Visio Smaragdina
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ancient philosophy, mystery and magic. weird fiction, occulture, art & the imaginal. bibliophile. flâneur. bohemian holy heretic. he/him #MDANT
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In this episode of Rupert, our intrepid little bear receives instruction in sorcery from Baphomet; he eats the magic berries and thus obtains a vision of PAN.
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@mjpcuervo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw... You might enjoy this. I especially like the part when the man in the beret deciphers the evidence and manages to compose an epic fan fiction.
1964: A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw... You might enjoy this. I especially like the part when the man in the beret deciphers the evidence and manages to compose an epic fan fiction.
Seen on my walk today…Watkins books
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Seen on my walk today…Watkins books
Christian fascists marching through Soho is vile intimidation.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Christian fascists marching through Soho is vile intimidation.
Choose Life
In other words fuck the ‘Mercury retrograde’
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Choose Life
A man’s body is covered with disks, each symbolising a planet- this man is a hostage to the power of the astral influences
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A man’s body is covered with disks, each symbolising a planet- this man is a hostage to the power of the astral influences
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
Hieros Institute is a non-profit run by academics Arthur Versluis, Christopher McIntosh, Lee Irwin, Kingsley Dennis offers courses in Spiritual Alchemy and the Christian mysticism of Jacob Boehme. Many folks contact me about practical work and this may be a good starting point. hieros.institute
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Sacred | Spirituality | Culture Welcome to Hieros Institute. Our goal is to explore and develop more profound understanding of the sacred through unique online…
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November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hieros Institute is a non-profit run by academics Arthur Versluis, Christopher McIntosh, Lee Irwin, Kingsley Dennis offers courses in Spiritual Alchemy and the Christian mysticism of Jacob Boehme. Many folks contact me about practical work and this may be a good starting point. hieros.institute
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New for the reading pile. Melissa Seims' new book "Light in Extension: A History of Bradford's 1888 Golden Dawn Temple Horus No.5"
www.thoth.co.uk/books/light-...
www.thoth.co.uk/books/light-...
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
New for the reading pile. Melissa Seims' new book "Light in Extension: A History of Bradford's 1888 Golden Dawn Temple Horus No.5"
www.thoth.co.uk/books/light-...
www.thoth.co.uk/books/light-...
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A gentle reminder that this is one of those generational good books which will still being read in 20 years time.
A very occasional reminder that ‘Pan: the Great God’s Modern Return,’ published by Reaktion Books, is available in paperback through your favorite bookseller.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A gentle reminder that this is one of those generational good books which will still being read in 20 years time.
The Essential Message of Alchemy
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The Essential Message of Alchemy
‘OCCULT SCIENCE’
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‘OCCULT SCIENCE’
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✨🪞HAUNTED MIRRORS 🪞✨
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
✨🪞HAUNTED MIRRORS 🪞✨
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
Seen on my walk today…
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Seen on my walk today…
The best doors are the ancient ones softened with decay, with peeling paint and corrosion. To knock thrice on such a door is a magical act, to invite the mystery, the paradoxical and irrational into one’s life.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The best doors are the ancient ones softened with decay, with peeling paint and corrosion. To knock thrice on such a door is a magical act, to invite the mystery, the paradoxical and irrational into one’s life.
‘The night demon has supped of your good wife’s blood, and will return for the rest’
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
‘The night demon has supped of your good wife’s blood, and will return for the rest’
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Those talking openly about witchery often focus on the active aspects – possibly because they like telling people what to do. There's a neglect of passive enchantments, those parts of witchery where we listen, where we commune with the land. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Those talking openly about witchery often focus on the active aspects – possibly because they like telling people what to do. There's a neglect of passive enchantments, those parts of witchery where we listen, where we commune with the land. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
Might actually visit New York now
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Might actually visit New York now
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A 1963 interview with the woman dubbed the most famous witch in England: Sybil Leek, the Witch of Burley in the New Forest, “a forest that is absolutely steeped in witchcraft”.
youtu.be/E-74hcZYh3M
youtu.be/E-74hcZYh3M
Sybil Leek Halloween 1963
YouTube video by Jack Daw
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November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A 1963 interview with the woman dubbed the most famous witch in England: Sybil Leek, the Witch of Burley in the New Forest, “a forest that is absolutely steeped in witchcraft”.
youtu.be/E-74hcZYh3M
youtu.be/E-74hcZYh3M
“All things come from the mediation of One, so are all things born from this One.
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“All things come from the mediation of One, so are all things born from this One.
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Seen on my walk today…
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Seen on my walk today…
TREE OF LIFE with Qabalistic attributions, by Steffi Grant
November 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
TREE OF LIFE with Qabalistic attributions, by Steffi Grant
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When we cross into a stone circle, we not only journey into the Long Neolithic, we walk into ritual, into a continuing sense of sacred. We mustn't look at it as a completed story. It is ongoing. Our being there only adds a new chapter to it. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When we cross into a stone circle, we not only journey into the Long Neolithic, we walk into ritual, into a continuing sense of sacred. We mustn't look at it as a completed story. It is ongoing. Our being there only adds a new chapter to it. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
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"Hour of the Witches" by Victoria Veil captures the essence and freedom of the season. Gorgeous.
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #halloween #witch #photography #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #halloween #witch #photography #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"Hour of the Witches" by Victoria Veil captures the essence and freedom of the season. Gorgeous.
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #halloween #witch #photography #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #halloween #witch #photography #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
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Éliphas Lévi's esoteric interpretation of the image of the Virgin Mary known as the Miraculous Medal.
"its figures are so perfectly kabalistic that it is truly a marvellous double Pantacle.
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"its figures are so perfectly kabalistic that it is truly a marvellous double Pantacle.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Éliphas Lévi's esoteric interpretation of the image of the Virgin Mary known as the Miraculous Medal.
"its figures are so perfectly kabalistic that it is truly a marvellous double Pantacle.
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"its figures are so perfectly kabalistic that it is truly a marvellous double Pantacle.
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