“Betwixt Light and Darkness I: An introduction to glimpsing and connecting with the nature of your Daemon with astrology” with Samuel R.Reynolds. Reynolds will discuss the following two methods used in Hellenistic astrology to glimpse the nature of your guiding spirit or daemon: the Lot of Spirit and the Master of the Nativity. Then we …
“Solar Sorcery Secrets Revealed” with Joshua Proto. Unleash the transformative power of Solar Sorcery by learning how to protect oneself, improve one’s health, increase wealth, and create a spicy love-life using traditional techniques of astrological magic. Participants will leave the workshop inspired and empowered to utilize and implement their newfound skills in their own practice.
“Suitably Seasoned and Composed’: Poetics and Prayer as Power in Astrological Magic” with Rain Mason Olbert. Picatrix, Ficino, and Agrippa each highlight the power of words and prayer in astrological magic. For example: “in working with magical images, words and prayers help in combination with substances and actions” (Picatrix, Book I, Ch. 5, emphasis added). …
“The Mistress of Genesis: the Moon, the Soul, and the Art of Talismans in Late Antiquity” with Sabrina Moncini. I will explore the role of the Moon in late antique cosmology as well as what it means for her to act as a Mediator for the sublunar realm. I will address its role in astrology …
“The Planets and Stars in the Orphic Hymns” with Sara Mastros. Orphic Hymns are one of the most important collections of sacred poetry from ancient Greece. In this lecture, we’ll discuss the history of the hymns, including their translations in English, and then focus in on 8 hymns; that the stars, and those for the …
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“The Planetary Pentacles of Solomon, Magician King” with Sara Mastros. Grounded in the ancient Hebrew amulet tradition, the planetary pentacles of Solomon are included in many manuscripts of the renaissance grimoire, The Key of Solomon. In this course, we’ll talk about the pentacles generally, and then we’ll make our own solar pentacles, good to “acquire …
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“The Moon Within: Astral Therapy and Theurgy in the Renaissance” with Leonard George. Florentine polymath Marsilio Ficino is a towering figure in the history of esotericism. After an absence of many centuries, he brought back to European consciousness the complete works of Plato, the teachings of Plotinus, Iamblichus and other antique sages, and the Corpus …
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“Behind the Lightning Mask: Theurgy in Late Antiquity” with Leonard George. The roots of astrological magic lie in the ancient world. The vision of a cosmos and hypercosmos seething with hidden life and humming with occult links is found in revelations such as the Chaldean Oracles, and in the works of philosophers such as Plotinus, …
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“The Path Of The Moon: Astrological And Magical Uses Of The Lunar Mansions” with Margherita Fiorello. A lecture about the Lunar Mansions, their origin and meaning, their traditional use in the Middle Ages and Renaissance texts. Together we will try to clarify whether the use of the lunar mansions is astrological or necromantic and the …
“Generating a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” with Meg Raphoon We will examine the careers of various magic practitioners and build from their systems and formulas that brought them sustained success (and downfalls). Tadeáš Hájek, a naturalist, physician, and astronomer in the late 16th century who fashioned his career using hermetic philosophies to move up the social ladder …
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