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What spell do I use to summon demons that show up whenever they want? – Quora

(a2a) Summoning demons to show up whenever they want is an incredibly bad idea. Instead, a real magician aspires to summon demons whenever the magician wants. Really it’s just a case of Setting Boundaries in a relationship. If you’re the boss of a company, you want … Continue reading →

Can I still do witchcraft without herbs or crystals? – Quora

Ask yourself: why is there this herb or this crystal in the spell in the first place? The person who originally came up with the spell didn’t put it there at random, they did so because they had a specific … Continue reading →

How can somebody summon a succubus? – Quora

In a novel I wrote, The Magus, one of the characters has an authentic experience with a “Succubus.” Whilst trying to evoke a demon and get it to do its bidding, the demon tries to get out of the pact … Continue reading →

Why are people so ready and willing to accept magical thinking? – Quora

“Magical thinking” may be out of place in the hard sciences, but Scientists tend to forget – not everything in this world is Scientific. The most obvious example of which is Art – by which I include literature, music, film … Continue reading →

Stop: Hammer Time!

This is a follow-up to posts I made last year regarding original Abramelin sources online, to wit: the Dresden Manuscript, the Leipzig Manuscript, and that of the Biblioteque D’Arsenal (which Mathers translated to create the first English edition). All of … Continue reading →

David Bowie: Closet Occultist!

Q: “So were you involved in actual devil worship?” A: “Not devil worship, no, it was pure straightforward, old-fashioned magic.” Q: “The Aleister Crowley variety?” A: “No, I always thought Crowley was a charlatan. But there was a guy called … Continue reading →

Review: When Magic Works – edited by Mike Crowson

This is a story of a number of people who are now Adepts, each discovering evidence of the paranormal for the first time, and from that, extrapolating a belief in the reality of Magic. It is a story of the … Continue reading →

Is there a reputable way, a spell or ritual perhaps, to travel through time to a certain point in the past using magic? – Quora

(a2a) The magic words you are looking for are “Akashic Records” – google this phrase to research more info. The basic principle is that every thought that has ever existed has left its imprint on the Akasha, which is like … Continue reading →

Alex Sumner’s answer to What does the astrological chart predict for 2021? – Quora

Mundane astrology, i.e. the astrology of world events, is usually done by taking a chart for the moment of the Spring Equinox. As a resident of the UK I have thus analysed a chart for Saturday 20th March 2021, 0937 … Continue reading →

Abramelin Adventures: Alex vs COVID-19

Following on from my previous post on Alchemy, my thoughts turned to whether it is possible to use the Sacred Magic to help with the current COVID-19 pandemic. Looking through my book of word-squares I noted that square 4 of … Continue reading →