Artemis of Ephesus
Artemis of Ephesus ALSO KNOWN AS: Many Breasted Artemis or Many Breasted Diana During the Hellenistic period, when Greek was the lingua franca of much…
Month: September 2017
Arsinoë II
Arsinoë (316–271 BCE) was born in Macedonia. After Alexander the Great died, her father was awarded Egypt and Libya, which he ruled as Ptolemy I.…
Arhats
Arhats : Worthy Ones; Destroyers of the Enemy The Arhats were sixth-century BCE disciples of the historical Buddha. Arhat is the Sanskrit name for this…
Argante
Argante – Silver Argante, the Silver Queen, appears only once in surviving Arthurian sources, where she is identified as the Queen of the Isle of…
Arduinna
Arduinna ORIGIN: The Ardennes Arduinna is the goddess of the Ardennes, the once heavily forested region, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg but also in France…
Ardoksho
Ardoksho ALSO KNOWN AS: Ardoxsho ORIGIN: Bactrian; Kushan The Kushan Empire once stretched from Afghanistan to Northern India. For several centuries in the early Common…
Swastika
A swastika is an ancient and potent sacred and magical symbol. The swastika is a cross with bent arms of equal length that appear to…
Symbol
symbol An object or visual image that expresses a concept or idea beyond the object or image itself. It translates the human situation into cosmological…
taboo
taboo A system of magical prohibition in which certain people, animals, objects, actions, and words are untouchable, unmentionable, or not to be done. Taboo systems…
taste
taste An important element in the success of a magical Ritual. Taste, along with the other senses, must be fully activated to stimulate the MagicIAN’s…