Book of Abramelin
A grimoire built around religious preparation, the guardian angel, and subsequent work with spirits and magical squares.
What links here
9 published articles link to Occult diaries and record keeping.
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Chaos magic
A modern approach to magic that treats techniques and belief systems as tools for practical experimentation.
Divination
Divination consists of practices that interpret signs as answers, indications, or guidance. Methods differ in their religious assumptions and in the kinds of claims they make.
John Dee
An English scholar whose records of spirit conversations became a major source for later angelic magic.
Religious experience and discernment
Religious discernment concerns how experiences are interpreted and assessed. An immediate event, a theological explanation, and a claim about another person require different kinds of evidence.
Scrying
A divinatory or visionary practice involving a reflective surface, crystal, or other focus for reported images and messages.
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.
Thelema
The religious and philosophical tradition associated with Aleister Crowley and The Book of the Law.
Unverified personal gnosis
Unverified personal gnosis identifies a spiritual claim or interpretation whose source is personal experience rather than established textual or communal authority.