The Western Magical preoccupation with the Tree of Life has blinded us to the possibilities of other magickal systems. The Space around the Tree is vast, unknown, unexplored, a great loss to magick. However, all is not lost, since the Vedic and Tantric traditions...
Encoded within the Atbash cipher is an elegant solution to the transpositions of Major Arcana carried out by both the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley. The Golden Dawn transposition of Justice and Strength is accepted almost without comment, and why there is...
The Atbash code highlights the transpositions of the Major arcana first by the Golden Dawn, and then by Aleister Crowley. The Atbash code is a magical system in its own right. The Golden Dawn system of Magic is based upon the Kabbalah, in particular the Hebrew...
Thinking the unthinkable – does Tarot need to be defined by the Tree of Life? They have been inextricably intertwined for over one hundred years. All ‘serious’ books have at least one diagram of it. The ToL gives us the theoretical and structural background – where we...
A new system of Tarot Grimoire is now appearing My book, The Tarot and the Magus marked a significant change in ways that I am only starting to understand now. This section starts the beginning of an investigation of the new system of Magic based upon the Tarot, a...
Magical systems - how many can you associate with the Tarot? The list below is impressive, but not complete. Kabbalistic connections The serendipitous structure of the Tarot allows us to develop various protocols. Here is a list of magical practices associated with...
Cartomancy and Tarot A.O. Spare had a unique perspective on Cartomancy and Tarot, including the intriguing idea of developing different decks according to the use or application. While the narrative below deals with ordinary playing cards, there is no reason why the...
Magical tarot helps you do magical rituals. The problem is that the Kabbalistic structure of the Tree of Life kills the magical powers of the Tarot. When the Tarot is divorced from the Tree it has tremendous potency, but few practitioners and magicians have developed...