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  • Calculating Goetic Correspondences from 777

    Bokonon23 left a comment that he wanted to know more about calculating the correct correspondences for Goetic entities, so here’s a little more detail on the subject.

    I used 777, the correspondence chart developed by Aleister Crowley (from Alan Bennet’s notes, probably) when he was still a member in good standing in the Golden Dawn. This correspondence chart was published in 1909, and reflects the Golden Dawn attributions to magickal subjects.

    To use 777 effectively, you must understand how information is presented in a spreadsheet or table. “Columns” are the vertical data sets, and “Rows” are the horizontal data sets. The first column is the “key scale,” the number that will provide the common reference point for all other columns of data in the table. There are 35 rows of data, and 183 columns of corresponding attributes, items, angels, god names, goetic entities, plants, perfumes, etc. This compendium of information is extremely useful to magicians of all types.

    To find the correspondences of a particular Goetic entity, first find the entity in the columns of goetic spirits (Columns CLV-CLXV, or pages 27-28 [printed page numbers] / 36-37 [pdf page numbers]). Bune/Bime is found to correspond to Key Scale 25.

    Knowing the spirit is associated with Key Scale 25, I then went through the other columns in the table to get an idea of what correspondences related to Bune. All the information in the row labeled 25 had some relation to Bune. Since I was making a physical pot, I paid special attention to the physical items associated with Key Scale 25, the plants, the incenses, and the magickal weapon. I also checked the color charts for selecting the appropriate colored candles to use as offerings for the spirit. Since I am primarily interested in physical results, I used the color charts associated with the material realm, Assiah, which is called the Empress Scale in the Golden Dawn.

  • Fuck George

    If I see one more email thread mentioning how wonderful George Carlin was, I’m gonna be sick. He was a self-righteous, lazy pompous arrogant windbag, and guess what? He personally hated you and everyone else that sends out all these “the world is a worse place without you, George” emails, as if he isn’t like, “Fuck you, I got out and you’re stuck in, and I made it without offing myself, by the skin of my teeth some nights when it was me and Jack Daniels in a seedy motel near the local gig that barely covered the motel and the gas, but I made it, and if I didn’t mention it, fuck you.”

    I want to grab everyone who loves George Carlin and take a fucking minute to remind you:

    EVERYTHING HE POINTED OUT THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE WORLD, HE BLAMED YOU PERSONALLY FOR BECAUSE HE SAID YOU WERE A STUPID FUCKTARD WHO DOESN’T DO SHIT TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

    And I agree. Why not? It’s a lot easier to sit around and declare the world a shitty place and blame everyone that’s just trying to get by until they die than it is to actually DO SOMETHING to make it a better place.

    George Carlin made a business out of saying things that every twenty-something has said at Perkins, Denny’s, or whatever 24 hour cafe that serves cheap coffee have said for years. He wasn’t original, or even particularly unique. He was a bitter asshole. And he’s dead. That’s the epitaph he deserves.

    Get over it.

  • Fuck George Carlin

    If I see one more email thread mentioning how wonderful George Carlin was, I’m gonna be sick. He was a self-righteous, lazy pompous arrogant windbag, and guess what? He personally hated you and everyone else that sends out all these “the world is a worse place without you, George” emails, as if he isn’t like, “Fuck you, I got out and you’re stuck in, and I made it without offing myself, by the skin of my teeth some nights when it was me and Jack Daniels in a seedy motel near the local gig that barely covered the motel and the gas, but I made it, and if I didn’t mention it, fuck you.”

    I want to grab everyone who loves George Carlin and take a fucking minute to remind you:

    EVERYTHING HE POINTED OUT THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE WORLD, HE BLAMED YOU PERSONALLY FOR BECAUSE HE SAID YOU WERE A STUPID FUCKTARD WHO DOESN’T DO SHIT TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

    And I agree. Why not? It’s a lot easier to sit around and declare the world a shitty place and blame everyone that’s just trying to get by until they die than it is to actually DO SOMETHING to make it a better place.

    George Carlin made a business out of saying things that every twenty-something has said at Perkins, Denny’s, or whatever 24 hour cafe that serves cheap coffee have said for years. He wasn’t original, or even particularly unique. He was a bitter asshole. And he’s dead. That’s the epitaph he deserves.

    Get over it.

  • Crystal Skull Dreams

    Well, so far, so good. I’ve got a Legionairre from one of Bune’s hordes embedded in the matrix of the crystal now. In addition, there’s the physical link to Tezcatlipoca through the skull’s mask. As a result Ive been having interesting dreams, and I’ve visited the realms of the Aztec Underworld.

    Shockingly, as you may imagine, the dreams have been about… death. Not mine, but Death his own self, ye Grim Reaper has been wandering the dream realms with me. I haven’t done anything particularly lucid or purposed in the dreams yet, but I’m happy with the results so far.

    The end goal here is to have a talisman so potent from its associated entities that anyone who touches it, regardless of their training, has an immediate ability to communicate with the dead. I don’t know how this will manifest with any individuals, since everyone seems to have a unique way of working with things like this, but I imagine tarot, iching, divinations, crystal scryers, and clairvoyants would all have their abilities heightened. I haven’t done anything with it to contact a specific dead person yet, but it’s on my list of things to do.

    For now, I’m still performing conjurations, empowerments, and spending time each day tuning the crystal to the appropriate harmonies of the underworld.

  • Outgrowing the Goetia

    Someone mentioned on a list that “When you really know yourself, the Goetia is not needed any more.” Personally, I think that’s one of the more retarded, but also self-explanatory statements I’ve ever seen.

    I use the Goetia style of magic because it is an effective means to accomplish mundane Work. There are things you need to have done, and you need to have them done by spirits who are closer to the material realm than the Angels and Intelligences of the celestial spheres. When you “know yourself” as a magician, you also know what your role is in the manifestation and maintenance of creation. If someone hasn’t figured out that their role as a magician is going to require them to perform Goetic magic on occassion, then, well, ok then. There you have it.

    But why would someone think that? Once again, people have watered down Magic to include some really weak and stupid thoughts. If the nimrod that posted the above statement had spent more time studying where he came from and his celestial and material brothers and sisters, he’d know a lot more about himself than he does. But in “Knowing himself,” he hasn’t bothered to look beyond himself.

    You CANNOT “Know Yourself” if you do not look BEYOND your SELF.

    Bad news, narcisists, it’s not all about you.

  • This Just In…

    A friend and magician is visiting pagans in jail and providing spiritual support for them. He’s one of 3 chaplains in all of (where else but) California that perform any kind of prison ministry for heathen pagans damned to burn in hell for all eternity. Can’t imagine why.

    But! I respect him for that. And he’s in need of fundage to cover the expenses of his efforts. He made these cool “Wonder Wands,” or “Tumblers” (he really needs to work on the name) to perform geomancy with. He’s selling them to raise money. He’s a smart feller.

    So if you’re a pagan and you want to support turning criminal pagans into reformed, spiritually seeking pagans with a good balanced perspective on magic and social obligations… It’s a good cause. Check out his site. I’m going to see if he wants me to set up a page over on RufusOpus.com where he can sell stuff to fund his ministry, if he doesn’t already have site set up.

    For more info, see his blog:

    http://witchdoctorjoe.blogspot.com/2008/08/sortior-virgae.html

  • New blog to add to my list of faves


    Jason Miller, author of Protection and Reversal Magick, has a new blog that specifically deals with magic and the practice thereof. Titled “Strategic Sorcery,” this promises to be one of the kinds of blogs that I love.

    Jason has spent time in Nepal training in Tantric Magic. He’s also a rootworker from Cat Yronwoode’s tradition, and a traditional ceremonial magician who works magic from the pages of Agrippa, Trithemius, and several popular grimoires I’m sure. The dude is pretty awesome.

    He’s one of those online treasures that get really emotionally and spiritually appreciated by millions of people who never think to thank him by giving him a couple bucks each.

    I believe he’s also teaching a series of workshops on Strategic Sorcery as well. I don’t have all the details, but I’m sure he’d be willing to pass them on to you at his earliest convenience, if you’re near enough to benefit.

  • New blog to add to my list of faves


    Jason Miller, author of Protection and Reversal Magick, has a new blog that specifically deals with magic and the practice thereof. Titled “Strategic Sorcery,” this promises to be one of the kinds of blogs that I love.

    Jason has spent time in Nepal training in Tantric Magic. He’s also a rootworker from Cat Yronwoode’s tradition, and a traditional ceremonial magician who works magic from the pages of Agrippa, Trithemius, and several popular grimoires I’m sure. The dude is pretty awesome.

    He’s one of those online treasures that get really emotionally and spiritually appreciated by millions of people who never think to thank him by giving him a couple bucks each.

    I believe he’s also teaching a series of workshops on Strategic Sorcery as well. I don’t have all the details, but I’m sure he’d be willing to pass them on to you at his earliest convenience, if you’re near enough to benefit.

  • New blog to add to my list of faves


    Jason Miller, author of Protection and Reversal Magick, has a new blog that specifically deals with magic and the practice thereof. Titled “Strategic Sorcery,” this promises to be one of the kinds of blogs that I love.

    Jason has spent time in Nepal training in Tantric Magic. He’s also a rootworker from Cat Yronwoode’s tradition, and a traditional ceremonial magician who works magic from the pages of Agrippa, Trithemius, and several popular grimoires I’m sure. The dude is pretty awesome.

    He’s one of those online treasures that get really emotionally and spiritually appreciated by millions of people who never think to thank him by giving him a couple bucks each.

    I believe he’s also teaching a series of workshops on Strategic Sorcery as well. I don’t have all the details, but I’m sure he’d be willing to pass them on to you at his earliest convenience, if you’re near enough to benefit.

  • The Spirit Pot Operation

    I’ve recently created my first, and possibly last Spirit Pot. “Spirit Pot” is a term I picked up from reading a very little bit on hoodoo and root work. It basically presents a dwelling place for a particular spirit to live in.

    I first thought of this while reading an excellent article by Aaron Leitch in the Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition. In it he discusses the links between the Solomonic tradition and Folk Magick. He pointed out that there is a brass vessel discussed in the Lemegetton that has similarities to the Spirit Pot of hoodoo traditions, and I set about creating a spirit pot for one of the entities from the Goetia.

    I selected Bune/Bime as the spirit I wished to have in my pot. He is the 26th spirit of the Goetia, and has two seals that can be used to get in touch with him. I went to 777 to see what types of things to include in the pot. Bune is associated with key-scale 24, if I remember right, and I found that the plant for this key is rush, a type of grass, and the incense was lignum aloes. The magickal weapon is the arrow, and the astrological sign is Sagitarius.

    I purchased a length of woven rush grass and wound it around the base of my spirit pot. I included dates and raisins, some incense containing lignum aloes and sandalwood, and carved a small arrow out of cedar, using the needles of the branch as the fletching. I drew up a Seal of Solomon from the Goetia, and set it in the lid of the pot. I drew one seal by hand, and included another seal I had printed off the internet. As I drew the seal, I felt the spirit’s presence begin to build up in the area. I created a triangle of manifestation, placed the seals in the pot, and the pot in the triangle of manifestation. I then began lighting blue tea lite candles for about a week, which burn for about five hours as offerings to get the spirit’s attention.

    On a Sunday night when the moon was right, I performed the conjuration. I did it rather simply, and made very quick contact with Bune. I spoke to him about why I wanted to work with him, showed him the pot, and asked if he would live in it. He was VERY agreeable.

    Since then I have begun to experiment with the Spirit Pot. I chose Bune because he is allegedly related to my sun sign in my natal chart and because one of his abilities is to bring treasure, and I very much desire to be wealthy.

    I have also included the hebrew words found on the sides of the brass vessel in the Goetia, written in Celestial script from Agrippa’s third book of Occult Philosophy.

    I’ve had some interesting conversations with members of the Ritual Magic yahoo group, and I hope to provide an interview with one of the members in an upcoming post regarding his views of the Spirit Pot as a spiritual condenser.

    [Edit 6-27-06]

    I finally got my camera up and running, so I’m posting a picture of my Spirit Pot at long last.