Astrology in Western esotericism
Astrology has supplied language and organizing systems to Western esoteric texts. Its historical role should be distinguished from demonstrated predictive effectiveness.
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Dantalion
A many-faced Goetic duke carrying a book, associated with thoughts, knowledge, and visions of other people.
Folk magic
Protective charms, witch bottles, and everyday materials in local magical traditions, with documented British museum examples.
Furcas
The Goetic knight, associated with philosophy, learned arts, and forms of divination.
Gremory
A Goetic duke depicted as a woman on a camel, associated with hidden knowledge, treasure, and attraction.
Gusion
A Goetic duke associated with answers, reconciliation, and the obscure term Xenopilus.
Occult diaries and record keeping
An occult diary records religious or magical work as it occurs. Separating observations from interpretations makes reflection and comparison more reliable.
Ouija board
The patented talking-board game, its pointer and commercial history, and research on ideomotor movement and implicit memory.
Samhain
The Gaelic beginning-of-winter festival, Irish customs of food and divination, and its place in modern Pagan practice.
Scrying
A divinatory or visionary practice involving a reflective surface, crystal, or other focus for reported images and messages.
Spiritualism
A religious movement centered on mediumship and continued personal identity after death, with church teachings and spirit photography.
Tarot
Tarot developed as playing cards before becoming an influential tool of occult interpretation. The history of the cards differs from later claims about their hidden origins.
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.
Vassago
A Goetic prince associated with finding lost things and knowledge of past and future events.