Saturday, April 2, 2011

New Healing Hexes



OK...working on the Healing process involved in Hexeri and Pow Wow...I have come up with a process.
Building on the Pow Wow chart of Astrological Healing energies from the old 'Human Illustration' passed among Hexenmeisters/Pow Wow people...
I build on the Base color-Elemental, FIRE-Red, AIR-Yellow, EARTH-Green/Brown or Black, WATER-Blue...
In the center of the Hex, I draw the Planetary Square, then the 3 angelick names around it, In ENGLISH, the Elemental Angel, the Planetary Angel, and the Astrological Angel.
then the Planetary energies, draw the sigils of the Planetary Angelick energies, & the Olympic Planetary Spirits, as well as the Elemental sign, the Planetary Sign & Seal, and the Astrological sign at the top. The Hex is then surrounded by two planetary series of sigils, one from the Grimoire Le Veritable Dragon Rouge, and the other from Key of Solomon...
The color scheme comes from the Picatrix, which is as follows:
ELEMENTS:
AIR-Yellow
FIRE-Red
WATER-Blue
EARTH-Green, Brown or Black

PLANETS:
Earth-Brown
Moon-Purple
Sun-Yellow
Venus-Green
Jupiter-Blue
Mars-Red
Saturn-Black
Mercury-Orange

ZODIAC
Aries-Red
Taurus-Green
Gemini-Yellow
Cancer-White/Silver
Leo-Orange/Gold
Virgo-Brown
Libra-Grey
Scorpio-Dark Red
Sagittarius-Purple
Capricorn-Black/Dark Brown
Aquarius-Turquoise
Pisces-Sea-Green

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Cronnekdhu [Toadbone] and Blackthorn Wand



In the old alchemical writings, the black toad is one of the lesser used symbols for either the process of fermentation (ruled by Scorpio) or for the Prima Materia undergoing the same. The identity of the Prima Materia in alchemy is kept secret in all the old written texts. Generally, it is said to be a substance widely and cheaply available but everywhere despised. I’ve seen a woodcut of it represented as blocks of wood on the road that people are tripping over. Elias Ashmole describes it this way in his poem about alchemy called “Hunting the Greene Lyon”:
And choose what thou shalt finde of meanest price:
Leave sophisters, and following my advice,
Be not deluded; for the truth is one,
‘Tis not in many things, this is Our Stone:
At first appearing in a garb defiled,
And, to deal plainly, it is Saturn’s childe.
His price is meane, his venom very great
His constitution cold, devoid of heat.

Often this has been taken to be a description of lead (cheap, venomous, cold, dull (garb defiled), and definitely Saturn’s childe), but in some alchemical graphics, the Prima Materia is represented by a black toad–also considered venomous, also in a garb defiled (covered with warts), despised, cheap (free), and Saturn’s childe. You can see the toad at the “root” of this alchemical tree in the illustration. Perhaps one reason why the toad is connected with fermentation is because it develops from a fish creature (Water) to a land animal (Earth) with functioning limbs: toads are all about transformation, and transformation is an essential part of fermentation (turning, for instance, grapes into wine). Also, toads hibernate by burrowing down into the ground. They appear to be dead and can even freeze, but they awaken later, fine. Talk about a (literally) chthonic symbol.

So here is the riddle: Within its singular nature mind and matter are united, and it is both the beginning and the end of the work.

"LUCIFER,
The Bearer of Light!
¡Strange and mysterious name given to
Spirit of Darkness!
¡Lucifer, the Son of the morning!
He is who bears the Light, and its intolerable glares
blind Souls weak, sensual or selfish?
Do not hesitate, because Traditions are full of Revelations and Inspirations
divine inspiration and is not an age, or creed.
Plato and Philo also inspired."

~Albert Pike~

Montague Summers - BAPh metis - "Baptism of Light"
Madeline Montalban - Bfmaat - "The Opener of the Gates"

Solve et Coagula — Separate, and Join Together

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Friday, December 24, 2010