Witchcraft and Black Magic Collections
Collections of information vital to The Craft
Alchemy
Allegorical, Philosophical and Spiritual Alchemy: A great number of writings on alchemy, an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual disciplines, combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art as parts of one force. Practiced in Persia, India, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, and Europe up to the 19th century.
Thelemic Holy Books
The Ape of Thoth: A Thelemic Text Daemon providing access to Thelemic Holy Books and other important verse-based works by Aleister Crowley.
Aradia
Aradia: Gospel of the Witches Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches is an 1899 book by Charles Godfrey Leland. It is meant to portray the origins, beliefs, rituals and spells of an Italian pagan witchcraft tradition in Tuscany that had survived for centuries. The tradition revolves around the goddess Aradia, who came to Earth to teach the practice of witchcraft to peasants in order for them to oppose their feudal oppressors and the Catholic Church.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: This is a very large document, so please allow time for loading. A collection of spells, rituals, and incantations used by the ancient Egyptians to facilitate and easy the crossing-over of their deceased. The Book of the Dead was used by the ancient Egyptians as a set of instructions for the afterlife. Not all the spells were used for every burial, some spells were gifts to the gods, while other were used so the person could walk, a spell for not dying again in the afterlife, etc.
Secret Writings of Black Magic
Secret Writings: A collection of secret writings pertaining to the practice of Black Magic, Witchcraft, and High Magic.
Ancient Magic Texts and Spells
The Biblioteca Arcana:
An excellent source of theory, history, rituals, divination, hymns, poetry, etc. This wonderful collection contains information on:
Ancient Greek Samhain Festivals
Seasonal Festivals of the Greeks and Romans
De Saturno & Jano Tractatus.
Construction and Use of Ancient Greek Poppets.
Eoster: Mysteries of the Resurrected Child.
The Pythagorean Pentacle
Hellenic Neo-Paganism.
The Rotation of the Elements. An explanation of this most important alchemical procedure, which has many applications in the material and spiritual worlds.
Liber de Octo Mutationibus. A discussion of the eight phases that occur in any cycle between opposing poles, and their relation to the eight trigrams of the I Ching.
The Eigthtfold Year and the Stages of Life. A discussion of ancient Greek and Roman systems of seven and eight seasons, and their correspondence with the lifestages, planets, elements, qualities, etc.
The Pentagram and the Elements. How should the elements be associated with the points of the pentagram? (See also the Pythagorean Pentagram.)
The Pythagorean Theology of Triads and Information on Pythagorean Figured Numbers (Square, Oblong, Triangular, etc.). An introduction to the Pythagorean theology of numbers.
The Parts of the Soul . A system of seven "energy centers" comparable to the chakras.
The History of Isopsephia (Gematria). Surveys historical evidence for the history of gematria, from Sumeria, to Greece, and then to the Jews.
The Caduceus, or: Wandering Among the Worlds. A short essay arguing for metaphysical pluralism ("you can't have too many realities").
Ancient Greek Esoteric Doctrine of the Elements.
Ancient Greek Sacred Lunar Month
Greek Esoteric Music Theory.
Axioms of Magic
Summary of Pythagorean Theology.
Ancient Greek Music for Care of the Soul: Hę Mousikę Therapeia.
Greater Tool Consecration
Lesser Tool Consecration
Olympic Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.
An adaptation of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram to the Graeco-Roman tradition based on the shamanic cosmological principles underlying the original.
The Orphica Holodemiurgia, a contemplative exercise or practice for aligning the energy centers of the soul and for infusing Divine Energy into them.
Exercise for Unity (Tantra LITE).
Neoclassical Celebratory Sacrifice.
Saturnalia Ritual
Dionysian Meditations:
- The Rural (or Lesser) Dionysia (early Jan.)
- The Lenaia (late Jan.)
- The Anthesteria (late Feb.)
- The City (or Greater) Dionysia (late March)
The Labyrinth Ritual (for the Samhain season)
Rite of Release for a Pet or Familiar
Dawn Devotions, including information about the Goddess of Dawn
Astrapsoukhos' Spell for the Favor of Hermes from the Greek Magical Papyrus.
Hellenic Magic Ritual: A General Framework
Divination
The Pythagorean Tarot. A tarot system based on Pythagorean numerology and ancient Mediterranean spirituality.
Greek Alphabet Oracle. Authentic ancient Greek alphabet oracle, translated and interpreted.
Calculators for Isopsephia (Gematria) in Greek, Roman and Hebrew alphabets, and for the related Thesis system.
Ars Haruspicina (modernized Etruscan divination), and a sample reading.
Gallery of Esoteric Art by John Opsopaus.
Hymn to Athena
Hymn and Invocation of Aphrodite
The Liturgy of Love. The "Liturgia Philotetos of Epaphroditus." Based on Her teachings, and includes a summary of Empedocles' teachings about Her.
Sophia Abscondita. Prophetic modern gnostic myth about how Sophia (female wisdom) leads the old Gods to retake Olympus.
The Yew Demon (a shamanic "sword & sorcery" story).
Select Homeric Hymns. "To Hera," "To Gaia, Mother of All" and "To the Mother of the Gods," two hymns to Aphrodite, hymns to the Muses and Apollo, hymns to Zeus, Hephaistos, Artemis, Poseidon, Athena, Demeter and Aesculapius.
Mesomedes' "Hymn to the Muse," translated and set to the original (ancient) music (with MP3 files).
Selected Charms from the Carmina Gadelica, translated and "reheathened".
The Janid: Historia Sacra Janarum. Mythic history of the Sardinian Gianae from 23,800 BCE.
Ariel Psychopompos - an alchemical poem.
The Stele: homepage of Omphalos, the networking service for Graeco-Roman Neopagans.
Ordo Viridis Orbis - The Laws of the Order.
Anecdota Vergilii - The Secret History of Virgil
Pauca Anecdota Neapolitana
Description of Ta Rat', the Subterranean Temple of the Giane
Necronomicon Novum. A "Necronomicon," in the spirit of H. P. Lovecraft, but based on authentic ancient sources.
Biography of Apollonius Sophistes (John Opsopaus).
Glaukidai: The Myth of Glaucus and his Descendants.
Ancient Greek Phrases in Greek and Roman transcription and in Greek alphabet.
Indices of Spells in the Greek Magical Papyri and other sources.
Greek Magical Papyri, Books I, II and III
Interpretations of Magical Herbs.
Goethe's Pagan Poetry.
Wotan's Invocation of Erda from Wagner's Siegfried
Samples of the mysterious Rydumy language
The Centaur Skeleton from Volos.
The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary: The complete text of The Devil's Dictionary witten and published in 1911 by Ambrose Bierce. The most profane and mordant definitions of commonly used terms this side of hell. In reality, the Devil's Dictionary is a satirical book that offers reinterpretations of the English language that lampoon our often absurd rhetoric and political double-talk. You've been warned...
