Concerning the Purpose of this Operation This operation is to be performed when the Soul Mirror has shown a deficiency of the Water Element in the character of the operator. It is intended to call forth, strengthen, and internalize those virtues belonging to Water: receptivity, connection, softness without weakness, adaptability without loss of form, feeling … Continue reading The Magickal Rite of the Restored Waters
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Madame de Salzmann op honderdjarige leeftijd: aandacht, automatisme en het ontstaan van innerlijke vrijheid
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
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
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
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
ABRAXAS, 7 × 7
AOI, the bark remembers before the mouth.IOA, the stone drinks the black milk.OAI, a wing folds inside the root.No angel arrives, only pressure.No demon speaks, only sap.The old knot opens without opening.Abraxas counts by wounds. First, the goat path loses its name.Second, the fig shadow changes owner.Third, the dry grass writes in insect.Fourth, the hollow … Continue reading ABRAXAS, 7 × 7
Abraxas Sermon I
https://youtu.be/bluZwIvxemI?si=Xy2za0gzoKxuG5-D The Seven Axiomata And Abraxas spoke: I give you the Seven Axiomata. They are the laws of life and death, of fullness and emptiness, of all and nothing, of the Pleroma and the point, of darkness and light, of void and form. Do not receive them as commandments. Do not receive them as doctrine. … Continue reading Abraxas Sermon I
How will Esoteric Psychology evolve?
Old Esoteric Psychology and Works in the Interior Laboratory: towards a lived knowledge As many know, we are currently developing a blueprint for a new approach in esoteric psychology. Esoteric psychology is not a new term. It has been used for decades, often in relation to Alice Bailey, the seven rays, esoteric astrology, soul development, … Continue reading How will Esoteric Psychology evolve?
