The American Minervan

Tag: Theurgy

  • The Mystery of Comte de Saint-Germain

    The Mystery of Comte de Saint-Germain

    “Anyone who admits one of the practical truths of the Occult Sciences taught by the Cabala, tacitly admits them all. It must be Hamlet’s “to be or not to be…” A FEW QUESTIONS TO HIRAF The noble courtier, Comte de Saint-Germain — not to be confused with Frenchmen Claude Louis de Saint-Germain (1707-1778) — was…

  • 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…