1. Introduction There are various means of deciding what is true. Not all give the same answer. Therefore, a society must put more faith in one approach than another. The order in which various approaches are accepted determines the pattern of thought of the society. Shifts in the order provide us with the basic paradigm…
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1 Behemoth – The Satanist Cover artist: Denis ForkasFrom the amazing album artwork to sinister and anthemic songwriting this record will become a black metal classic to future generations. In my humble opinion ‘The Satanist’ will be remembered as a milestone of black metal and it stands side by side with Venom’s ‘Black Metal’. I…
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Wyrd is the underlying fabric in the Northern/Germanic cosmology. The laws of Wyrd supercede the will of the Gods, of men and all creatures. Wyrd provides the basic structure for the Nine Worlds, and manifests itself in Yggdrasil and the Well of Urdr. One can compare Wyrd to a song, there are many differnt ways…
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In Times is the title of the thirteenth studio album by Norwegian extreme metallers, ENSLAVED. The hand-painted artwork for the new album was created by long time collaborator and the ‘sixth member of ENSLAVED’, Truls Espedal. The band has just released the first album trailer detailing the development of the artwork. Truls Espedal states:“Working with…
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Central Pennsylvania-based retro rockers CROBOT worked with the producer Machine (CLUTCH, LAMB OF GOD, COBRA STARSHIP, GYM CLASS HEROES) on their new album Something Supernatural but the task of creating the artwork was left ‘in house’ as guitarist Chris Bishop happens to be a dab hand at art. We interviewed Chris and the guys recently…
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This collection of essays, written between 1988-95, deals with aspects of the practice of magical evocation. My first lengthy foray into this much-misunderstood aspect of magic was a personal magical retirement inspired by accounts of magicians working the Abra-melin system, but perhaps more influenced in execution by the work of Austin Osman Spare and the…
DetailsSYLOSIS are set to release their fourth studio album Dormant Heart on the 12th of January 2015 and in anticipation of the release, we recorded a series of official album interviews with front man Josh Middleton. The second trailer is now online and sees Josh explaining the artwork for the new album, including where the…
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Earlier this month Belgian epic black metallers Saille revealed details of their forthcoming record ‘Eldritch’ which will be released on 10th November via Code666 Records. The band has since released a teaser video and offered some further insight into the album, discussing the writing, recording and artwork. “‘Eldritch’ differs quite a bit from our two…
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The following is an exercise in alchemy through mixing sexual and aetheric energies, which I believe can be developed faster when experienced and explored with a partner or two, to be recognized and tapped into during mundane world activities outside the ritual chamber or working area for other purposes. When doing specific aetheric work where I…
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Perhaps no other term in the study of Western Esotericism is as messy as the term “Hermeticism.” Roughly speaking, the category has at its base a collection of texts preserved together, called collectively the Corpus Hermeticum. This collection is part of a series of texts that have come down through the ages from late antiquity…
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THIS WORLD OF OURS is a world of opposites. There is light and shade, there is heat and cold, there is good and evil, there is God and the Devil. The dualistic conception of nature has been a necessary phase in the evolution of human thought. We find the same views of good and evil…
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The sixth level of the Qliphoth (or the fifth counting from levels of initiation) is called Thagirion which means dispute or juridical process. This can be interpreted in many ways, the religious juridical process where Satan acts prosecutor or the place for the judgment of God, or where the sentence of God is questioned. Except…
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The intent of this rite is solely that given unto it by its practitioner in reciprocation to the intent of the Current summoned through its practice. The functions and applications are revealed solely through its practice and subsequent adaptation by the practitioner in accordance with such secret and unique directions as are revealed unto him.…
DetailsWalking into Hyde Park under some grandiose green, blue and yellow archways set up at the north entrance; one gets a sense that big things await inside. One wouldn’t be far off the mark. The best example would be the massive main stage. Flanked on either side by giant fake trees whose foliage reaches out…
DetailsFinlands Tuska Open Air Metal Festival (shortened ‘Tuska’ which means ‘pain’ in Finnish) is one of the biggest metal fests in Northern Europe. This was the 17th time it was held and during the three metallic days it gathered over 20 000 visitors. With such amazing headliners as Dimmu Borgir, Anthrax, Emperor, Satyricon and Children…
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The true story of the fall of the Devil…from the Devil’s perspective. Newly arrived are brought to the gates of Hell and find Satan their teacher of Heaven’s history, his rise to power in God’s Heavenly City, and his ultimate fall from grace. Satan, indeed, lost the war in Heaven but the “true” history of…
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The Dictionnaire Infernal (English: Infernal Dictionary) is a book on demonology, organised in hellish hierarchies. It was written by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy and first published in 1818. There were several editions of the book, but perhaps the most famous is the edition of 1863, in which sixty-nine illustrations were added to the…
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Shade Themes From Kairos is a new iteration of the dream for all the guitar freaks out there, bringing together a couple of singular players together, just to see what happens. In this case, the players were old friends and collaborators Oren Ambarchi and Stephen O’Malley, playing in a space engineered and co-populated by Randall Dunn. The Shade album began in 2009, when Belgian filmmaker Alexis…
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The Book of Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite [1913] IT is only within recent times that the attempt to communicate with the dead has been elevated to the dignity of White Magic. Here it is necessary to affirm that the phenomena of Modern Spiritualism are to be distinguished clearly from those of old Necromancy.…
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The Magic of Language Language and magic are so intertwined with each other that the phrase “magic word” entered the meme-scape of everyday culture long ago. Like magic itself, magic words or languages were considered to be “ancient artifacts” of a bygone era. That the spoken word is an indispensable tool of magic is indisputable. The…
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