Ankh
The ankh is an Egyptian symbol of life, the universe, and immortality; important in Magic. Ankh means both “life” and “hand mirror.” It is in…
Author: Lux Ferre
Apollonius of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana (first c. C.E.) One of the most reputed Adepts of the Roman Empire, skilled in healing, Magic, and Alchemy. A romantic but…
Zosimos
Zosimos (c. 250–300) Greek author of numerous alchemical texts and a self-professed disciple of Maria Prophetess. Zosimos—also called Zosimos the Panopolitan, Zosimos the Theban, and…
Zombies in Magic
A person believed to be dead who has been “returned” to life, albeit in a very diminished state, through black Magic. Usually associated with Haitian…
Yeats, William Butler
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet, playwright, Nobel prize winner, and member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. William Butler Yeats…
Woodman, William Robert
William Robert Woodman (1828–1891) was an English occultist and a founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. William Robert Woodman is probably the…
Apples
This seemingly innocent fruit, cultivated by the Romans and Britons as early as 3000 B.C.E., has had a long association with Magic, Witchcraft, and goddess…
Aquinas, Thomas
Thomas Aquinas, St. (1226–1274) A Dominican and one of the greatest theologians of the Christian church, Thomas Aquinas had a profound effect on the witchhunts…
Ashmole, Elias
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692) was an English historian and scholar with an intense interest in Alchemy. Elias Ashmole is best known as the founder of the…
Astral Body
The astral body is an etheric double that is the exact duplicate of the physical body. The astral body is the vehicle for consciousness when…
