Communication with the gods has been one of the natural aspects of human life since ancient times. It is done by turning to the gods in prayer, by making offerings during a ritual or as part of a regular dedication at an altar. In this article I will share with you some practical ways to…
This is an excerpt from my new, soon to be published book on necromancy. You can subscribe to the Occultist Newsletter to be informed of the book’s release via email and to receive other important announcements. Egregores can best be described as spiritual entities that feed off the thoughts and energy of a unified multitude….
Astral travel is achieved through astral projection methods such as the rope method or entering a deep trance state in a different fashion, including the use of hallucinogens. There is a lot of debate in the scientific community on what astral travel is. Does the consciousness truly leave the physical body and travel unencumbered in…
Many will compare astral projection with lucid dreams, but there is one important difference. Lucid dreaming most often occurs between 3 and 5 AM. We enter it unconsciously, we can control our dream for a short time as we are aware of what is happening in it, but then the unconscious dreaming continues, or we…
There are many forms of knowledge that can be gained through an intimate association with demons. The quest for knowledge is a never ending journey, and having a demon of knowledge on your side can help you traverse the intellectual terrain with greater efficacy. Some demons can help you discover great opportunities, enemies in disguise…
Leviathan is a demon of the Waters. It was depicted as a terrible sea monster in the Bible, a monster that has no equal on the terrestrial plane. Leviathan was according to some accounts a mechanical creature, a sort of ancient/alien submarine that could devour any humanmade maritime vessel due to its exceptional size and…
Alchemy is an ancient skill of transforming base metals into precious ones, and the aspiration to find the Philosopher’s Stone, that is, the search for the elixir of life. We distinguish Alexandrian protochemistry, Arabic alchemy and European spiritual alchemy, although this art had a deep mystical meaning for almost all alchemists. Alchemy has long been…
Hecate (Hekate) is an ancient moon goddess presiding over the powers of magic, spells and witchcraft. She was worshipped by many ancient peoples, most notably th Greeks and Romans. As I often say, it is the powers and attributes that matter the most, not the name under which the spirit is known in any given…
Esotericism (Greek ezotheo “inner”) is a set of teachings about the laws of visible and invisible worlds. This term also means a secret form of religious teaching. Esotericism means the totality of esoteric knowledge and practice understood as a single whole, a single universal Tradition, everywhere and always identical despite the diversity of rites, doctrines,…
A grimoire is a textbook of magic. Other names such as ritual black book, charm book, and witch codex are also in use. Such manuals have been known throughout Europe since the Middle Ages. They were used in the pagan witchcraft tradition and in sorcery, and each adept composed his own grimoire. Grimories contain instructions…