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Lunar Mansions

The mansions of the Moon appear around the 10th-century a.C. in the Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology, written by Abu’l-Rayhan Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al-Biruni. At that time we also see them on Picatrix, the main source of Medieval and Renaissance Astrological Magic. This book was translated in Latin at the 13th-century a.C. In Picatrix, we see the use of the Mansions in the first book, which is based in Zodiologion of the Hindus and we also find them in the fourth book based in Pliny’s book Zodiologion. Pliny the Elder was a natural philosopher, who lived in the 1st-century A.C.We don’t have the text of Pliny, but we have Picatrix, which is a manual that combines teachings from different astrological magickal texts of antiquity. Picatrix’s lunar mansions were also used by Henry Cornelius Agrippa.

Lunar Light

This is the first article on a series of Lunar Magick or Magick of the Moon. In Witchcraft, the energy of the moon is basically restricted in the lunar light aspect, but in the series, we are going to expand this very basic knowledge to other aspects too. As Hekate is the Goddess of the Moon and the Goddess of Magick, I think that all of Her devotees should know -if not practice, this type of magick, which is considered ancient and Hermetic.

Geomantic Reading Example

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We have a client that wants to write a book and he asks if this activity is going to provide him with money.

Method

Standard Western Geomancy without planetary and zodiac sign interpretations

Introduction to Astrological Geomancy

Astrology was the most significant occult science in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It was the link between magick and science. It was the most used divinatory art of all. Yet, because not all people could afford an education in geometry and mathematics, neither they could buy the organs to find the planetary positions in the sky, a lot of people turned to Geomancy for guidance, divination and advice.

Medieval and Renaissance Astrological Houses

In this page, you will find the astrological houses that were used from the Middle Ages until the Renaissance by Geomancers. Advice them to find the house of the question before casting the shield chart and the house chart. The first line shows the general meaning from various sources, mainly from John Michael Greer. The second comes from the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy (15th century) from Henry Cornelius Agrippa. The third line derives from Christopher Cattan's work The Geomancie (16th century).

House 1, Sun, the horoscope or ascendant

The querent, personality, characteristics, new projects, life, health, appearance.

Hekate in a Narrative Text of Rhoides

You know the writer Emmanuel Rhoides (1836-1904) from his novel The Papess Joanne, in which he is making fun with the Medieval mistakes of the Catholic church, based on ignorance and lack of education. It made him famous outside the physical borders of Hellas, as the spiritual borders of my country cannot be set. He wrote in a newspaper and then he became a headmaster of two newspapers.

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by: Eirini Tsotsou
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Post date: Monday, March 5, 2018 - 01:18

A daughter in the woods created a sacred circle,
she burnt a mix of herbs and she was holding an amount of myrtle.
She called the elementals at the corners until the dawn was coming,
she made the invocation and for the 
Goddess she was chanting.
The atmosphere had changed and a presence filled the air,
a morph started to emerge; it was a woman with a beauty...

by: Eirini Tsotsou
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Post date: Monday, March 5, 2018 - 01:12

The sanctuary of Hekate in Athens used to open 5 months each year for the visitors to see the sites. For the year 2017, it opened only for 1 month for unknown reasons without any kind of announcement.

The sanctuary of Hekate in Athens is located in the  Eleusinion which was devoted to the worship of Demeter and...

by: Constantinos Nt...
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Post date: Saturday, March 3, 2018 - 11:14

Updated: 3rd of April
I am going to describe you a situation that you won’t believe. It is beyond surrealism.

Readers of this blog, you may have noticed that both of us (the writers) avoid commenting the work of other people, either books, articles, religious communities or businesses. We try to have a level of seriousness in our previous blog A Witch Alone and modern website...

by: Constantinos Nt...
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Post date: Friday, March 2, 2018 - 19:29

As an active member in the community of the Goddess Hekate, I participate in conversations providing evidence, experiences and my opinion whenever I see that I can help. Sometimes, I see some odd opinions online and in my attempt to understand how those were formed, I start a discussion by making questions. I am sure that you have an experience where you ask a question and the other side thinks you are rude, arrogant, disrespectful, fool...

by: Constantinos Nt...
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Post date: Friday, March 2, 2018 - 18:11

Rite of Her Sacref Fires 7 years on!

Every Rite of Her Sacred Fires (R.O.H.S.F.) is special for the devotees of the Goddess. As an admin in the ROHSF facebook group I had the idea of inviting the members to create their own posters....

by: Constantinos Nt...
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Post date: Friday, March 2, 2018 - 18:05

The Mindhack Project is a greek website which has articles about the following subjects: occultism, conspirancies, weird news. They write about occultism, or they think they do. The slogan of the webiste is "break the binds of mind". We will see about that. It is constituted by a group of 14 writers. At 13th of June 2016 they started an attack against our Mother Goddess Hekate, her devotees and the truth. Though we both (Eirini and I)...

by: Constantinos Nt...
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Post date: Friday, March 2, 2018 - 17:56

20 years ago, a Hellenic singer, Alkestis Protopsalte, published a song and a video clip. Her real name is Alkestis Sevaste Attikiouzel. She was born in Alexandreia of Egypt and moved to Athens due to political events. She was a runner and after that she became a singer. She had a great success. Her contribution is so recognized that she even became a...

by: Constantina Katsepa
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Post date: Friday, March 2, 2018 - 17:29

Out of the blue, out of the dark, and into the light of the Moon. I am slowly driven to Her Sacred Fires.

In the darkest hour;
that's when I saw Her.
She had no shape or form.
She's not meant to.
Her grace goes beyond matter.
She reached out to me
on my darkest moon,
because that's when She shines the brightest.
That's when you see Her most clearly.
She's not for...

by: Constantina Katsepa
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Post date: Friday, March 2, 2018 - 16:47

A Witch Alone

Who sleeps in darkness? And who wakes?
And who prefers the light?
Through chaos, order shall await,
Serenity of Night.

Stand at the crossroads. Will you choose?
Who will control your life?
Stand by the Sun and you will burn
a shadow's death in strife.

Look for the torches in your path...

by: Constantinos Nt...
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Post date: Friday, March 2, 2018 - 00:14

Celebration of the Litha Sabbat in the 21st of June 2016

In the 21st of june, the day lasts longer in a year. The sun's power is noticable especially when you live in a sunny country, like Hellas. The June was very hot this year. I mean, 40 degrees Celcius. It is normal to sweat all day and take more than 2 baths every day. Monday (20) and Tuesday (21) where very...

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