Jeanne de Salzmann werd geboren in 1889, ontmoette G. I. Gurdjieff in 1919 en bleef zijn naaste leerlinge tot zijn dood in 1949. Daarna gaf zij leiding aan de internationale voortzetting van zijn werk, tot haar eigen overlijden in 1990, op 101-jarige leeftijd. In de opnamen die hier worden besproken, zien we dus niet zomaar … Continue reading Madame de Salzmann op honderdjarige leeftijd: aandacht, automatisme en het ontstaan van innerlijke vrijheid
Madame de Salzmann at One Hundred: Attention, Automatism and the Birth of Inner Freedom
Jeanne de Salzmann was born in 1889, met G. I. Gurdjieff in 1919 and remained his closest pupil until his death in 1949. She subsequently guided the international continuation of his work until her own death in 1990, at the age of 101. The recordings discussed here therefore show not merely an elderly teacher recalling … Continue reading Madame de Salzmann at One Hundred: Attention, Automatism and the Birth of Inner Freedom
Can ancient magic still mean something in the twenty-first century?
In this experimental conversation, we explore whether old magical traditions contain a practical structure that can still be relevant today, once we strip away the archaic language, supernatural claims and historical cosmologies. https://youtu.be/Pwkavv_dYac?si=rRDj1OT_uSATQD5g This is a pilot dialogue for The Inner Laboratory, a project that approaches esoteric traditions as methods of inner investigation. Rather than … Continue reading Can ancient magic still mean something in the twenty-first century?
The Process of Sigilization an Undine Water Sigil of Sachiel, the formule and the evocation
Sigilization as a Process A sigil does not always begin as a finished symbol. More often, it emerges gradually through concentration, research, experimentation and repeated drawing. The final sign is only the visible result of a longer movement in which intention, imagination and gesture are brought together. There are several established ways of creating a … Continue reading The Process of Sigilization an Undine Water Sigil of Sachiel, the formule and the evocation
Reality Shifting Is Real. You Were Taught the Wrong Direction: an Ancient Magick Protocol
https://youtu.be/kQbESu3XLzU?si=HDHPjk33m_voyN0k Reality Shifting, Barefoot: An Ancient Instruction There is a practice sweeping through the younger generation called reality shifting. You write a script of the world you would rather live in, lie down, repeat your method, and try to wake up elsewhere. Whole online communities are devoted to it, and most adults either mock it … Continue reading Reality Shifting Is Real. You Were Taught the Wrong Direction: an Ancient Magick Protocol
Sonic Mandalas
Breath, Vowels, Abraxas, and the Gestural Phonology of Altered States Some esoteric formulas are not meant to be translated. They are meant to be voiced. This is the point modern readers often miss. We approach ancient magical words as if they were damaged sentences. We ask which language they belong to, whether they are Greek, … Continue reading Sonic Mandalas
The Oldest Syllabus: The Mithras Liturgy and the Ancient Object of Esoteric Psychology
What I mean by esoteric psychology Readers of this blog know that I have been circling one idea for years, and lately naming it openly: esoteric psychology. The name needs a word of explanation, because it does not mean what it seems to mean. It is not the psychology of people who believe strange things. … Continue reading The Oldest Syllabus: The Mithras Liturgy and the Ancient Object of Esoteric Psychology
What is Esoterism Really? The Pendulum and the Commuter: Why Nobody Can Define Esotericism, and Why That Is Good News
For forty years, scholars have tried to define esotericism. Faivre proposed a form of thought with six components. Hanegraaff traced a history of rejected knowledge. Bergunder called the word an empty signifier that means whatever a given era needs it to mean. Asprem broke the whole thing down into cognitive building blocks. Each definition corrected … Continue reading What is Esoterism Really? The Pendulum and the Commuter: Why Nobody Can Define Esotericism, and Why That Is Good News
New Landscape Holistic Project Part 6: The Place Calls First – The Magick Megalithic Circle at Pocilgais
Elemental Encounter, Bardon’s Soul Mirror, and the Ethics of Landscape Magick From Stone Phenomenology to Elemental Encounter This series (now with 6 parts) began with a simple but difficult decision: not to decide too quickly what the stone formation at Monte Pocilgais is. It may be a natural accumulation, an agricultural clearance cairn, a collapsed … Continue reading New Landscape Holistic Project Part 6: The Place Calls First – The Magick Megalithic Circle at Pocilgais
Speaking spells in Presence: Abracadabra – I will create as I speak
https://youtu.be/oCSn3t5G1FY?si=JLwwuY6eNSb5KQcw If you want to experience wth powerwords, you need first to experience presence. Only from presence powerwords can gain power. Abracadabra: speaking in presence The word abracadabra has been pushed so far in the direction of the trivial that it has become almost impossible to take seriously. Children's parties, magic sets, cape and top … Continue reading Speaking spells in Presence: Abracadabra – I will create as I speak
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