An onmyōji (陰陽師) is an oriental sorcerer, a practitioner of onmyōdo, an esoteric movement originally from China, which permeated Japanese culture from the 6th century, and which combined astrology, divination, theories about the elements and yin-yang, rituals for exorcisms and appeasing spirits, control over shikigami or feng shui family gods, as...
Gematria is a philosophical, esoteric and cultural Hebrew product. In it, each letter of the Hebrew alphabet has an associated numerical value, which can change depending on the system used, existing (according to the Kabbalah) more than three hundred different paths.
Salt has always been a key element in magical and religious matters. There are long traditions about salt as a repellent of evil spirits. It has long been used in both magical circles and in more mundane ways, such as throwing it on the doorstep to keep evil spirits from entering, or throwing a little on the left shoulder if...
Coulianu (1987) and Daxelmüller (1993) agree that the Renaissance is not, as has been claimed, a rediscovery of Greco-Roman arts, but a rebirth of the occult, that is, a rebirth of classical and philosophical symbolism, even before the first ancient sculptures came to light. Indeed, it is a time of esoteric awakening, in the deepest sense of the...
The Strīkarmāni (स्त्रीकर्माणि) are a series of spells from the Atharvaveda, a collection of short hymns or stanzas that are intended to solve everyday problems of a very varied nature, which due to their structure and purpose have been called "Vedic spells". Today we will focus on the so-called "women's" spells, which help us to analyze the figure...
"Activating" in magic is a fairly modern concept, enhanced by literature and other aspects foreign to Western witchcraft, such as "activating the chakras" or "the crystals." It is also a product of the modern world, where activate, turn on, start, are words that clearly refer to technological products, to function, to begin a process and to achieve...
The Rule of Ifá and the Rule of Ochá have a defined philosophy and theologies, the latter linked to Ifá, whose definition is taken as the religious movement that Ifá follows: literally, the act of attracting, it is understood, divine power. They have a series of precepts which include not saying or doing what is unknown, not deceiving people or...
From 1920 until 2016, more than one hundred Lucerns (oil lamps) were found in the karst caves of Te'omim, as well as vessels, coins, spearheads and other weapons. The lamps seemed to have been deliberately placed in cracks and gaps in the walls, even those that were difficult to access, which did not seem logical if their intention was to...
The relationship between Tarot and astrology is relatively recent. It can be said that it is in the 19th-20th centuries, with the rise of the European occult orders, in which they sought to exploit and interrelate all esoteric knowledge. Most of these works, or at least those that modern tradition has drawn on, are due to the Golden Dawn,...
On the blog we have several articles about witchcraft in ancient times: Egypt, Greece, Rome... But it was necessary to specify the Roman curse tablets, tabellae defixionum, which are one of the most notorious examples of the structure of spells, popular thought and sympathetic magic of the ancient world. Their main merit is that they are not...
With all topics related to pre-Hispanic cultures in America, care must be taken, since what has been preserved has passed through the hands and vision of Europeans, and above all, through the filter of the Christian religion. Therefore, when talking about witchcraft, we must keep in mind that many acts that were religious or magical could be...
Cultures usually have the study of the stars as a point of reference, with the Sun being a central element in their beliefs. Once a year, between June 20 and 23, the Sun reaches its highest point, so the Summer Solstice is celebrated with different rituals. However, in the Southern Hemisphere it is celebrated during December.
