Akenu's Initiation

 I've recently recalled the symbol of balance. A simple pantacle I came up with a long time ago while messing with trataka meditation. This symbol contains two interlocked triangles, referring to the "As Above, so Below", as well as the unicorsal hexagram, two pentagrams (one upright, one upside down), and 4 alchemical symbols of elements. This has been a symbol of my MHP (middle hand path) for a while, but I somehow forgot it when I moved on to Chaos Magick. Today I've remembered it after years, so I have remade the symbol and used it for trataka again. Now it seems my astral sight has improved quite a bit, I will definitely keep going with it.

 A heatwave has swept across Europe. While we cannot do much with that, we can at least make it a bit more manageable. To use this spell, you have to charge it first. Hop into a shower and make it as cold as you can withstand. As you adapt to the cold, feel free to make the shower colder. While in the shower, focus on the cold water flowing around your body. Focus on the feeling of water cooling you down. As you do so, vibrate the following formula: JA MEI ZAMA . Associate the feeling of cold with this formula. Do the above for a couple of minutes. After that, when you are outside, and you feel too hot, just focus on the feeling you had in the shower and vibrate the formula again.

 While looking through the book The Complete Golden Dawn System by Israel Regardie, I noticed several inconsistencies in how the Qabalistic Cross is performed. First and foremost, in one case, "Ateh" is being vibrated, and in the second "Atoh". Also, the order in which you touch the shoulders is different. Now, the question is, which is the correct way. Here are the highlights from the book: Volume Three Highlight (orange) - Page 293 · Location 4617 So in making the Qabalistic Cross on your breast it is correct to touch the Forehead and say Ateh - Thou art; the Heart - Malkuth; Right Shoulder, ve-Geburah; left shoulder ve-Gedulah, and with the fingers clasped on the breast say, Le olahm, amen! Highlight (orange) - Page 409 · Location 6526 Take a steel dagger or knife in the right hand, face East: Touch your forehead and say Atoh (thou art). Highlight (orange) - Page 409 · Location 6527 Touch your chest and say Malkuth (the Kingdom). Touch the right shoulder and say ...

 I decided to quiz ChatGPT regarding its occult knowledge and I must admit, I was pleasantly surprised. Q: Define the astral plane The astral plane, also known as the astral realm or astral world, is a concept in many spiritual and philosophical traditions. It is often described as a non-physical plane of existence beyond the physical world, where consciousness can travel and experience things beyond the physical realm. In some beliefs, the astral plane is seen as a place where the soul or spirit can go after death, or where individuals can go during astral projection or out-of-body experiences. It is also sometimes associated with dreams and the unconscious mind. The concept and interpretation of the astral plane can vary greatly across different cultures and belief systems. Q: What is spiritus mundi? Spiritus mundi is a Latin term that translates to "the spirit of the world." The concept has roots in ancient philosophy, particularly in the work of the philosopher Plotinus,...

So, for writing articles like these, I use Grammarly , which is fine, BUT, Grammarly is not really available outside the browser (and outside the English language). Another choice is LanguageToo l, which not only works in the browser but is also available as an add-on to the LibreOffice Writer . Now, when I usually write some serious body of work, I usually write it in Markdown . Writing in Markdown can be done in Visual Studio Code, where an unofficial extension exists that also uses the LanguageTool. From there, I can obviously use something like pandoc and turn my work into a book with pretty nice typesetting by default. However, the settings of the extension are pretty limited. You see, LanguageTool allows you to set and keep a certain tone in your writing, it allows great consistency and can rephrase entire sentences to fit that tone. The extension doesn't allow that. Of course, I could simply write the entire book in LibreOffice again, but there is a catch. While LibreOffice ...

 So, after over a decade of avoiding this, I have finally decided to learn the Theban alphabet. I never liked that all the letters look so similar to one another. But look, I did learn the alphabet of the magi, I did learn the Armanen runes, I did learn the Enochian alphabet and I did partially learn Hebrew. So, it took me 3 bloody days, but I am finally there. I must admit, the Theban alphabet does look beautiful. Here is a SATOR square as an example: