Practical Magic and the Western Mystery Tradition – W.E. Butler, Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki
W.E.Butler, a devoted friend and colleague of the celebrated occultist Dion Fortune, was among those who helped build the Society of the Inner Light into…
Month: June 2019
Torongoi and Edji
Torongoi and Edji In Siberian mythology, the first man and woman. Both Torongoi and Edji were created with fur on their bodies to keep them…
Tengri
Tengri (Tangara, Tengeri, Tura) (god, heaven) In Siberian mythology, the sky god and a general term for God among the Mongolians. He created humans from…
Ulgen
Ulgen (rich?) In Siberian mythology, a creator god. Various myths are told of Ulgen’s role in creation. According to the Altaics, Ulgen came down from…
Solbon
Solbon (Sulbundu, Tscholbon) In Siberian mythology, god of horses, worshipped by the Buriat; he rides through the sky with a lasso in his hand. Solbon…
Pajana
Pajana In Siberian mythology, a creator god of the Black Tartars. Pajana formed creatures from the earth, but seeing that they lacked life, he went…
Chun T’i
Chun T’i In Chinese mythology, goddess of dawn and light, protector against war; she is portrayed with eight arms, two of which hold the sun…
Chung-li Ch’üan
Chung-li Ch’üan (Chang Liang) (second century b.c.e.) In Chinese Taoist mythology, one of the Pa-Hsien, the Eight Immortals. In one legend he was forced by…
Chu-lin Chi’i-Hsien
Chu-lin Chi’i-Hsien (seven immortals of bamboo grove) In Chinese legend, seven men who drank and conversed together in a bamboo grove, or in a place…