Despite the persecution to which witchcraft is subjected in India, as could be seen in previous articles, there is a city called Mayong, in the district of Assam, which brings together magic practitioners and also a large enough clientele, boosted by tourism, which would be one more example of how under the name of esotericism, due to its more...

The existing opposition has been mentioned several times on this page, although without much success, between religion and magic. This distinction becomes less clear as we travel back in time, where common rituals have praxis and purposes that can be strange and mysterious. Before addressing what is called the magical mentality, some points of...

The very control over fire represents an indescribable advance for the evolution of the human being in every way. The divine origin of fire, transmitted in various myths throughout the world, shows that from the beginning, not only due to fear or ignorance, it was given a very special value. In very distant places we find veneration of fire, as...

The stories about werewolves in antiquity are only framed within the legend or tale, since, despite the fact that it was possible to believe in the existence, in some way, of these beings, it was not considered authentic. . The short story is specifically immersed in the subculture, just like magic, but it is a subgenre cultivated by all levels...

Hindu astrology is called Jyotiḥśāstra, the science of Jyotisha (also written Yiotisha), which comes to mean "heavenly lights", and far from any mystical issue, many scholars suggest that it is a way of calling the stars. It receives respect, calling it jyotiṣamayanam cakṣuḥ, "Eye of Wisdom" It is also known by the nickname of Hinduist and Vedic -...

We continue the description of the Arcana of this 19th century Tarot, started in the previous article.

As it was seen in the introductory article to the Egyptian Tarots, the R. Falconnier is the one that can be called, almost without a doubt, the model to follow, at least aesthetically, of most of them. Created in 1896, it follows the ideas of occultist Paul Christian, who also had his own tarot (1863), with...

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In what is understood by the Western world, witchcraft can be viewed with suspicion by those who profess a religious faith from one of the three great religions, who will often confuse many of these practices with others, purely religious, coming from paganism. On the other hand, it can be seen as attractive due to its aesthetics and its secrecy,...

It must be said openly that trying to analyze the Egyptian Tarot as such is complete nonsense. There are innumerable versions, and each one follows its own rules, often created by the authors themselves and the fusion of preconceived ideas of Egyptian mysticism and the practices from other Tarots. However, it is worth reviewing the origins that...

The runes of the witches or modern runes is the name given to runes supposedly developed by a Coven and presented by Patricia Crowther in her book Lid off the Cauldron (1981). It is very likely that this Coven was to which the author herself belonged, after having been initiated into Wicca by Gerald Gardner himself. These are eight runes,...

Despite the popularity of this country, much of its religious culture and folklore is totally unknown in the Western world. Perhaps one of those branches is that of magic, which can be seen partially drawn in many books, in manga and anime, but to which at the moment of truth not much attention is paid. Magic in Japan does not...