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This space is our mission to enrich every week. Here, we explore the Magical Arts in both their practical and historical forms: biographies, movements, occultists, rituals. We strive to make occult knowledge accessible (which is not synonymous with sinister, let's be clear) that has been studied and archived for centuries in grimoires still mysterious today. Magic has always been part of life, sometimes mocked, sometimes stigmatized, but always present. We wish you a good read and hope that each of our articles will illuminate your path.
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Elementals, These Creatures of the Invisible
European occult traditions teach that alongside the realm of angels and demons exists a third order of spiritual beings connected to the natural elements. These creatures, called elemental spirits or...
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Ornithomancy, or the art of reading signs through birds
Very early in Humanity, birds were considered privileged messengers of the divine, linking heaven and earth. Their ability to fly...
Paul Sédir, between occultism and the Christian path
Paul Sédir, whose real name was Yvon Le Loup, was a French writer and esotericist born in 1871 in Dinan...
The magic of love, between influence and desire
Love magic – or red magic – encompasses occult practices aimed at provoking or influencing romantic feelings and carnal desire....
The Magic of Lead, Between Sacred and Cursed
Lead may seem unremarkable with its gray shine and heavy weight, but it carries a fascinating occult power. Since Antiquity,...
Pow-wow, the Germanic magic of Pennsylvania
The pow-wow of Pennsylvania, known in Pennsylvania German dialect as Braucherei (which we discussed in our article on Alsace magic),...
John Dee, scholar of the occult arts
John Dee (1527 – 1608/1609) was one of the most prominent scholars of the Elizabethan era. A mathematician, astronomer, astrologer,...
Hermeticism, the magic of the rare initiates
L’Hermeticism refers to a philosophical and esoteric current of thought born in Greco-Egyptian Antiquity, whose writings are attributed to a...
Dion Fortune, a committed magician
Dion Fortune, whose real name was Violet Mary Firth (1890-1946), was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer. A prominent...
