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The Three Bowls
In the Buddhist tradition, there is an idea that three "root poisons" drive the craving that keeps us from achieving liberation. One...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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Tetragrammatton
Disguised in the folds of the Temperance Angel's robes are the four Hebrew letters of the name of God YHVH. This divine name should not be viewed in the same way as we view the names of beings and things outside of ourselves. YHVH is no thing. Neither alone should we name ourselves thus. YHVH is beyond the dichotomy of within and without.

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 3, 20242 min read
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The Merkabah Ring
The Magick Tetrahedron Ring is one of the main structures of meta-magick. It consists of the numbers 1-32 arranged in 8 Tetrahedra, such...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
Purification is the watchword of Temperance. As it has been said: Solve et Coagula. The elixir and the stone - but what is both at once?...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 3, 20242 min read
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The Week of Temperance
It's Friday, and the time of Temperance is now. This is the time of the distillation of the medicine. What does that mean? It means that...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 28, 20241 min read
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The Lo Shu
The oldest magick square known to humanity is called the Lo Shu by the Chinese. Mythically it was first seen on the back of a Great...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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The Goetia
A special kit for Metamagick scrying. Let those with ears and eyes, hear and see, but know this - the methods devised by our magical...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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The Devil and the Lovers
When you fold the sequence of the major arcana in half, you get eleven pairs of trumps. Each of these pairings reveals a double energy -...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 26, 20242 min read
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The Proximized Tree and the Devil
In mainstream Hermetic Qabalah, the Devil path connects the Spheres of Hod, intellect, and Tipareth, Beauty. In meta-magick, because we...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 26, 20242 min read
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Mercurius
There is a tale told of a fisherman who when just a boy found in his nets a bottle black all sealed up and corked. And so innocently he...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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The Week of the Devil
It's Friday, and the time of the Devil is now. This is the moment when we must come to terms with our own shadow. In order to grow to...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 21, 20242 min read
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The Warrior's Path
The path of the tower is a warrior's path. It is a path that needs integrity, calmness of soul, kindness, and firmness. It is a path that...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 19, 20242 min read
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Tower & Hierophant
The Alliance between the Hierophant and the Tower is one of the most robust pairings in the Tarot. The tower does not simply collapse -...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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Symphonies of Time
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Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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The Litany Against Fear
The "Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear", is one of the greatest example of a genuinely powerful magickal formula given through the medium...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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Molt
The gnosis of the star is multiplicity, its nature destabilizes the tower. There is true unity, beyond all limits, and there is the false...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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Week of the Tower
It's Friday, and the time of the Tower is now. This is a time of renovated foundations: we often find that what once empowered us, now...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 14, 20242 min read
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The Twinstar
The late alchemist, Richard Voss, aka m1thr0s, can be credited with the discovery of the TwinStar. At base, what the TwinStar is is a...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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Athbash Star/Emperor
In the "athbash" system of folding the Tarot Trump sequence in half, such that you are left with 11 sets of "dynamic pairs", the pair...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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The 8/11 Switch
The numbering system of the Tarot has led to some fine-haired distinctions between different Tarot styles and philosophies. Originally,...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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