I’m in a bit of a quandary. I’ve been Working with this syncretic Judeo-Christian/Neo-Platonic system for a while now, based almost entirely on the the Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Agrippa. I’ve been reading Plato’s Timaeus, Plotinus’ Enneads, and Hermes Trismegistus’ s The Divine Pymander, and it’s all been percolating into a pretty strong brew within my sphere. When I hit the epiphany the other day, I was convinced it was a Universal Truth. I still think it is, but the general responses I’m getting are telling me that it’s not making the kind of impact it had on me. In general, I’ve gotten a “yeah, ok” response, when this is the Key to Everything! Well, at least I think it is. For me, definitely, and I don’t see anything that would indicate it wouldn’t be the Key to Life, the Universe and Everything in a much more more meaningful way than “42.”
So, with that in mind, I’m going to be posting a series of NP basics so the foundation of the system I’m working with is documented somewhere. I see another book in my future. Distant future. 🙂
So here’s the planned outline:
1.0 – Overview Sections:
- 1.1 – NP Cosmology: How it all started
- 1.2 – The Harmony of the Spheres
- 1.3 – Spirits: Why we Work with ’em, How we Work with ’em
- 1.4 – Why we’re here: The Great Work in a NP Magical System
- 1.5 – While we’re here: The Great Work in Action
2.0 – Practical Sections:
- 2.1 – The Lamp
- 2.2 – About those Planets…
- 2.3 – The Joys of Making Talismen
- 2.4 – Elemental Kings
- 2.5 – Spirit Pots
- 2.6 – Them pesky demons are at it again…
- 2.7 – The Genius and the Evil Daimon
3.0 – The Glyph
- 3.1 – Putting it all Together: The Altar Layout Revisited
- 3.2 – Using the Glyph in Practice
That should cover everything. Along the way, I’ll probably have other posts to make about some pet projects. I’ve started making my Genius/Evil Daimon… thing. Yeah, I’ll get to details on that later.