I suggest four different stages to uncloak the voice and presence of your holy daimon. It would be wise to follow these stages in sequence, and work through each chapter in the order given. The work within each of these four stages is cyclical and will never end. Once we have finished the first cycle, we return to where we began, only in a slightly

What we do know is that the daimon always represented some sort of occult force, some nameless power that overcame people like a dark wave and withdrew them from the bright lights of social encounters. Under the influence of the daimon, the causes of a person’s actions became arcane and veiled to the human realm. Something took hold of them and sta

Again, I had questions for Saturn: What is the black art? To turn (lead) into (gold). To which kind of knowledge are you the gate? To life I am the gate. What is it that humans can do to prevent your pain? Humility, modesty, and having a goal. Why did I suffer so much under you as a child? An alchemical process, a transformation of soul. What is my

How should I make use of the black mirror? A black ocean, a current through the mirror. Swim. For which functions can I enquire of Aratron? The duration within time and within the body. Works of preservation and destruction. For which functions can I enquire Tzaphkiel? The ascending and descending. Works of motion within time and across the planes.

It is the function of nous that allows us to understand nature in an undistorted way and to achieve true insights about reality. While physical reality is constantly changing, and while our perceptions will always be biased due to their being filtered through eros and thumos, the nous ever remains pure and untouched by the tides of matter. Thus nou

Because your daimon is a raw, pure, essential reality: it simply occupies a different realm. So let’s mirror this in our work. Walking this path is not about our personal dreams, dramas, desires, or preferences. It is about the work that has to be done. Nothing else. That work is to turn your senses into vehicles for, rather than obstacles to, the

As it replied to the last question, I saw a closed circle of black-feathered angels with red eyes all around me. They stood in complete silence, like a living wall or chain of darkness that concentrated all life and light in itself. The outer skin of creation.

The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

People who have mastered the art of handling magical power without getting addicted to its poison have developed a set of core skills that I would describe like this. They have a proven and genuine trust in the following abilities: • To get shit done if they set their will to it. • To not get carried away in the process of doing so. • To stay focus