tradition is the use of a specific Feri power or energetic current. Feri witches often see themselves as “fey”: outside social definitions, on the road to Faeryland. They believe that much of reality is unseen, or at least has uncertain boundaries. Within the tradition there is a deep respect for the wisdom of nature, a love of beauty, and an appreciation of bardic and mantic creativity.

Core teachings acknowledged by most branches of the tradition include the concepts of the Three Souls and the Black Heart of Innocence, the tools of Iron and Pearl Pentacle, as well as an awareness of “energy ecology”, which admonishes practitioners to never give away or waste their personal power. Trance experiences and personal connection to the Divine are at the heart of this path, leading to a wide variety of practices throughout the larger body of the tradition.

Early in 2011, a schism became visible  around philosophical differences between those who wish to teach the religion publicly and for pay and those who prefer the more personal, one-on-one methods traditional to religious witchcraft. Some of the “old Craft” adherents have gone back to the older “Faery” spelling of the tradition in order to distinguish themselves from the more public faction, while others have not.

Feri is not a tradition of Wicca; there are Wiccan groups and traditions sometimes calling themselves “Fairy” (Faerie, Faery, etc.), but these are distinct from the Feri Tradition.

Deities of the Feri Tradition

While some lines place a special emphasis on certain deities or pantheons, there is no one pantheon that is universal among Feri. However, certain deities are given special importance in most lines of the tradition:

The Goddess is the central deity of Feri. Sometimes referred to as “God Herself”, s/he is the androgynous point of all creation, the primal darkness of deep space, the intelligence of the great Void.

The Blue God is frequently said to be the first born of the Goddess. S/he is the spirit of youth and of eroticism and often appears as an androgynous male figure with blue skin and peacock feathers in his hair. S/he is related to the Yazidi angel and indeed some lines of Feri see the two as a single being.

Some practitioners use the lemniscate (infinity symbol) as a cosmological glyph to describe main deities of the tradition, sometimes called The Infinitum. In this system, all gods and goddesses can be placed somewhere on the glyph.

Practices and beliefs

There are several practices and beliefs in the larger body of the Feri tradition that are almost universal:

The Three Souls. As in Huna, partly from which this concept is derived (other traditions such as Mystical Judaism also have a concept of the three souls), Feri postulates the existence of three separate yet interdependent souls as a part of the natural psychic structure of the human being. Although a multitude of different names are used to describe them, they are sometimes called the fetch, the talker, and the Godself. The talker is that part of humans which is self-aware and deals with language, rational thought, and the gathering and dissemination of knowledge. A central practice of Feri concerns bringing these souls into alignment so they may communicate freely, granting the practitioner a deeper awareness of their own personal Godself and the Goddess.

The Iron Pentacle. A symbolic and energetic tool that is used to help realign and purify the practitioner. It is meditated on in various ways.

Founders and major figures of the Feri Tradition

Victor Anderson was a blind poet and shaman who began teaching the Feri Tradition (then reportedly known variously as Vicia or simply “The Craft”) more or less in its modern form in the 1940s. He began initiating people into the tradition on an individual basis before the 1950s. According to Cora Anderson, Victor received a letter in 1960 from several witches in Italy, among them Leo Martello, asking him to form a coven in California. Victor taught openly for several decades before dying in 2001.

Cora Anderson met Victor in Bend, Oregon in 1944. By her account, they had met many times before on the Astral Planes, so upon meeting on the earthly plane recognized each other instantly and married after only three days. Cora was an Appalachian kitchen witch whose folk magic has been credited with helping many. She was best known for her teachings on putting magic into food, her Pagan Rosary, and her books on her life and the Feri Tradition. Cora died on May 1, 2008, 64 years to the day after meeting Victor in person.

Gwydion Pendderwen, (Top Picture) Anderson’s Craft “foster son”, worked with him during the 1950s and ‘60s, helping to edit and publish Victor’s book, Thorns of the Blood Rose. Gwydion brought in the name “Faery” (later changed to “Feri” to avoid confusion with other groups using similar terms), emphasized Celtic origins almost exclusively in his own practice, with a smattering of Vodou; other teachers have emphasized the Hawaiian, the African-diaspora, or even traced the lineage back to the Attacotti, who were small, dark, possibly southernEuropean settlers in Scotland thousands of years ago. Gwydion later purchased and moved to Annwfn, 55 acres (223,000 m²) of land in Mendocino county he later deeded to theChurch of All Worlds as a gift, and worked psychedelic group shamanic and Vodou rituals. Gwydion produced a large number of articles, rituals, poems, and songs before his death in 1982.

[skepticaloccultist]

Naturalist Writers for Witches

Naturalist Writers for Witches

In the balance of things there is an incredible lacking in the occult world in knowledge of the realm of the natural world. While the country witch may have a firm grasp on the land and its inhabitants seldom does the urban or suburban witch have a thorough understanding of the shape of the lifeforms in the landscape that surrounds them.

In particular the lack of any serious education in terms of hands on biology is practically an epidemic in the Untied States. When I relocated to Britain a decade or so ago I was surprised at the much higher knowledge level that many young people have about nature. In the urban areas the age of parks (most from the Victorian era, some centuries older) and the greenness of the landscape, coupled with a higher standard of education, lends itself to a hands-on experience for young people. Yet even here the things one sees as a witch should be more comprehensive and are often found in the lacking in even the older magicians.

I find myself on the fringe of the expanding urban sprawl of London, clinging to a scrap of woodland and a bit of marsh for my patch of soil. When I came here it was Roma travelers and urban homeless that haunted my wood. These days it is increasingly overrun with joggers and paid foraging expeditions.

The natural world is slipping away from us, and we must grasp it firmly, hold onto it for dear life for it is that by which we see the world anew. Birds, insects, flowers, all lost or only found in isolated regions when once they spread like carpet across the meadows and forests. The forests themselves slowly picked away, like an apartheid state eaten by a colonial cancer.

We must educate ourselves in knowing that world that we walk through, that we may find an accord with it on our path. As witches we can look to the naturalists who have so acutely inspected the green verdant world. Their poetry and prose lends itself to our cause, drawing similarities with the vibrancy of the world on the other side of the landscape.

The Victorian naturalists in particular lived at a time when many times more species existed in the landscape than do now, and whose numbers were much greater than we could imagine possible. They were the last to truly know nature untouched by mankind’s modern chemical ecocide.

The following is a short list of authors whose words reflect the shimmering effervescence that is the flora and fauna of the world. Explorers, ramblers, authors of chapbook and newspaper columns, mad mystics and journeyers who have traveled in much the same direction as we do and can show us the way.

Richard Jefferies - The Story of my Heart Nature Near London

W.H. Hudson - The Book of the Naturalist Nature in Downland

Denham Jordan (“A Son of the Marshes”) - Forest Tithes Woodland Moor and Stream

John Burroughs - Ways of Nature

Fiona Macleod (William Sharp) - Where the Forest Murmurs

Modern writers whose prose is exceptional include:

John Lewis Stempel - The Wildlife Meadowland The Running Hare

Mark Cocker - Crow Country

Giles Watson - A Witch’s Natural History

[dragonfishdreams]

The thing no one ever seems to mention when talking about ‘classical’/’proper’ faery lore of any sort:

It’s all hella out of date. I mean, most of these beliefs and rituals, terms like ‘The Fair Folk,’ ‘The Good Neighbors,’ ‘The Shining Ones,’ etc? Oooooold, like multiple centuries old. But people still accept it and cling to it as though any and all variations on it are ridiculous, watered-down inaccuracies made up for twee little Victorian children.

And this makes absolutely no sense to me. This is like saying that human society has not changed in any way, shape, or form in the last several hundred years, which is kinda ridiculous. It seems to imply that the Fae courts are completely incapable of learning, which, damn, y’all talkin’ ‘bout not insulting them but you’re willing to overlook that potential doozy? I’ll be standing over here, thanks.

Especially when you take a look at which humans the fae are supposed to be interested in - the artists, musicians, bards, story-tellers, and similar people. Creative types who can come and entertain them and give them new music and art and stories. So who’s to say they didn’t go through a phase in the Victorian era where it was all the rage to dress yourself up all sparkles and flowers and hang out with the kids in the flower gardens? Maybe it was because it is a beautiful image, and the fae are typically believed to love beautiful things, maybe it’s because they thought this was the funniest thing ever, but it’s possible, because they also love messing with humans. And they live such a long time, the entire purpose of that whole thing could have been entirely for everyone’s reactions now to the Victorian flower fairies. I know humans who have spent months or longer setting up a good joke, you think the fae couldn’t spend a few decades doing the same?

Heck, you know what I bet has been awesome for the fae courts in the past couple centuries? The fact that we’ve invented things like anthropology and psychology. ‘cause from their perspective we’re probably the ones with all the weird hang-ups and behaviour patterns and stuff, and we’re finally explaining why we’re so freaking weird and can’t seem to grasp certain basic truths of existence!

Which is not to say that aspects of the old beliefs aren’t true - some of it probably does carry over, just as certain aspects of human culture remain very similar over the centuries, and none of us have gotten any less dangerous over the years. But, for all that we live in scary times right now, the eras we get the old fae lore from were even scarier in so many ways. We have changed. Perhaps it’s time to consider the fact that they may have as well.

[thecultoflexithewulf]

Sigil to facilitate divine love, and emotional healing

[witchesvenew]

12/4

Meditation on sigil. Been struggling to cultivate these two in the past few weeks. Deciding that my experience of the meditation meant the same thing as the experience of the aims themselves:

- experienced a heightened/ stressed emotional state while meditating; sigil became a picture of two figures struck by a forking bolt through each heart, separated yet joined

- reflections on my intent of the nature of that experienced state meaning the same as divine love/ emotional healing yielded immediate reduction in stress

- process yielded surprising increased personal apprehension of divine love & healing (surprising not because of its content but because i think this method yields a different orientation to the desire than, say, spare's, which ime yields more insight into my own ego than abstract concepts, has had less success)

Would count this experiment in method a success.

What I love about Chapman's Advanced Magick for Beginners is that it's basically Aggie Cromwell's "all you have to do is want something, and then let yourself have it!".

[thecultoflexithewulf]

Sigil to facilitate divine love, and emotional healing

[thecultoflexithewulf]

Sigil to facilitate intuition, inner work, and patience

[rapid-i-mvmt]

Okay but seriously there are so many cool ways to use technomancy that I wish I saw more witches do! If you think about it like this, computer coding is a really direct way to twist the subtle fabric of our reality. You’re literally programming a set of instructions for which literal light energy is meant to follow, in order to create an intangible web of information that shapes our physical world as we see fit. It’s some of the most magickal stuff I’ve ever heard of! Think of the possibilities:

-communicate with the spirit of your computer, or create a thoughtform to live within it and work together in your magick

-name variables in your code after spell ingredients or forces you wish to wield, then run your program and execute the tasks to cast the spell

-you can do a lot of sympathetic magick like this, using classes and functions and variables and all that as virtual poppets for real-world people

-cleanse and charge crystals and other materials by modelling the energies within the target item through a data structure and sort the information within it 

-pop culture pagans can derive their Craft from the computer science elements of Homestuck, like the Sylladices and Alchemiters 

-0 and 1 can be used in sigils as glyphs that mean false and true, respectively

-write incantations in the comments of your code to weave spells into the program, which will be cast when the program is run

-program a game that will be your portal to your astral home

-scry in those cool websites that generate random, funky, fractal-y images 

[wytchtrack]

A Manifesto of Apocalyptic Witchcraft

1. If the land is poisoned, the witchcraft must respond.

2. It is not our way if life, it is life itself which is under threat

3. Witchcraft is our intimate connection to the web of life.

4. We are the Witchcraft.

5. Our World has forever changed. The trodden paths no longer correspond. Witchcraft thrives in this liminal, lunar, trackless realm.

6. We are storm, fire and flood.

7. We will not be denied.

8. Witchcraft is the recourse of the dispossessed, the powerless, the hungry and the abused. It gives heart and tongue to stones and trees. It wears the rough skin of beasts. It turns on a civilization that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

9. If you have no price you cannot be bought. If you do not want you cannot be bribed. If you are not frightened you cannot be controlled.

10. Witchcraft is folk magic, the magic of the people and for the people.

11. We call an end to the pretence of respectability.

12. We will not disarm ourselves.

13. The war is upon us.

14. Choose then to become a Mask.

15. Those with nothing left to lose will dare all.

16. There is one Witchcraft under many names. There is one Grand Sabbat on one mountain. There are many ways to fly. There is no witness present at the Sabbat.

17. Witchcraft is a force, not an order. Witchcraft is rhizomatic, not hierarchic. Witchcraft defies organisation, not meaning. We simply bear the marks.

18. Witchcraft is power and possesses this in ekstasis, sex and ordeal. Witchcraft is unbridled sexuality.

19. In witchcraft it is the woman who initiates. We challenge man to be the equal of this woman.

20. Witchcraft is the art of inversion.

21. Witchcraft is the beauty which is terror.

22. Witchcraft is a myth, which drawing on the past, clothes itself in the symbols of (its) time. Witchcraft does not mistake myths for history, it harnesses them to transform the future. Witchcraft knows the ground upon which it stands.

23. Witchcraft honours the spirits. Witchcraft enchants for the lost. Witchcraft will not forget.

24. Witchcraft embodies our ancestors and saints, they carry us with them.

25. To Her is offered the blood, to use the care of the ask and bones.

26. The example we follow is our own.

27. The practice of witchcraft is one of revolution and of the power of woman.

28. The Goddess who speaks through us is known among men as Babalon.

29. Witchcraft concerns itself with mystery. Through the gates of mystery we come to knowledge. Knowledge enters us through the body. The highest form of this knowledge is Love.

30. Every drop of blood is sacrificed to the grail. Love cannot be bought with any other coin.

31. We seek and drink this wine together.

32. Will is finite, passion infinitely renewed.

33. Witchcraft is present, its is ensanguined and vivified. Witchcraft is prescient, it gazes on the future. Witchcraft is oracular, it will not hold its tongue. Our time has come

…from Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Peter Grey, published by Scarlet Imprint

[inritum]

reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)

[ghostdog07]

OH MY FUCKING GOD, IT’S BACK ON MY DASH.

THIS SHIT WORKS OKAY, I AM DEAD SERIOUS.

The last time I saw this on my dash, I didn’t think it would happen, so jokingly I wished I could go to a fun. concert.

AND GUESS WHAT, I WENT TO A FUCKING FUN. CONCERT.

THIS SHIT WORKS, TRY IT.

[deathklaue]

YOOOOOOO

I SAW THIS ON MY DASH THE OTHER DAY AND THOUGHT “ITS WORTH A TRY” SO I WISHED I COULD GET A 3DS

LITERALLY LIKE 4 DAYS LATER MY DAD SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE 3DS XL HE BOUGHT FOR ME WHILE I WAS AT SCHOOL

IM STILL FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS

[doryishness]

holy fuck, I didn’t expect this to work, I was like psh, whatever it’s just a quick reblog, but I wished my Dad would actually respond back to me AND HE FUCKING DID A FEW DAYS LATER, I GOT A FUCKING TEXT FROM MY DAD TODAY WHO HASN’T SPOKEN OR RESPONDED TO ME IN MONTHS HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THIS MAGIC IT WORKS. 

[victoriaringsinyourears]

I WANTED TO SEE MY BOYFRIEND AND I DIDN’T THINK I’D GET DAYS OFF BUT THIS WEEKEND I’M HEADING UP THERE??? THIS IS CRAZY SHIT 

[lenshade]

SO LIKE I JOKINGLY WISHED FOR MY OWN LEN KAGAMINE AND THEN LIKE A WEEK LATER I GOT A LEN NENDOROID??? H ELP

[themixedbagofwhat]

WTF OKAY SO THIS SHOT ACTUALLY WORKS BECAUSE WHEN I WISHED, I HAD WISHED MY CRUSH WOULD LIKE ME BACK AND GUESS WHAT? I HAVE A BOYFRIEND NOW. WHAT THE HELLLLL?????

[wodkat]

ok I’ve said this before but IM DOING IT AGAIN THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS, MY WISH DID COME TRUE SO I REBLOGED AGAIN AND SAID IT IN THE TAGS BUT THEN I WISHED FOR SMTH ELSE AND IT LITERALLY LITERALLY HAPPENED LIKE A COUPLE DAYS LATER WHAT THE HELL SO NOW IM WRITING THIS HERE FOR YOU BC I DONT BELIEVE IN THIS CRAP BUT STILL IT’S AN AWFULLY BIG COINCIDENCE

[openyourthird-eye]

OKAY I SWEAR TO GOD THIS THING WORKS YOU HAVE TO PATIENT BC I WISHED THAT I COULD MOVE AWAY FROM MY SHITTY TOWN TO A WARM PLACE AND GUESS WHAT THIS JULY IM MOVING TO NORTH CAROLINA OKAY GUYS IM NOT MAKING THIS UP I AM SO CONFUSED ACTUALLY THIS IS GREAT BYE

[thestanuris]

HOPING THIS WORKS!

[totowolffstable]

I’LL TRY LOL

[gazebhoes]

I’m gonna do it. Don’t knock it, ‘till you try it right :)

[themanicnami]

Air Witchcraft: Tools & Associations

Tools: Athame and Knives, Balloons, Batons, Bells, Besoms and Brooms, Blankets and Sheets, Books and Journals, Bows and Arrows, Breath, Brushes, Bubble Wands, Cotton and Cotton Balls, Curtains, Dance, Dowsing Rods/Poles, Dream Journals, Dream Sachets, Earbuds and Headphones, Fallen Leaves, Fans, Feathers, Feather Dusters, Hammocks, Incense, Kites, Knitting Needles, Knots, Lace, Linen, Masks, Microphones, Mirrors, Music and Musical Instruments, Muslin, Needle and Thread, Paintbrushes, Paper and Parchment, Pendulums, Pens and Pencils, Perfume, Pillows, Pinwheels, Poetry and Written Word, Powders (make up, baby, etc), Quills, Reflective Objects/Reflections, Ribbons, Scarves, Scourge and Whips, Smoke, Soft Things, Song/Voice, Spindle ,Staffs and Poles, String, Strong Scents and Fragrances ,Sword, Swords Suit Tarot Cards, Tree Branches and Twig, Wands, Whistles, Wind chimes 

Colors: Yellow, Blue, Sky Blue, Silver, White, Lavender/Light Purple, Gray, Turquoise and Violet

Corresponds to: Divination, thought, mental power, astral, clairvoyance/psychic abilities, travel, communication, creation, creativity, inspiration, freedom, joy and happiness, laughter, new beginnings, change, teaching and learning, dreams

Crystals: Mica, pumice, fluorite, turquoise, diamond, quartz, aventurine, azurite, goldstone, celestite, citrine, dream quartz, aura quartz, fuchisite, lapis lazuli, glass crystals/marbles

Metals: Iron, tin, copper, aluminum

*Plants & Trees: Acacia, (Gum) Arabic, Alder, Almond, Alyssum, Anise, Apricot, Aspen, Baby’s Breath, Bamboo, Bezoin, Bergamont Mint, Bluebell, Citron, Cottonwood, Dandelion, Endive, Eucalyptus, Eyebright, Goldenrod, Hazel, Lavender, Lemon, Lemon Grass, Lemon Verbena, Lilac, Lungwort, Mace, Marjoram, (Gum) Mastic, Mistletoe, Nutmeg, Olive, Oregano, Parsley, Peach, Pecan, Peppermint, Pine, Pistachio, Rice, Sage, Star Anise, Snow Pea, Sweet Pea, Tangerine and Willow

*research plants, herbs and trees before burning, ingesting or using on skin for some are toxic and even lethal

Animals: Birds of all kinds, hawk, eagle, owl, moth, butterfly, bat, dragonfly, spider, crickets, bees, wasp, most flying insects, horse

Elementals and Creatures/Beasts: Pegasus, Griffon, Hippogriff, Sylph, Fairies, Angels, Sirens, Harpies, Gremlin, Garuda, Winged Unicorns, Lightning Bird, most flying creatures/beasts, most/all Dream related entities

Sense: Smell, Hearing

Body: Mind/Brain, Head, Nose, Lungs, Throat, Ears, Hair

Air Related Magick: Art, Written, Verbal/Spoken, Dream Work, Astral, Song/Music, Storm and Weather, Flying, Illusion, Glamour, Mirror and Divination, Incense

[spiritscraft-deactivated2025031]

Concerns of Planetary Days and Hours from

From the Greater Key of Solomon

ShBThAI, Shabbathai, Saturn Weekday: Saturday Concerns of Days and Hours: summon souls of natural death from hades. Good or bad fortune to buildings and businesses, possessions, goods, seeds, fruits etc. Have familiar spirits attend you in your sleep. Bring destruction, discord, death and hatred. Acquire learning. Concerns of hours: communicating with spirits. Concerns of hours and when in conjunction, quartile or opposition with the moon: for hatred, enmity, quarrel and discord.

TzDQ, Tzedeq, Jupiter Weekday: Thursday Concerns of days and hours: for obtaining honours, acquiring riches; contracting friendships, preserving health; and arriving at all that thou canst desire. Concerns of hours: for preparing any operations whatsoever of love, of kindness, and of invisibility, etc. Good for all extraordinary, uncommon, and unknown operations.

MADIM, Madim, Mars: Weekday: Tuesday Concerns of hours and days: regarding War; to arrive at military honour; to acquire courage; to overthrow enemies; and further to cause ruin, slaughter, cruelty, discord; to wound and to give death. Concerns of hours: good for communicating and speaking with Spirits; serve for summoning Souls from Hades, especially of those slain in battle. Concerns of hours and when in conjunction, quartile or opposition with the moon: for hatred, enmity, quarrel and discord.

ShMSh, Shemesh, the Sun: Weekday: Sunday Concerns of hours and days: regarding temporal wealth, hope, gain, fortune, divination, the favour of princes, to dissolve hostile feeling, and to make friends. Concerns of hours: for preparing any operations whatsoever of love, of kindness, and of invisibility, etc. Good for all extraordinary, uncommon, and unknown operations.

NVGH, Nogah, Venus: Weekday: Friday Concerns of days and hours: are good for forming friendships; for kindness and love; for joyous and pleasant undertakings, and for traveling. Concerns of hours: for preparing any operations whatsoever of love, of kindness, and of invisibility, etc. Good for all extraordinary, uncommon, and unknown operations. Useful for lots, poisons, all things of the nature of Venus, for preparing powders provocative of madness and the like things.

KVKB, Kokav, Mercury: Weekday: Wednesday Concerns of days and hours: good to operate for eloquence and intelligence; promptitude in business; science and divination; wonders; apparitions; and answers regarding the future. Thou canst also operate under this Planet for thefts; writings; deceit; and merchandise. Concerns for hours: good for undertaking experiments relating to games, raillery, jests, sports, and the like. For recovering thefts by the means of Spirits.

If thou wishest to converse with Spirits it should be especially on the day of Mercury and in his hour, and let the Moon be in an Airy Sign, as well as the Sun.

LBNH, Levanah, the Moon: Weekday: Monday Concerns of days and hours: Good for embassies; voyages envoys; messages; navigation; reconciliation; love; and the acquisition of merchandise by water. Concerns for hours: good for communicating and speaking with Spirits. Recovery of stolen property, for obtaining nocturnal visions, for summoning Spirits in sleep, and for preparing anything relating to Wate Concerns of days moon is conjunction, opposed or quartile to Saturn and Mars: excellent for making experiments of hatred, enmity, quarrel, and discord. For those matters then which appertain unto the Moon, such as the Invocation of Spirits, the Works of Necromancy, and the recovery of stolen property, it is necessary that the Moon should be in a Terrestrial Sign, viz.:–Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn. ​ For love, grace, and invisibility, the Moon should be in a Fiery Sign, viz.:–Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius. For hatred, discord, and destruction, the Moon should be in a Watery Sign, viz.:–Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces. ​ For experiments of a peculiar nature, which cannot be classed under any certain head, the Moon should be in an Airy Sign, viz.:–Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius.

Moon after her combustion, or conjunction with the Sun, especially just when she quits his beams and appeareth visible. For then it is good to make all experiments for the construction and operation of any matter.

The time from the New unto the Full Moon is proper for performing any of the experiments of which we have spoken above. But in her decrease or wane it is good for War, Disturbance, and Discord. Likewise the period when she is almost deprived of light, is proper for experiments of invisibility, and of Death commence nothing while the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun, seeing that this is extremely unfortunate, and that thou wilt then be able to effect nothing; but the Moon quitting his beams and increasing in Light, thou canst perform all that thou desires.

[witchesvenew]

the king from over the water

driven to exile

leads to you here

on the edge of the earth.

keep your balance--

the wind hisses.

not cruel, but

a warning

nonetheless:

her sharp tongue,

your flayed ears.

there is nothing but the pain

listen--

listen--

[coyote-696]

CUT-UPS AS SORCERY From the juxtaposition of word and image, meaning is glimpsed. From the Chaos of the normal is woven apparent simplicity. All the secrets of magick are on open display. That which is truly hidden is our own resistance to this realisation. To live within the confines of Consensus Reality is to remain locked in Time; Past - Present - Future. In this sense, all magical acts are scripts for momentary slips through the fabric. Magick takes place outside of Time. Through the simple technique of Cut-Up, pioneered by Brion Gysin as a literary technique, the magician can collapse sequential experience into syncretic Gnosis. The basic technique is simple enough when applied to text: Take a page of text, cut into 4 sections and re-paste. New word lines & messages appear. This disruption of the sequence of language creates Tangential Deliriums - new messages arising from the juxtapositions of words and the derangement of the associations this provokes. Cut up texts on magick to discover new magicks. Cut up the Book of The Law and discover any amount of new chapters. There are parallels with this method and the more obvious tools of magick; sigils as cut-ups of desire, for example. Divination systems that cut-up a subject into image blocks, throwing up insights, new images, gestalts. Reshuffle beliefs by deliberately holding two contradictory belief systems - make meaning from nonsensical beliefs. Cut-Up belief to understand its dynamics.

Prime Chaos, Phil Hine (via kojoteundkraehe)

[thecultoflexithewulf]

Sigil to help exercise discernment