The Aeternum Notebooks

Stanislas de Guaita was a French poet and occultist whose romantic life illustrates the esoteric fervor of the late 19th...

To the north of Greece lies Thessaly, a vast plain surrounded by mountains, the cradle of mythical heroes… and a...

In hoodoo and Afro-Caribbean traditions, the Tonka bean is used as a wish carrier, especially in areas related to love...

The Tonka bean is a highly appreciated spice in our region, especially in pastry, with vanilla-like aromas. But originally, its...

What if the God of the Bible was not the true God? What if the world we live in was...

Pentacles, or more precisely pantacles, are ritual objects emblematic of Western occultism. Since the Middle Ages, magicians and scholars have...

Pierre Piobb, whose real name was Pierre Vincenti-Piobb, was a French scholar, journalist, and occultist born in Paris on April...

Charles Lancelin was a French occultist from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work in parapsychology...

In Freemasonry, the first three degrees (Apprentice, Companion, Master) are called symbolic or “blue.” Scottish Rite refers to all the...

Marsile Ficin (Marsilio Ficino in Italian), born in 1433 near Florence and died in 1499, was an Italian Renaissance philosopher,...

Catoptromancy, or divination by mirrors, actually refers to the art of interpreting visions obtained from a reflective surface. From polished...

The word "conjuration" resurfaces as soon as speech takes authority. It comes from the Latin conjuratio, meaning "oath sworn together,"...