/sunflower/ - Sunflower

"Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Henry Cornelius Agrippa"

"The Book of Wisdom of Apollonius of Tyana"

"Summoning Spirits: The Heptameron of Peter de Abano"

"The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation"

"Arbatel: Concerning the Magic of Ancients by Joseph Peterson"

"The Grimoire of St. Cyprian"

Optional:

"Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World by III Radcliffe G. G. Edmonds III"

Read the HERMETIC kabbalah before anything because its very jargon heavy you will go through and translate stuff into laymens. Makes reading grimoires easier. Ex:"semen of hermes" = Dill plant.

I don't know if you're still here OP, but here's more info.

>>1015

OP here - would it be unwise to start with the 'hot' spirits of the Grimorium Verum or the Goetia? That seems more like swimming with sharks than testing the waters.

>>637

I realize I'm thinking everyone has an 0D-0D particle. That's not true. Otherwise it's despair plus the choice of self-reliance or destruction.

>>637

>All material assets, possessions, race, morality, whatever it is, is an extension of the individual

If the person is a real super human, they are. If not, to a varying degree. For today's humans, I dare claim it is as I said:

>>636

>things such as race, morals, social classes, economic standards, material assets and possessions which are today used to define a person

People today are not in control, but they are mere consumers picking and choosing between the things that should be under their control. They think they are expressing themselves through what they consume, but they are from the beginning controlled by them. From birth onwards, few people rise above the material situation of their surroundings to assume control of it and redefine themselves as master of their own lives. Instead, they define themselves by what kind of upbringing they had, if it was rich or poor, and what groups they belonged to, and how they evolved from that position. Being herded along by society's expectations, they merely adopt the government approved life stories into becoming a person made of material assets, who stripped of them become nothing at all.

>>629

For the sake of completion, continued viewing of the device/dismantling and observation of the internal structure of the artifact, the image changed to a viewing of my current life in the form of a portrait/rough symbolisms. A blue-haired child watching over an ocean in an island nation, angrily trying to hold his ground against forces that he doesn't understand and more importantly doesn't like. Ends with him acquiring an homicidal attitude. I haven't looked into the external connective structure, mainly because I don't know how. The external structure looks more complex and meaningful than the base usage of the artifact.

Use on the intended target leads to observance of a semetic man worshiping/contemplating the christian God and his undead son, along with 7 other lives.

>>750

The use of circles is almost nonexistent in the history of spirit interaction. Most magicians across time and space have done it in very different ways. The circle is part of a very specific way of doing things and not necessary. Except if you are evoking spirits whose protocol for contact explicitly calls for one.

In other words, the circle is not a universal magic tool (there is no such thing except perhaps for altered states of consciousness) but part of specific rituals for specific entities.

>>755

Magic circles have been part of the grimoire tradition since at least the 13th century (the Sworn Book of Honorius is the earliest grimoire that I know of that uses them). And most European grimoires use magic circles of some kind. So I call bullshit on your claim that they're "almost nonexistent in the history of spirit interaction."

>>764

I knew this would trigger some /omg/ autist.

The “grimoire tradition” and “European grimoires” are an insignificant speck of dust. A drop in the ocean that is magic through thousands of years of different cultures practicing it. With that perspective, the European “tradition” is a fad.

13th century? Are you kidding me? Almost nonexistent in the thousands-year old history of spirit interaction, yes.

>>771

Moving the goalposts and insulting your critics will will avail you not. And I find it amusing that several hundred years of tradition is a "fad" that is "almost nonexistent." A more recent tradition, yes, but hardly nonexistent.

>>771

I also couldn't care less how old a tradition of magic is. I only care about how effective it is and how suitable it is for me to practice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTiD5DpbQIw&feature=youtu.be&t=35

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI4N-gz4Zzw&feature=emb_title

magic spells? sorcery?

I believe in Wilhelm Reich’s bions rests the key to eternal youth.

>>554

A missing piece I've found with personal experience is the “fire” behind the “eyes” when imagining something visually, or behind my head when imagining using other senses.

It's not easy to explain, but everyone who manifests successfully knows the feeling. I would describe it as an intensity that rushes forth from somewhere and takes on the form that is being projected. That's what's called using the fire element in hermeticism. You can read about it in the Magic 101 thread.

Since it's basically impossible to explain, you need to experience it by yourself. It's a muscle we all have, but don't use. So practice.

Regarding threads. There has been a lot of useless ones popping up. This question should be in the general or the two beginner ones, for example.

>>562

Sorry, that was me. I thought it better to have several threads diversified across different subjects rather than one single thread that different conversations might get lost in.

>>557

I think figure 1 might be doable from a regular state of mind with enough development. I can get really faint outlines of simple shapes, such as the triangle I depicted in the illustration, but I haven't found a way to develop it further into proper imagery.

Both of the times I could visualize this way with true imagery were after being awoken from a deep sleep, so I suppose my brain was still in "dreaming mode".

>>this doesn't matter if you still masturbate.

I committed to no longer masturbating I think 4 years ago, and stopped entirely maybe a year and a half ago, but still suffer from wet dreams occasionally. Lately I've been able to stifle them before they cause problems, so I'm currently 3 months without an orgasm of any kind.

Although I don't know how useful that is, since I don't yet know any way of harnessing my sexual energy.

>>562

Which post are you referring to in the Magic 101 thread? Do you mean Exercise 1, or perhaps Exercise 4?

>>562

>>554

1 and 3 are the proper way BUT you can also do them in your mind's eye (2 and 4 but with your eyes closed, or with your eyes open if you are VERY good at it), as long as you project the vision into it the same way you are projecting it into your surroundings with 1 and 3. As long as you use the “burning fire” to impress it.

Why from all the colors aviable to imagine do you want us to imagine specifically grey energy which is widely regarded as death and sickness energy. I've read multiple times that one should never imagine grey energy as ones aura and around oneself in general. I believe a white or yellow energy is also fitting and fairly easy to bring up. But blue, red, or even rainbow probably all work too.

>>463

Grey may not work for everyone but I can see why anon suggested it. Grey matter is the core existence of a certain type of being. I'm one of them so for me this would work.

The drama "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen brings this up and it's very strong in his works.

>>461

Thank you for posting. Could you offer help with astral projection? How did you achieve it?

I used to be able to do it as a kid, but as time went on I did it less and less, and nowadays it rarely happens. Thanks.