#waite #crowley #magick

Waite is known for the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck but his impact on Western esotericism looms larger than that. Here we talk about Waite's life, view of magic, Christian mysticism. His involvement with the Golden Dawn, Freemasonry, Kabbalah, Martinism and the feud with Aleister Crowley.

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Crowley, A. (1971) Moonchild, New impression edition., New York, Red Wheel/Weiser.

Gilbert, R. A. (1983) A E Waite A Bibliography, First Edition., The Aquarian Press.

Gilbert, R. A. (1986) ‘The Masonic Career of A. E. Waite’, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, vol. 99.

Gilbert, R. A. (1987) A.E.Waite: Magician of Many Parts, First Edition., Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Aquarian Press.

Waite, A. E. (2010) Shadows of Life and Thought, Kessinger Publishing.

00:00 Introduction: Methodology

02:25 Author and translator

03:46 Early life and interest in the occult

05:34 Occult societies

07:48 Aleister Crowley

10:50 The Tarot deck

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00:00:00 Prof Hutton on Witchcraft in Paganism

00:02:37 The Role of Magic in Paganism

00:05:20 Magic and Modernity

00:07:38 Difference Magic and Witchcraft

00:09:20 The Four Definitions of Witch

00:12:30 Paganism in Italy, Britain and America

00:14:40 Magic to ‘Other’, oppositions to Witchcraft

00:16:32 Why is magic so feared?

00:18:25 Why Witchcraft always survives

00:20:12 Natural Magic and the Interconnection of Things

00:22:30 High Magic, Ceremonial Magic

00:23:45 Academic Concept of Magic versus What Practitioners think

00:31:00 Religiosity of Magic

00:34:20 The Scholarly Study of Magic, Attacks and Disagreements

00:36:10 Recommendations for Early-career scholars

00:43:20 Pantheism in Paganism (Wodenborn)

00:45:45 Is Magic practised more for religion or for results? (Wodenborn)

00:47:16 The Influence Academics play in (re)shaping Paganism (Dr Justin Sledge)

00:53:35 The Future of Pagan Studies, Social Media, Online Data (Andrew Reitemeyer)

00:58:26 A 'fetch' in systems of magic (Sean O'Flaherty)

01:01:50 Personal Final Remarks

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#satan #devil #lucifer

Where did the idea of Satan as a hero of freedom and passionate lover emerge? Lucifer or the Devil is seen as a misunderstood fallen angel, in art and poetry from Romanticism up until the rise of Contemporary Satanism.

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Luijk, R. van (2016) Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism, Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism, Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press.

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00:00 Introduction: Romanticising of Lucifer

01:26 The devil a Christian invention

04:29 The romantic Satan

05:39 The rebellious champion

07:03 The rise of modern Satanism

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#flora #roman #paganism

Are the Ludi Florales the origin of May Day or Beltaine? Goddess Flora, Chloris, Lupercalia and Parilia. Roman Festivals of fertility, sex and lust.

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Corrias, G. M. (2015) Dei e religione dell’antica Roma, Cagliari, Arkadia.

Ovid (2013) Fasti (trans. A. Wiseman & P. Wiseman), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Rupke, J. (ed.) (2011) A Companion to Roman Religion, 1st edition., Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell.

Sabbatucci, D. (1999) La religione di Roma antica, Roma, Il Saggiatore.

Sanctis, G. D. (2012) La religione a Roma. Luoghi, culti, sacerdoti, dèi, Roma, Carocci.

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02:53 Methodology

04:49 Public & private festivals in ancient Rome

06:43 The nature of Roman deities

08:40 The Roman calendar

10:22 Floralia or Ludi Florales

13:10 A parody of circus games

15:49 The role of prostitutes

19:36 Was Flora a goddess?

25:40 Are there connections to Mayday and Beltane?

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#jesus #bible #witchcraft

Did Jesus practise sorcery or witchcraft? Are exorcism and healing endeavours in the Gospels spellcasting or miracles?

Foucault and Discourse Analysis will provide us with a new perspective.

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Bond, H. (2012) The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed, London, Bloomsbury.

Foucault, M. (2001) The Order of Things: Archaeology of the Human Sciences, London, Routledge.

Horsley, R. A. (2014) Jesus and Magic: Freeing the Gospel Stories from Modern Misconceptions, Eugene, Oregon, Cascade Books.

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#sufi #sufism #esotericism

When was Sufism incorporated into esoteric magic traditions? Sufi practices of Tariqa and occult reinterpretations.

René Guénon, Theosophical Society, Ouspensky, Gurdjieff, Ibn al-ʿArabī, Neoplatonism, Hermetic Philosophy.

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00:00 Introduction: Sufism, Magic and Western Esotericism

01:00 Collaboration with Let’s Talk Religion

01:18 The origin and meaning of Sufi

02:47 Incorporation in Western Esotericism

04:45 Role of the Theosophical Society

06:53 The Muslim Sweethearts of perennial philosophy

07:13 He and Not He

09:26 Macrocosm & Microcosm

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Chittick, W. C. (2005) The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn Al-Arabi’s Metaphysics of Imagination, State University of New York Press.

Chittick, W. C. (2016) ‘Sufism’, in Magee, G. A. (ed), The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 83–94.

Duggan, C. (2013) ‘Perennialism and Iconoclasm: Chaos Magick and the Legitimacy of Innovation’, in Asprem, E. and Granholm, K. (eds), Contemporary Esotericism, London, New York, Routledge, pp. 91–112.

Faivre, A. (1964) Access to Western Esotericism, State University of New York Press.

Hanegraaff, W. J. (2013) Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed, London ; New York, Bloomsbury Academic.

Saif, L. (2019) ‘What is Islamic Esotericism?’, Correspondences, vol. 7, no. 1 [Online]. Available at https://correspondencesjournal.com/ojs/ojs/index.php/home/article/view/74 (Accessed 7 April 2021).

Sedgwick, M. (2017) Western Sufism: From the Abbasids to the New Age, Western Sufism, Oxford University Press

Werbner, P. (2006) ‘Seekers on the path: Different ways of being a Sufi in Britain’, in Malik, J. and Hinnells, J. (eds), Sufism in the West, Routledge, pp. 127–141

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00:00 Intro with Michael York

01:38 Definition of Paganism

07:52 Magic in Paganism: Gnostic vs Telluric

18:33 Magic: Pantheism & Panentheism

21:15 Magic: Atheistic Pagans

24:10 Philosophy & Theology in Paganism

27:14 Ethics & Morals in Paganism

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57:30 Wider Impact of Paganism

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#lilith #bible #demonology

Is Lilith a rebellious woman in the Bible, a Pagan Goddess or a feminist icon? Babylonian Sumerian Lilitu, Liliyyot, wardat Lili, Lamashtu.

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Patai, R. (1964) ‘Lilith’, The Journal of American Folklore, University of Illinois Press, vol. 77, no. 306, pp. 295–314.

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01:55 Overview of Heathenry – Difference with Heathenism

05:50 Asatru, Odinism & forms of Heathenry

06:53 Is it a form of Paganism?

08:48 Magic in Heathenry

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32:21 Runes: galdring or vocalizing runes, divination, and healing

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#miracle #witchcraft #bible

Was Jesus practising magic, sorcery or miracles? Did the writers of the Gospels have these two concepts at the time?

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00:32 Was there a concept of miracles in New Testament times?

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