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The Archaeology of Curse Tablets: Katadesmoi & Defixios ancient magic plato Sep 30, 2023

I want to talk about curse tablets & how they were supposed to work. Curse tablets were the most popular and common type of magic used in the Graeco Roman world, attested by the sheer number of them that have been found, and copious references in ancient literature, and as we can tell were...

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Drawing Down the Sun: Rituals and Spells for Litha and the Summer Solstice ancient celtic ritual witchcraft Jun 08, 2023
My practices for June & the Summer Tide/Litha begin on June 11th with St Barnabas' Day. Before we adopted the Gregorian Calendar here in England in 1752, it was longest day, but like St Lucy's Day, when it changed we kept the old date which made it estranged from its original significance....
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The Seven Platonic Principles ancient esoteric greek hermeticism philosophy plato socrates May 08, 2022

Jakob Böhme – Page 2 – Footnotes2Plato

The Seven Platonic Principles

In his overview of Plato's thought, Gerald Press provides a beautiful outline of the illusive Elder's worldview:

"The core of his philosophy is a vision of reality as having two levels or aspects: we register the lower level of change and materiality via sensations...

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Rebirth of the Oak King: Welcoming Yuletide! ancient holiday pagan season tide witch witchcraft Dec 21, 2021

The Holly King is gone, and the  Oak King now reigns

Yule is the time of the old winter gods!

Hail to Baldur! To Saturn! To Odin!

Hail to Amaterasu! To Demeter!

Hail to Ra! To Horus!

Hail to Frigga, Minerva Sulis and Cailleach Bheur!

It is their season, and high in the heavens,

may they...

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Quarterly Astral Update: The Harvest Tide ancient folklore harvest kore pagan season witch witchcraft Aug 01, 2021

As today is August 1st, we are entering the final season of the annual flow of Energetic Seasonal Tides before we reset the cycle in the Winter. These next couple months are going to be defined by a sense of ripening and maturity where all the seeds and ideas that we sowed earlier in the year...

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