The Aeternum Notebooks

What did the Eye of Horus really represent in ancient Egypt? Discover the wedjat, the myth of the injured and...

Best friend to some, a frightening world to others, Water has been revered and integrated into many magical traditions around...

Do pentacles and pentagrams really refer to the same thing? From Sir Gawain to Agrippa, from Éliphas Lévi to the...

Who are the 72 spirits of the Ars Goetia? Discover their order, ranks, seals, and offices according to the Sloane...

How did Goetia become the art of the 72 spirits? From the Greek word goēteia to the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, from...

Where do Earth, Air, Fire, and Water in Western magic really come from? From Empedocles to Agrippa, from Paracelsus to...

Midnight or 3 a.m.: what really is the witching hour? From Shakespeare to planetary hours, from Hecate to modern paranormal...

Was the witches’ familiar really a magical cat? From the Chelmsford trials to Matthew Hopkins’s “imps,” this article traces the...

From black to red, what do nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, and rubedo really describe? A deep dive into the alchemical Great...

What is High Magic really? From medieval grimoires to Agrippa, John Dee, Éliphas Lévi, the Golden Dawn, and Crowley, this...

Why don’t red, black, green, or purple always mean the same thing in magic? This article places color symbolism in...

Since the dawn of humanity, plants have played a central role in magical and esoteric traditions around the world. Their...