The Aeternum Notebooks

Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535) was a Renaissance scholar, physician, philosopher, and mage who dedicated his life to uncovering the secrets of...

Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria quickly became a cosmopolitan melting pot of cultures and knowledge in...

The courtroom has always been a stage where the Invisible could make an appearance, especially with the many intense prayers,...

What if an ancient grimoire could grant its practitioner extraordinary wisdom, without years of study or a master to teach...

European occult traditions teach that alongside the realm of angels and demons exists a third order of spiritual beings connected...

Who was Oswald Wirth really? Born in Switzerland in 1860, a mesmerist, Freemason, secretary to Stanislas de Guaita, and leading...

Very early in Humanity, birds were considered privileged messengers of the divine, linking heaven and earth. Their ability to fly...

Who was Paul Sédir really? Yvon Le Loup was initially one of Papus’s close collaborators and a major author of...

Love magic – or red magic – encompasses occult practices aimed at provoking or influencing romantic feelings and carnal desire....

Lead may seem unremarkable with its gray shine and heavy weight, but it carries a fascinating occult power. Since Antiquity,...

The Pennsylvania pow-wow, known in the Pennsylvania German dialect as Braucherei (which we discussed in our article on Alsatian magic),...

Who was John Dee really? Mathematician to Elizabeth I, bibliophile, astrologer, alchemist, and author of Monas Hieroglyphica, John Dee (1527-1608/1609)...