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Essays & Reflections
Occultism, Kabbalah, ceremonial magic, philosophy and literature — from the pen of a servant of ELOHIM.
An essay on how Masonic allegory — the square, the compass, the plumb line and the level — becomes an ethical path of inner lapidation, respecting the mystery and free will of the student.
Read essay →An essay on the Qliphoth in the Kabbalistic tradition — its historical origins, its symbolic meaning, and the ethical limits that must guide those who approach this subject.
Read essay →An essay on the philosophical and spiritual meaning of the Hermetic maxim 'as above, so below,' exploring the Emerald Tablet and the principle of correspondence.
Read essay →An essay on the doctrine of the four elements in the Western hermetic and magical tradition, exploring its philosophical roots, its spiritual symbolism, and its meaning for the inner quest of the serious student of the occult.
Read essay →An essay on the Arbatel de Magia Veterum and its doctrine of the seven Olympic governors, read as symbols of wisdom, cosmic order and inner discipline.
Read essay →An essay on the so-called Enochian magic of John Dee and Edward Kelley, its historical context and its symbolic meaning within the Western tradition of the grimoires.
Read essay →An essay on angelic magic within the Solomonic tradition, exploring its symbolic origin, its ethics, and the place of angels as messengers between the human and the divine.
Read essay →An essay on the ancient tension between faith and reason, traversing philosophy, theology and the esoteric tradition, to show that both may walk as sisters in the search for truth.
Read essay →An essay on the perennial philosophy, the invisible thread said to unite humanity's great spiritual traditions, and on the precautions this quest demands of the sincere student.
Read essay →An essay on reincarnation as a philosophical and spiritual hypothesis of the soul's evolution, in dialogue with Spiritism, Christianity, and the Gnostic tradition.
Read essay →A serene essay on the Spiritist understanding of the soul's immortality, in dialogue with philosophy, Christianity, and the human experience before death.
Read essay →An essay on the relationship between the mediumistic faculty and the exercise of charity within Spiritist codification, reflecting on responsibility, humility and service to one's neighbor.
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