Can one reap benefits from the PGM without knowing its provenance? Yes, absolutely. Sounds alot like modern religious person's view of The Bible. Who cares who wrote it or how dubious its historical accuracy is, let's just reap its benefits. This is not without merit. Traditionalist versus non-trad...
The Vedas are all over the Picatrix and there are some echoes in the Grimorium Verum and other grimoires. The whole concept of the Decans in astrology is directly from Hindu influence. But in no way do those facts diminish any of those works. I don't understand how knowing that the Greeks had influe...
Such a sacred approach to everything. we live on Earth. most of this shit is stolen, thieved or larcenied from someone smarter. This I can certainly agree with. PGM is so trendy these days. You guys do realise its just rehashed Zoroastrianism and Chaldaean magic brought across the Aegean...nope. Bu...
I bought this book a while ago and read about half of it. I've had my attention elsewhere but I intended to use Skinner's book as a giant index of the PGM. I found it to be less analytical than more of a catalog of the contents of the PGM. As far as who is pictured in the illustration I take it you ...
Try it all the ways you can think of. Stop doubting and start doing. Start simple and try some stuff but pay attention to your environment. You will soon be able to recognize what is effective and what is not. Trust that you know more than you think you do. Your questions are worded in a way that su...