Portals are very attractive to magicians and new age healers, as they provide access to other worlds and dimensions. However, there are serious dangers that few seem to heed. In Christian literature, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a good example...
The Arbatel does not provide descriptions or characteristics of the Olympic spirits. This is surprising, since there are usually defining characteristics of a spirit when it appears - the Goetic Spirits are a good example of this - which makes it easy for the magician...
The Olympic Spirits are mentioned in the Arbatel, which also gives us their powers and the means to work with them. The Olympic Spirits are very easy to work with - it is only ritual magicians who make it difficult! Olympic Spirits and Planetary Hours The method for...
The themes of the Arbatel are becoming clearer as I write these posts. I will elaborate on these themes in forthcoming essays, here is an overview. Themes of Four "Arbatel" is derived from the Hebrew word for four, ARBO, which relates to the Pythagorean Tetraktys, and...
The Seal of Secrets is based upon the Hebrew word "Four" in Arbatel. You might think four is a reference to YHVH, which is mentioned several times in the text, but the Arbatel specifically states that four is Pythagorean, meaning the Tetraktys, upon which the four...
Time is the secret to understanding The Arbatel, and you need to read what it says, not what you want it to say. In my first post I made the point that there are no instructions for rituals, or invocations or evocations. The reason is that the Olympic Spirits are...
History and background of the Arbatel The Arbatel of Magick (Of the Magic of the Ancients) was published in 1575 in Basle Switzerland. The author is unknown. The Arbatel had a seminal influence on John Dee and his system of Enochian Magic. Dee would have read the...
Your ally is a powerful spiritual being who has been with you all your life, but you never knew. When you finally recognize your ally the experience is of overwhelming love and bliss, but this is only the start. When the real work starts, you learn your ally's name,...
“If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him” is a rather extraordinary state of affairs, and I must confess that until very recently I did not understand what it meant. However , recent events have given me an insight. Magicians often have a very powerful...
“It is a baby spirit…” “What sort of baby spirit…?” “Don’t worry, it will go…” This pain in my body. It was an ache that spread within my chest… then it moved, gradually but perceptibly, Punditt nodded and said, "baby spirit". The torment moved to my head. It was...
There is no tarot card that represents the Abyss or Daath, but if the Tarot is truly representative of spiritual and magical realms, we need to find a solution. First of all, does the "false sephirah" Daath exist? Magicians and occultists consider Daath as a...
Carl Jung’s Liber Novus demonstrates his magical powers