IT’S A PART OF ME. MY INNER DEMONS, THE DARK SIDE. IT’S NEVER EASY TO LIVE WITH THESE DEMONS. BUT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE, I MUST DEAL WITH THEM. I’M LISTENING TO THE SIGNALS OF MY SPIRIT AND BODY AND THEN TRY TO REACT TO THEM. I TURN THESE DEMONS INTO ART OR AT LEAST INTO SOMETHING CREATIVE WHICH IS MAYBE GOOD FOR A LATER USE. THE HARDEST PART IS TO ACCEPT THE MENTAL PROBLEMS, BECAUSE IT’S SOMETHING NOBODY LIKES TO ADMIT. BUT IT’S THE FIRST STEP ON A LONG WAY. I RECOMMEND PROFESSIONAL HELP TOO IF IT’S NECESSARY.
Diagrams from the “Philosophus Lecture” of the Golden Dawn. The numbered green text in the second image refers to each diagram.
“Whatever the etymological origin of the word ‘magic’ may be, the mage is the finder and founder of images. Magic consists in fathoming the great Imagination”.
Images and text from “Mage and Image: An Essay on Hermetic Mutation with Coloured Reconstructions of G. … D. … Wands and Sceptres“ by Steffi Grant (1963). Reprinted in “Hidden Lore: Hermetic Glyphs” by Kenneth and Steffi Grant (2006).
Occult Aspects 