
Holy Daimon

The idea is this: that from the moment of birth until we leave our mortal bodies, a good being is assigned to us, watching over and supporting all our efforts to draw down the divine into matter and so make matter sublime.
Frater Acher • Holy Daimon
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
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You matter because your life sends a ripple across this planet and up into the sky. You matter because over the course of your life hundreds, thousands of spirits will be watching you, observing you, and trying to learn from you what they do not have and often do not understand: free will, ethics, kindness, and firmness, and when to use each of the
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Being under the influence of a daimon was to be in a certain state. Just as we distinguish the states of trance and gnosis from the state of the normal waking mind, so the ancient Greeks used the word daimon to indicate a specific state of being that was different from normal everyday consciousness.
Frater Acher • Holy Daimon
The magic of creating communion with our holy daimon is one of the most powerful forms of serving life
Frater Acher • Holy Daimon
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.
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Serve the gods and you will experience how they are looking after you and that they are sending you mentors. – Socrates, Mem.I 4.18, in Volquardsen, 18
Frater Acher • Holy Daimon
Once you have achieved communion, your work is to maintain this channel (i.e. your physical and spiritual senses) and keep it clear of anything that could impede it again.
Frater Acher • Holy Daimon
Socrates always used a particular Greek word to denote this supporting inner agency: he called it his daimonion, never his daimon. The difference lies in the gender of the noun. Socrates chose a neuter gender, indicating that he viewed it as a daimonic something or even a divine sign, and not necessarily a conscious entity in itself.29 We can only
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daimonion vs daimon