Here are some unpublished initial sketches of Thoth Tarot cards by Lady Frieda Harris, the artist who painted The Thoth Tarot with the guidance of Aleister Crowley.
Two unpublished sketches of Aleister Crowley, a.k.a To Mega Therion, The Great Beast 666, The Prophet, Frater V.V.V.V.V etc, in his twilight, done by Lady Frieda Harris.
Connatural Magick should be understood as an experimental field of magico-psychic development — rather than a specific discipline of occult practice — wherein the innate abilities and agency of the psychist are trained to the extent that they may be exerted without the aid of physical tools and paraphernalia external to her own body and mind. Achieving repeatable and communicable results with whatever techniques the psychist adopts or discovers should remain a primary aspiration alongside the attainment of insight into the ontological nature of reality.
Connatural Magick is the exercise of parapsychic abilities without the use of physical tools or paraphernalia apart from the body and mind. Anomalous experiences explored to this end may include but are not limited to: ideomotor phenomena, glossolalia, assumptive imagination, flow, samadhi, hypnagogia, lucid dreaming, astral projection, thoughtforms, and mediumship. Connatural Magick theory draws heavily from those of contemporary western occultism and the field of parapsychology, while generally resting upon the speculations that: [1] Reality is nonlocal, [2] parapsychic abilities are innate in all human beings, and [3] parapsychic abilities may be cultivated and enhanced. Fundamentals are developed primarily through yogic meditative disciplines.
In this post series about how to work with your dreams, so far I have focused on dreams you already have had. Now let’s take it to the next level, and learn how to ask for the dream you want to have. Known as dream incubation, this ancient method for asking for guidance from the dreamworld is scarily effective.
“Know the sub-consciousness to be an epitome of all experience and wisdom, past incarnations as men, animals, birds, vegetable life, etc., etc., everything that exists, has and ever will exist. Each being a stratum in the order of evolution. Naturally then, the lower we probe into these strata, the earlier will be the forms of life we arrive at; the last is the Almighty Simplicity. And if we succeed in awakening them, we shall gain their properties, and our accomplishment will correspond. They being experiences long passed, must be evoked by extremely vague suggestion, which can only operate when the mind is unusually quiet or simple. To have their wisdom does not mean the necessity of their bodies- the body modifies in relation to ‘means’ (we travel faster than the hunting leopard, but do not have its body), when it is the means it changes accordingly. Now, if we observe Nature, the early forms of life are wonderful in their properties, adaptablility, etc; their strength enormous, and some are indestructible. No matter what the desire is, it always is its accomplishment. A microbe has the power to destroy the world (and certainly would if it took an interest in us). If you were to dismember its limb, the mutilated part would regrow, etc. So by evoking and becoming obsessed or illuminated by these existences, we gain their magical properties, or the knowledge of their attainment. This is what already happens (everything happens at all times) though exceedingly slowly; in striving for knowledge we repel it, the mind works best on a simple diet.”
Spare, Austin Osman, The Book of Pleasure (self-love): Psychology of Ecstasy, Hermetic Library, https://hermetic.com/spare/pleasure (Accessed April 26, 2018).
We’ve all had our wits scared out of us by films, images, and the
written word, but somehow few forms work their haunting magic quite so
effectively as sound alone.
Occult Aspects 