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New Worlds Spring/Summer 2013 Issue
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Term: Magus
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Magician: One of the trumps of the Major Arcana of the tarot. Numbered I. In the system of Eliphas Levi, it corresponds to the Hebrew letter Aleph. In the system of the Golden Dawn, The Magician corresponds to the Hebrew letter Beth and the planet Mercury.
Magus: An adept who has crossed the Abyss and who has mastered the science and art of magick.
source: The Thoth Companion, by Michael Osiris Snuffin
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"Throughout the practice of High Magic, or Art Magic as it is often called, the emphasis is upon purity and strength, and through purity, strength of will and self-control. Without these no man may become a Magus, though by trickery and ...
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32%By now you may be impatiently asking yourself what ritual magic is, and how to perform it. I want to point out before beginning that it is impossible to fully describe such an extensive subject in this small essay. That is why so many excellent ...
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5%Those who approach ritual magic for the first time usually harbor wildly unrealistic expectations shaped by their confused and erroneous notions of what magic is and how it works. There is nothing wrong with this—the practice of magic is a learning ...
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5%"There is more to the affinity between magic and existentialism than the celebration of a common hero (Satan). The very picture of self-discovery which is painted for us in books on Hermetic Philosophy and the Cabalah can also be found in the ...
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5%Everyone who gets into ritual magic has pretty much the same goal—he or she wants to rule the world. They may not admit it even to themselves, but they are thinking: Suppose, just suppose, I could learn to hurl lightning bolts from my fingertips, ...
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5%Summary:A unique and masterful blending of three of the most important Tarot decks, with beautiful and symbolic art. Highly valuable and usable by new and experienced Tarot workers.
Name of deck: Lo Scarabeo Tarot
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The ultimate goal of ritual magic is fulfillment.
As is true with most ultimates, it is seldom, if ever, reached. The degree to
which it is approached signifies the success or failure of the practice of
magic in the life of an individual. When ...
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3%Magic is an art. In common with other arts, it draws its power from a deep well in the center of the human soul. Within this well are the waters of the unconscious, and below the surface dwell all possibilities and potentials, awaiting their turn to ...
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3%Any discussion of the Golden Dawn tradition must include a description of the various grades or levels of initiation. The Order is entirely based upon a hierarchical system in which certain information and knowledge is retained for students who have ...
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3%The Magician is the first Major Arcanum
Image: a magician standing behind his altar upon which there are various magical tools
Hebrew letter: Beth
Divinatory meaning: will, intelligence, communication, skill
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This article is about the nodal axis from the perspective of evolutionary astrology. A central teaching within Evolutionary Astrology is that the Soul contains within it two antithetical, yet co-equal, desires: one to return to source, and one to separate away. Evolution occurs as the Soul progressively purges and exhausts separating desires from... read this article
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