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  • Four Kinds of Esoteric Sciences in Hindu Philosophy | Helena Blavatsky

    Four Kinds of Esoteric Sciences in Hindu Philosophy | Helena Blavatsky

    Anton Levey once defined Occultism as a “Do it yourself God-kit,” leaving out the significance of ethics, self-discipline and morality. This is not what Occultism is once we explore it. This is to understand Occultism more fully as a Tree with Branches (Practices, Sciences and Departments), not a singular thing, a benevolent nor nefarious thing.…

  • Goetia and Witchcraft: Origin of the “Witch” and Magic

    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…