Pagan Festivals: Walpurgisnacht

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themori-witch:

We’ve covered Beltane, and now I want to cover 

Walpurgisnacht.

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Walpurgisnacht, known in English as Walpurgis Night, is the German name for the night of the 30th of April. It is the eve of the feast that celebrates Saint Walpurga. 

In Germanic folklore, Walpurgisnacht is also known as “Hexennacht” – which literally translates as “witches night” – and is the night that witches gather upon the highest peak in the Harz Mountains in central Germany. 

Walpurgisnacht is celebrated throughout Europe (Germany, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), in locally varying forms. 

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HAVE A MAGICKAL WALPURGIS NIGHT MY WITCH. 😈😈😈😈

thechaote:

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Void Magick is a book which outlines a magickal system or a magickal personal reality that works and corresponds with the Void. We can also think of it as an upgrade of chaos magick. After so many years of persistent ideas rumbling in my brain I decided to write it all down, and slowly expand it to a complete and practical concept. I imagined and dreamed about a power source with all possibilities included and an undeniable power of creation and negation radiating from nothingness. Additional ideas were the two major magick skills for performing void magick, Disintegration and Illusion. There is so much more in this book, so at the end, I hope Void Magick will inspire you to find some yet undiscovered inner strengths and perform new and creative kinds of wonders.

all the best, voidically

Thomas Chaote

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Humorism: The 4 temperaments

wolfofantimonyoccultism:

The 4 temperaments are 4 distinct natures of behavior. These temperaments are found in the understandings of humorism, and are one of the oldest personality type systems. It was used in ancient greek medicine, and was first described by Hippocrates a greek physician who is known to be the father of western medicine. These temperaments are a way of looking at the behaviors that different people had based off the amount of these different humors they had in their body. The four humors were blood(Air), yellow bile(Fire), black bile(Earth), and phlegm(Water), these four humors were seen to be 4 physical substances that were present in the body, and were greatly associated with the four elements.

The four temperaments are known as sanguine(Air), choleric(Fire), melancholic(Earth), and phlegmatic(Water), which one you are is determined by which humor you have the most of in your body. Usually people will have a mixture of these temperaments with two of them being the most prevalent, though one of them will be predominant, and the other will be secondary. Most people are going to have mix temperaments, but you are also able to have a pure temperament. A pure temperament is when you have a high extraordinary amount of a single temperament, so much so that you are that temperament word for word. Everybody has different levels of these humor’s in their body, which allows everyone to have a different form of behavior, and nature.

I do not believe in the 4 humor substances as physical forms except for some of their scientific counterparts, but I see them more as philosophical, and spiritual understandings of elemental balances as related to the body. I see the 4 humors as elemental balances of nature that are present on a spiritual, mental, and physical level with the 4 temperaments being manifestations of the humors on the mental level. I see this system as a more esoteric, and occult way of looking at the behavior, and nature of an entity from an elemental perspective.

Sanguine:

The temperament of sanguine is connected to the humor of blood. It is connected to the element of air, and has the 2 qualities of hot, and wet. It is a masculine temperament, and tends to be extroverted.

Sanguines are very sociable, and optimistic. They primarily enjoy having fun, and not taking life too seriously. Sanguines tend to not be able to get along with the people who are not open to there entertaining. They are prone to overindulgence, and pleasure-seeking, and because of this they do engage in thrill-seeking, and more risky behaviors. Sanguines are incredibly charismatic, and are able to form relationships very easily because of this. They seek variety, and entertainment to relieve boredom, and to make their experience interesting. They can be quite competitive with others, and actively enjoy winning. Sanguines are very open with their emotions, even though they can have difficulty with too many thoughts, and feelings coming up at once. They are very conscious about what other people think of them, and like to make good impressions, and to not be thought of as unsuccessful.

Positive traits: Lively, carefree, outgoing, charismatic, entertaining, composed, flexible, adaptable, enthusiastic, active, fun-loving, playful, activity-prone, persuasive, communicative, and social

Negative traits: Lack of deep understanding, nonserious, distractible, disorganized, and naive

Choleric:

The temperament of choleric is connected to the humor of yellow bile. It is connected to the element of fire, and has the 2 qualities of hot and dry. It is a masculine temperament, and tends to be extroverted.

People who are choleric like to be with people who are supportive, and cooperative, and because of the state dislike laziness, and disloyalty. They have many leadership qualities and enjoy leading a group and taking charge. They are extremely practical, and straightforward. They are very social, and seek to contribute to the community. They are very good at forward movement, and can easily and insightfully overcome obstacles in order to accomplish their goals. People that are choleric are good and making decisions for themselves and others. They are also visionaries who have many different dreams, goals, and ideas in which they would like to reach.

Positive traits: Traditional, independent, decisive, savvy, analytical, logical obedient, goal oriented, leadership, self-confident, self-sufficient, and strong-willed.

Negative traits: Impulsive, domineering, autocratic, inpatient, opinionated, controlling short-tempered, fast, and irritable

Melancholic:

The temperament of melancholic is connected to the humor of black bile. It is connected to the element of earth, and has the 2 qualities of cold, and dry. It is a feminine temperament, and tends to be introverted.

People that are melancholic is analytical, detail oriented, and are deep thinkers and feelers. They pay attention to every detail and think over everything. They have compassion for those in need, and have high standards, and ideals. They dislike forgetfulness, tardiness, superficiality and unpredictability. They take life too seriously, and try to plan out every little thing, and enjoy trying to achieve their own subjective perfection. They dislike small talk, and enjoy deep, and meaningful conversations. They are quality oriented. They enjoy their privacy, and use their privacy as a place to think, and to plan out what they are going to do before they do it. They can have anxiety and guilt for the present and future for things that they have done, and are going to do. They spend a lot of time making decisions, and gathering a lot of information to decide what are right courses of action for them to take. They may easily get lost in thought, because of all the information that they are analyzing. They also may ask the same thing multiple times to make sure that they are correct, and what they know. They want reassurance, and feedback a lot of the times to help them make decisions more easily, and to feel justified in what they have done, or not done. They fear being seen as incompetent, and will try to avoid being seen as such.

Positive traits: Meticulous, organized, quality-oriented, caring, compassionate, analytical, wise, and quiet

Negative traits: Pessimistic, perfectionist, conscientious, picky, moody, and sensitive.

Phlegmatic:

The temperament of phlegmatic is connected to the humor of phlegm. It is connected to the element of water, and has the 2 qualities of cold, and wet. It is a feminine temperament, and tends to be introverted.

Phlegmatic people are good at generalizing ideas or problems to the world. They seek interpersonal harmony, and close relationships. They do not like people who are too pushy, and they also avoid conflict in all aspects of their life. They are sympathetic and care about others, yet try to hide their emotions. They are great at making compromises, and are quite logical, and intuitive. They are not very ambitious though they may have things they strive for, and because of this they may lack a sense of urgency. pragmatics are some of the easiest people to get along with, because of their very calm, relaxed, and not imposing nature, unless you ask them to change. They tend to reach for a more calm, and sustainable lifestyle of routine, and people they are close to. They enjoy going with the flow, and allow life to carry them where it needs to. They are possessive of their friendships, and material things. They usually have a couple of close friends, and are very loyal to those close friends. They also tend to be the person who never will break a friendship. They avoid conflict and resist change. Phlegmatics are also great thinkers, and are very practical, and logical.

Positive traits: Meticulous, composed, collected, calm, good team player, practical, logical, easygoing, patient, agreeable, relaxed and peaceful

Negative traits: Lack of enthusiasm, unemotional, indecisiveness, lack of energy, and procrastination

Enchanting Items

wolfofantimonyoccultism:

Basic enchantment:

Enchanting items is the act of charging items with a specific energy in order for them to take on the aspects of that energy. This can be useful in situations where you want your magick to be cast in more of a passive way over a long period of time. It is a lot like giving the energy of purpose, and putting the purpose in to an item to be used later. This energy radiates off the item granting its effects, and energies to the entities nearest to it. These items can be programmed, and become intelligent. They can be told to emanate their energies only in certain situations, or even have two effects they switch between. These items also need power sources to work out their goals. This can be done through the act of charging them, or having them draw on a certain energy form in order to charge themselves. Though the item usually is set to draw upon the energy of the person, it can be programmed to draw upon anything in its environment. This can be things such as emotions, negative energy, positive energy, a certain element, other entities, and much, much more. The items will take in these energies, and use them to cast magick with the intent that you had imprinted upon it. This item would then be known as enchanted, and would be a very powerful tool in your magickal working.

Focus Tools:

Items could also not have power sources, and be used more as a focus tool. By directing your energy through the item, the intent of the object will then be cast out into the universe. These items are a lot less passive, and are a lot more active. These items are like staffs, and wands for certain things. They are used at a certain time when you mean to use them, and are conduits to make your magick stronger.

Blessed Items:

Items can be made enchanted by asking a god, goddess, or other deity to bless it for you. Allowing them to take it into their favor, and to use their energy to act their will upon the world. These items are powerful because, they are connected to a deity that has more power than you do. The blessed item can only really be used in accordance with the deities will. For it uses their energy, and is programmed by them making it a pretty viable, and useful item to possess, and wield.

Entity Bound Items:

Items can also have servitors, spirits, and demons, bounded to them in order for the entity to act out the will of the possessor. Since these items call upon the power of an entity they do not need a power source, and will feed off the entity itself. The power of the item will be dictated by how strong the entity is. Some entities are forced to do this but others are not, and use it more as a housing. These entities act as spiritual companions that you can send out into the world to do your will.

The enchanting process:

To go about enchanting an item you must first find what you would like to enchant. This can be any item, but you should pay attention to the metaphysical properties of that item, because they may be brought in to the effect of the enchantment. Once you find the item you must cleanse it, and release the energies that have connected themselves to it, to provide yourself with a pure canvas in which to work. You can use any of your favorite cleansing methods for this task just as long as it gets cleansed completely.  Next you must choose what type of enchantment you will be putting upon the item. This will first be a choice between a basic enchantment, focus tool, blessed item, or entity bound item. Next you’ll want to choose what you would want to use the enchanted item for. This can be for such things as luck, protection, binding, warding,  love, success, etc. Once all that is settled take your item, and find a place where you will not be disturb. You will want to put up some magical protection such as a  magick circle, or psychic bubble of protection. Then you want to sit with the item, and meditate for a bit on the type of enchantment that you are going to give it. You should do this for at least 5 minutes to get a good understanding of the intent, and energies you want to put upon the item. If you are doing a blessed item, or a entity bound item now would be a good time to call upon the entity. Once you understand the exact specifications of the intent, and energies you would like to impose upon the item, and you are going to be doing basic enchantment, or a focus tool you can then begin to greatly in vision it in your mind’s eye as a ball of energy. Then you need to take this ball of energy, and push it into the item. To imprint that energy upon it. If you are blessing an item at this time you can ask your deity to bless it. You could also maybe even anointed with some holy substance. After that you should make an offering to your deity for blessing the item for you. If you are binding an entity to the item, and the entity is cool with it, asking them to bind themselves to the item is all you would need. But if they are not cool with it you can always force them to be binded into the item my first catching them, and transferring them into the item. Once you have the energy inside the item you must send the item some energy instructions through intent in order to make the item more sophisticated. These instructions would be things like what energy to feed on if any, will it always be activated, and anything else you can think of in order to make your magical item work for you. After this your magickal item is done, and you can thank any entities that helped you. Then undo your protection, and go on your way with your new magickal item.

dianaandpansson:

“[Fig. 6] will enable you to discover the most hidden secrets; you will be able to penetrate everywhere without being seen, and not a single word in the universe can be uttered without it coming to your ears, whether you wish to listen to it yourself or to have brought back to us by your agents when you order them to do so…repeat these words and place the talisman near your ear while you hold the ring tightly in your left hand: Nitrae, Radou, Sunundam.”

Fig. 7 “Place this ring on the little finger of your left hand and hold the talisman to your ear, and the most discreet man will divulge to you his most hidden thoughts. Here are the two words: Noctar, Raiban, and if you add a third word, which is Biranther, your greatest enemies will not be able to prevent themselves from loudly publishing their projects against you.”

~LA POULE NOIRE