Tag: magic
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Occultism and the Source of Magical Knowledge
INTRODUCTION OCCULTISM AND THEOLOGY I had explained in Six Points on “Magic”: Theosophy rejects Supernaturalism and Miracle the source of Magic in Occult Philosophy. Theology attributes miracles simply to God, Angels and Saints, through the power of God. The occultist is the explorer intent on discovering the real cause of various hidden phenomena and the…
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Chairlift: “Amanaemonesia”
Why do so many movements decline and forget their origins, to the point they cannot even laugh at themselves, or handle a much deserved critique from those that care the most about its condition… mistaken for magic… I took this video sexually, but I could never stop from bursting into laughter at the same time hearing it.…
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Sweeney Todd’s “Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir”
An amusing allusion to charlatan occultists.
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Goetia and Witchcraft: Origin of the “Witch” and Magic
The term “Witch” in old Anglo-Saxon glossaries is tied to wicce, meaning “pythoness, divinatricem.” As in this, and in early forms, it referred to specific kinds of magical craft. In the Laws of Ælfred (c.890), wicce is seen as the craft of women — “wise (skilled) women in the art of magic”; and in the old German, wiccan…
The American Minervan 