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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Symphonies of Time
onion skin of shells extruding fortress falling crested crown of light filled halos on the dawn drop symphonies of time

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 19, 20241 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


Parapegma
Art as magic. The tools we make that let us craft vision are the implements of our magick arte. The Book of Changes makes it clear that...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 12, 20241 min read


Three Strands
People practicing authentic reconstruction of deeply ancient ritual techniques and primordial, "primitive" magickal traditions should be...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 12, 20241 min read


Starlight
Like a pearl of brightness, the moon’s light gives way to the infinite sparks of the deep intimate light. When we draw the star, we are...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Sep 12, 20241 min read






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