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Ex-voto marin de Marcello Baschenis (1881) : navire dans la tempête sous la protection de Notre-Dame de la Garde de Gênes

Ex-votos, these promises that the faithful made to the saints

Ex-votos tell of promises made to the saints: wax limbs offered by medieval pilgrims, paintings by rescued sailors, pilgrimages, and...

Vente de vents aux marins dans une corde à trois nœuds, gravure d’Olaus Magnus publiée en 1555

Magic knots, when a cord could bind destiny

From ancient bindings to the winds held in sailors’ cords, discover the history of magical knots, their accounts, and the...

Décans astrologiques du Bélier, fresque de Francesco del Cossa, Palazzo Schifanoia à Ferrare, vers 1469-1470

The decans, the thirty-six figures that divided the astrologers’ sky

From the stellar clocks of ancient Egypt to the frescoes of Ferrara: discover the thirty-six decans, their images, planetary correspondences,...

Saül et la sorcière d’Endor, peinture de William Sidney Mount (1828) – vêtements et représentation du monde invisible

The mage’s garments, from the white robe to the planetary insignia

From the linen of ancient priests to the robes of the Golden Dawn, discover the history of the magician’s garments,...

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Biographies

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Hôtel Lallemant à Bourges, architecture de la Renaissance associée à l’histoire de l’alchimie et de Fulcanelli

Fulcanelli, the faceless alchemist of the 20th century

Behind Fulcanelli, a 20th-century master alchemist, lies a network of occultists and an uncertain identity. The origins of a hermetic...

Portrait gravé de Cagliostro par Christophe Guérin en 1781

Cagliostro, the adventurous mage who fascinated Europe

From Palermo to the salons of Paris, Cagliostro was a healer, alchemist, clairvoyant, and founder of an Egyptian Rite. A...

Portrait gravé authentique de Robert Fludd par Matthäus Merian, 1626 — Aeternum, blog & boutique ésotérique

Who was Robert Fludd really?

Who was Robert Fludd really? An English physician, alchemist, defender of the Rosicrucians, and great theorist of the macrocosm and...

Sabbats

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The Pagan Origins of Easter

Every year, Easter marks the arrival of spring with its decorated eggs and family traditions. This holiday, associated with the...

The Pagan Origins of Candlemas

Here in Brittany, everything related to crêpes naturally holds particular importance. That is why, after looking at the origins of...

The Imbolc Sabbat

Imbolc is a traditional Celtic festival, particularly associated with Gaelic Ireland, marking the end of winter and the beginning of...

Aeternum

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Aeternum vous souhaite une merveilleuse année 2025

Aeternum wishes you a wonderful year 2025

As the yearly cycle begins anew, we send you our warmest wishes for 2025. May this new year be an...

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Ex-votos, these promises that the faithful made to the saints

Ex-votos tell of promises made to the saints: wax limbs offered by medieval pilgrims, paintings by rescued sailors, pilgrimages, and...

Magic knots, when a cord could bind destiny

From ancient bindings to the winds held in sailors’ cords, discover the history of magical knots, their accounts, and the...

The decans, the thirty-six figures that divided the astrologers’ sky

From the stellar clocks of ancient Egypt to the frescoes of Ferrara: discover the thirty-six decans, their images, planetary correspondences,...

The mage’s garments, from the white robe to the planetary insignia

From the linen of ancient priests to the robes of the Golden Dawn, discover the history of the magician’s garments,...

Savants médiévaux étudiant le ciel et la géométrie, enluminure française du 15ème siècle

The astrolabe, the miniature sky of medieval astrologers

An entire sky engraved on a disc: the astrolabe brought together Greek, Arab, and European knowledge to measure the hours,...

Orphée et Eurydice traversant le monde des morts, tableau de Camille Corot de 1861, illustration des traditions funéraires grecques

The gold tablets, those messages the Greeks entrusted to the dead

The Greeks placed gold leaves bearing messages for the soul in certain tombs. From Petelia to Pelinna, discover Memory, Persephone,...

Albert Goodwin, Robinson Crusoe découvrant une empreinte de pas dans le sable, peinture de 1906

Footprints, a magic that worked on those who were absent

An imprint could become a link to an absent person. From European sorcery to Hoodoo foot-track magic, discover the history...

Benoît XIII consacrant les Agnus Dei, peinture historique du 18ème siècle, cadrée en bandeau panoramique

Agnus Dei, those wax discs blessed by the popes

Agnus Dei, wax discs blessed by the popes, unite the Easter light, the Lamb of God, and the protection of...

Mandragore à forme humaine attachée à un chien, enluminure médiévale du Pseudo-Apuleius, Wellcome MS 573

Mandrake, the root that looked too much like a man

From the mandrake of Greek physicians to the alraunes of the Renaissance, discover the history of a human-shaped root that...

Instrument de géomancie en laiton aux cadrans gravés, fabriqué en Syrie en 1241–1242, British Museum

Geomancy, sixteen figures for questioning destiny

Born from Arab divination traditions, geomancy reached medieval Europe with its sixteen figures. An exploration of their names, symbolism, and...

Saint Dunstan fixant un fer à cheval au-dessus d’une porte pour tenir le Diable à distance, gravure de 1871

Iron against the unseen, an old weapon of folk magic

Nails, horseshoes, blades, and threshold objects: iron has protected homes, animals, and people for centuries in European magical traditions.

Fulcanelli, the faceless alchemist of the 20th century

Behind Fulcanelli, a 20th-century master alchemist, lies a network of occultists and an uncertain identity. The origins of a hermetic...

Esoteric blog: understand magic, symbols and traditions

Explore esotericism and the history of magic

Les Carnets d’Aeternum is an esoteric blog devoted to occult currents, symbols and practices that have shaped different traditions. Features on the magical arts introduce key concepts, while the history and biographies sections place texts, people and movements in their period.

Our editorial approach distinguishes historical facts, available sources and later symbolic interpretations. This context makes it possible to explore esotericism without presenting a belief, ritual correspondence or modern reading as a universal truth.

Tarot, astrology and runes: learn to interpret

The divinatory arts bring together many symbolic languages. Study them step by step with the tarot guide, the astrology guide and the rune guide. Each path connects definitions, historical reference points and reading advice rather than offering automatic meanings.

Find a tool you enjoy using among Aeternum’s tarot decks, oracles, pendulums and runes. Compare the artwork, size and guidebook: a comfortable tool makes returning to your practice a pleasure.

Rituals, plants, stones and seasonal festivals

The rituals section explains gestures, objects and preparations, while articles on Sabbats explore seasonal celebrations. The botanical grimoire and mineral grimoire gather reference points about materials, names and traditional correspondences.

The Wheel of the Year helps you prepare your celebrations. Explore Aeternum’s ritual tools and preparations to create a set suited to your intention and each product’s intended use.

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