Results for “Day of Atonement”

Caim

A Goetic president associated with animal voices, disputation, and answers given through burning ashes.

Orobas

A Goetic prince portrayed as a horse and then a human, noted for the fidelity attributed to him.

Gremory

A Goetic duke depicted as a woman on a camel, associated with hidden knowledge, treasure, and attraction.

Valac

A Goetic president described as a winged boy on a two-headed dragon, associated with treasure and serpents.

Haures

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

Amdusias

A unicorn-shaped Goetic duke associated with unseen music, bending trees, and familiars.

Fraternitas Saturni

A German magical fraternity whose teaching gives Saturn a central symbolic and initiatory role.

Chaos magic

A modern approach to magic that treats techniques and belief systems as tools for practical experimentation.

Johann Weyer

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

Set

An ancient Egyptian deity associated with conflict and disorder, also reinterpreted in modern Setian religion.

Banishing rituals

Ceremonies intended to clear, delimit, or reorder a ritual setting, with methods that vary by tradition.

Prayer in theistic Satanism

Prayer is intentional communication addressed to a deity, spirit, sacred power, or ultimate reality. It can include praise, petition, confession, thanksgiving, lament, dedication, silence, repetition, or simple direct speech. In theistic Satanism, prayer usually means addressing Satan or another spiritually real being rather than speaking only to oneself or performing a purely symbolic exercise.

Symbolic and theistic Satanism

Symbolic and theistic Satanism are broad labels used to distinguish Satanist traditions according to how they understand Satan’s reality. In theistic Satanism, Satan is ordinarily regarded as a real deity, spirit, intelligence, or independently existing being. In symbolic or non-theistic Satanism, Satan is understood primarily as a symbol, literary figure, archetype, cultural adversary, or name for a…

Acausal (David Myatt)

Beelzebub

Beelzebub and related spellings appear in distinct biblical contexts. Later demonological interpretations should not be retroactively read into each earlier occurrence.

Hermeticism

Hermeticism names several related traditions associated with Hermes Trismegistus. Philosophical dialogues, alchemical texts, and later occult systems require separate historical treatment.

Invocation and evocation

Invocation and evocation are terms used for related but differently framed religious or magical actions. Their definitions vary between authors and practice systems.

Demonolatry

Demonolatry refers to devotion to demons or daemonic beings. Modern accounts vary in theology, authority, and their relationship with historical grimoires.

Myth and literal belief

A religious myth can organize meaning while also receiving literal belief. Literary form, personal interpretation, and historical evidence should be discussed as related but distinct questions.

Unverified personal gnosis

Unverified personal gnosis identifies a spiritual claim or interpretation whose source is personal experience rather than established textual or communal authority.