Results for “medieval magic”

Thelema

The religious and philosophical tradition associated with Aleister Crowley and The Book of the Law.

Hermetic Qabalah

Western esoteric systems that adapt Kabbalistic ideas through ritual, correspondence tables, and symbolic interpretation.

Lesser Key of Solomon

The grimoire compilation known as the Lemegeton, including the Goetia and several angelic arts.

Ars Paulina

The Pauline Art in the Lemegeton, concerning angels of the hours and the degrees of the zodiac.

Scrying

A divinatory or visionary practice involving a reflective surface, crystal, or other focus for reported images and messages.

Paimon

Paimon is a royal spirit described in the Ars Goetia and related literature. Musical procession and the teaching of knowledge are important elements of his received image.

The Devil (tarot card)

The Devil is a tarot trump commonly numbered XV. Its imagery and interpretation vary between decks and writers. Waite and Papus connect it with material constraint, fatality, and occult forces, while tarot’s history begins in the world of playing cards.

Modern Paganism

An introduction to contemporary Pagan traditions, including Wicca, Druidry, and Heathenry, and their different uses of older sources.

Barbatos

A Goetic duke connected with the speech of animals, enchanted treasure, and reconciliation.

Beleth

A Goetic king riding a pale horse, associated with desire and an elaborate ceremonial reception.

Gaap

A Goetic spirit associated with learning, altered perception, familiars, and rapid travel.

Furfur

A Goetic earl depicted as a hart with a fiery tail, associated with storms and constrained answers.

Marchosias

A Goetic marquis with a winged wolf form, described as a fighter who hopes to return to a heavenly throne.

Stolas

A Goetic prince associated with astronomy, herbs, and precious stones, with changing bird imagery in later reception.

Shax

A Goetic marquis in bird form, associated with concealment, royal money, and unreliable answers.

Furcas

The Goetic knight, associated with philosophy, learned arts, and forms of divination.

Haures

A Goetic duke, also called Flauros, associated with fiery destruction and answers about divine matters.

The Satanic Bible

Anton LaVey’s 1969 book of Satanic philosophy and ritual, foundational to the Church of Satan.

Johann Weyer

The physician and author whose Pseudomonarchia daemonum supplied an important source for later spirit catalogues.

Acausal (David Myatt)