Studio Arcanis

The Victorian era would have been a difficult time for a free thinker to have been born into, Crowley's life was marred from a young age with the perverted misery of the gospels and its sanctimonious indoctrination, imagine having to deconstruct the oppressive edifice of these mores in those times?...

​ Having met Dr. Skinner, I agree that he is a class act and more than welcomes intelligent discussion and critique regarding his work.... I also think that Techniques is a fantastic resource for those hoping to better understand the PGM; however, I do agree with certain points made by Nashimiron. ...

It seems to be used to "Juice" up the Magical Act by modern magicians. Sort of like the Wizarding equivalent of the workout shake that weightlifters take before training. This is why IMO, people have negative experiences, they are using it totally out of context for something it isnt inte...

So I found a qoute in Don Webbs Seven Faces of Darkness. He claims that Preisendanz supports the idea that the headless one is Set. However when i went searching for Preisendanz text called "AKEPHALOS" The only thing I could find was a picture of the title page on Instagram. Had my wife le...

Crowley may have been unsure of who or what his HGA was at first, his uncertainty did change though. His views on the HGA as well as the external nature of spirits, is observed in many pages of his last work 'Magick without Tears'. I'm pretty sure Pedurabo was more than conversant with this whole d...

[conjures long dead thread with badass nekromancy] I use the stoicheia in my practice very heavily, as I prefer it as a sound and structure system over "kabbalah", as well as a way of building words etc. And in my experience (subjective of course) I have to disagree with flowers choice of ...

Crowley may have been unsure of who or what his HGA was at first, his uncertainty did change though. His views on the HGA as well as the external nature of spirits, is observed in many pages of his last work 'Magick without Tears'. I'm pretty sure Pedurabo was more than conversant with this whole d...

It is in every Greek dictionary I own, the Septuagint, and historical texts and myths. http://www.definitions.net/definition/cephalus Cephalus is a name, used both for the hero-figure in Greek mythology and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. The word kephalos is Greek for "hea...

At least one use of this word cognates to water with an unknown source. Another refers to castration. Another refers to one who rejects authority. Can you give me a source on the meaning of one who rejects authority? Im not much of a linguist, but i would like to follow up on that as it might be in...

I tend to agree with the authors that have stated this is a ritual of Set. If one takes the crowley version, which i did originally, it requires a little digging into crowleys work to piece together some sense. By his own words in several places he had no idea what the hell or who the hell his HGA w...