#Ancient Sorcery

[nexusofsorcery]

From The Depths: The Enchanting Secrets of Sea Witches

What are Sea Witches? Sea witches are mystical beings who have a deep connection to the sea and its elements. They are often depicted as powerful sorceresses who possess magical abilities related to water, storms, and marine life. Sea witches are believed to harness the energy of the ocean to cast spells, perform rituals, and communicate with sea creatures. They are known for their knowledge of…

[chthonic-sorcery]

The Stele of Aphrodite : an Ancient Greek Love Charm ☆💗☆

Many love spells in the ancient world, particularly in the PGM are that of what are known as fetching charms, or binding spells: love spells targeting specific people. However, there are a number of more generalized love spells, ones with no particular target, such as the Stele of Aphrodite.

The Stele of Aphrodite is Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) spell number IV. 1265-74, and dates back to the late Hellenic period of ancient Greece. It was used primarily for love magic, specifically to invoke the favor and obsession of a desired individual, as well as for favor and success within friendship, popularity and beauty. The stele was believed to harness the power of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, to sway the emotions and actions of whoever sees you in favor of the practitioner.

Step by step instructions on how to create your own below ☆

Read the full article for free here

[tyrannoninja]

NADJELA OF BATELA: ADVENTURES IN THE ANCIENT CONGO

Ladies, gentlemen, and non-binary peeps,

I am happy to announce that my latest book, Nadjela of Batela: Adventures in the Ancient Congo, is now available on the Amazon Kindle Store!

"It is the first century AD, and the empire of Rome has grown into one of the largest in the history of the Mediterranean. Forged with cold sharp iron over the course of centuries, Roman authority now stretches as far afield as the floodplains of Egypt to the south, the sands of Judaea to the east, and the frigid woodlands of Gaul and Britannia to the north. Yet that is not enough for Rome. Their latest designs are on the equatorial heart of Africa, hoping to expand from there to conquer the whole continent and its innumerable riches…riches enough to support a campaign of world conquest. There is one person who stands in the way of these ambitions. She is Nadjela, the proud and fierce Crown Princess of Batela. Together with her trusty leopard companion Ishaga, Nadjela will come face to face with both local adversaries and the wrath of the Roman Empire over the course of four adventures. Will her courage and martial ability, and the blessing of her god Nyambe the Creator, be enough to defend all of Africa and the world beyond?"

[yebreed]

Ancestral Hall of the Tiger Talisman in Fujian

One of those architectural gems that are scattered throughout the Chinese countryside: the Ancestral Hall of the Tiger Talisman (虎符祖殿) aka Huyan Ancestral Hall (虎岩祖殿) or Hufuyan (虎符岩) in Nanfeng (南豐村), Xinqiao, Fujian.

Built in the Song dynasty and rebuilt in the 16th year of Jiajing in the Ming dynasty (1537), the complex covers an area of about 1800 square meters. This temple is dedicated to the Taoist Leifa deity Zhang Shengjun (張聖君), the Master of Five Thunders. The papers with talismanic inscriptions are stuck under the ceiling.

Photo: ©劉江嶺

[fouldevil]

evil eye reversal ritual utilizing a few techniques and periapta from the PGM as well as historically accurate herbs used in fumigation. Other than the Ephesia Grammata, the incantations are my variations of incantations found on ancient artifacts.

[knightofhylia]

Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) overview videos and online course

Edit: Link updated, they seemed to have deleted their YouTube and moved their videos to their own website!

[nostalgianerdom]

[chaoticpersontale]

Castlevania: nocturne

[nyaskitten]

Design ideas for Hazza D'ur and Tyrahn!!! (Hazza is the green one and Tyrahn is the Djinn)

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

WHEN ELDER GODS RIPPED THROUGH THE EARTH IN THE PRIMORDIAL MARVEL UNIVERSE.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 900x1348 -- Spotlight on the birth of the Elder Gods: Mother Gaea, Chthon, Set, and the direct ancestors of every Marvel god/deity thereafter, from the pages of "Thor" Annual Vol. 1 #10. October, 1982. Marvel Comics.

"The Demiurge aligned the evolving planet with the Celestial Axis... and then, in a burst of procreation, showered the Earth with sparks of its own life... seeding the primeval mud... vitalizing the inchoate soil... engendering the first forms of ethereal life which sprang full-grown from the ground -- beings who would be called Elder Gods -- beings like Chthon... Gaea... Set... and innumerable others. The Elder Gods proliferated, spreading across the Earth until no corner of the globe was without their kind."

-- "THOR" ANNUAL Vol. 1 #10 (prologue), written by Mark Gruenwald✝ & Alan Zelenetz

Pencils by Bob Hall

Inks by Rick Bryant, Joe Rubinstein, Andy Mushynsky, Al Gordon, & Kevin Dzuban

Colors by George Roussos

Letters by Rick Parker

Source: https://viewcomiconline.com/thor-1966-annual-10.

[kaerinio]

okay, but in dany's canon, her birthing of the dragons single-handedly revitalizes, empowers, and boosts magic across the world. let dany somehow empower/boost your muse's magic in their canon. 👀

[chthonic-sorcery]

The Ars Goetia didn't originate from "King Solomon" as it claims.

If it did, it wouldn't be heavily influenced by fucking Greek magic, since Solomon supposedly lived thousands of years before that period.

Medieval monks, who really wrote the Ars Goetia, had a very well documented habit of assigning parentage of magical texts to apocryphal figures like Solomon to make them seem cooler or more powerful. Particularly to christian adjacent figures, since otherwise these books would be considered hersey.

Even the word Goetia itself derives from the Greek Goêteia, meaning sorcery, specifically sorcery utilizing chthonic powers, or the Underworld: Gods, Daemons, and the Dead.

Goêteia comes from the proto Indo-European word goos, meaning to mourn, cry, or to wail; it comes from ancient funeral laments and mourning practices.

Also, Solomon likely never existed, hate to burst your bubble, but there has been zero archeological evidence found to support his, or his "father" king David's existence. Unlike other real kings of roughly the same periods, like King Nebuchadnezzar II.

Even the fact that the magic circles within the Ars Goetia utilize the same coiled serpents and five-pointed stars that Greek goêteia uses, stemming from EGYPT and Egyptian practice, not some psudeo-biblical figure like Solomon.

But wait, there's more

Even the use of demons isn't Solomonic, nor is it Jewish or christian.

It's also fucking Greek.

The word demon itself derives from the Greek daemon, meaning earthly divinity (rather than heavenly/ouranic) or a messenger of the Gods.

It was taken and absorbed into early christian theology like many other concepts such as Tartarus due to early christianity rising in the same region.

Particularly the use of daemons in magic through evocation, or even invocation (calling them within yourself to become possessed, a hallmark of Daemonism and the Engastraitai) through ritual incantations of voces magicae and nomina barbara.

All of it is fucking Greek, no Solomon to be found.

I'll add a step further: even the use of Jewish aspects of magic within the Ars Goetia stems from Greek goêteia, as Greek goêteia was a syncretism of Greek, Jewish, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian magical and spiritual practices.

Fuck, just take a look at the Greek Magical Papyri sonetime if you don't believe it.

Hell, even take a look at the Coptic Magical Papyri, which was a syncretism of early christianity and what we would call "ancient Egyptian" religion and Magical practices:

See the similarities?

Solomon my ass.

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[dimalink]

Tomb of the kings and cult of the snake

Pixel art for today based on videogame The Dark Heart of Uukrul for computer system Ibm Pc MsDos. It is, once again, a role playing game. About 80s. About dungeons. And, of course, dragons will be there. Classical role playing game of those age. A lot for imagination. And fantasy theme for adventures. Training for characters. Labyrinths. All is ahead! A thing that gamer need!

And this is my drawing based on The Dark Heart of Uukrul (MsD0s). Krorrnik the magician and warlord Djoshlind, already, entered the tomb of the kings. Now they do not have the other way, they only way is to go to the obelisk of the kings. And, already, after them, Kron`s black knights are going. With using of sword and magic he collect a huge army and control the whole continent.

Temple of the Snake, already, in the past. It was a false step. At first, adventurers thinks, that obelisk is there. But it was a trap. And, now, they, day and night, try go away from black knights of Cron. And, so at last, they are at their final destination. Tomb of the kings. Just one thing – is to find obelisk. The final thing. They are going in a full darkness. To no one to see them. It is very hard way, it makes road harder. It is dark here. And it is a cold wind blows here.

Magic obelisks are shining all around. No one know why are they here, and what they are doing. Cron hides tomb of the kings. He does a big things to hide this place. Someone speaks, that there is something magical here. Something, that gives empire such a big growth. Also, someone speaks, that it is connected with a restriction for certain kind of magics. And with the cult of the Snake, which starts to expands during Cron. Cron called himself as a thunder. Because of he is not only has a great physical power, but he knows a force of nature. Magic. And he can to call a thunder and lighting. He can do a rains and no rain at all.

Krornik and Djoshlind, they are only adventurers and random way reach this certain lands. From the near – wild lands. They go through the forest. Great forest. And they find out themselves in the empire of Cron. Nobody from the beyond forest, ever heard about what is going on here.

But, they beyond the great forest, hear about a cult of snake. This things has a different names, but it is, all time, the same. And, it was one of the reasons to go though the great forest. And, also, to see a new lands. What was a surprise for them. To see here a cult of the Snake.

So, certain, they try to bring across the forest a ball of Dariksan. It is a big magic ball. And there is living a mist there. And when mist to disappear, so, you can see and speak with those who you see. In a most different places. Cult of the snake hunts for this artifact beyond the forest. And lord Trogsh gives you this task. He just was searching for some adventures, who will go to explore world though the great forest. And he gives a task to bring artifact there. Because of, lord is under the hunt of the cult. And lord himself, soon, will leave the castle as adventures start their road.

And after they have crossed the forest. Adventurers, immediately, runs at the garrison of the cult of the Snake and legionnaires of Cron. Of course, they lost their magic ball. And they were lucky to escape in one of the dark nights. All the thing they know is that in tomb of the kings there is a key to a power of Cron. It should to be connected with the cult of the snake. Which is expanding everywhere.

They are going by the roads. And, one day, they reach the tomb of the kings. There are lots of traps at the road. And a false destination points too. After them, they leave behind them dungeons. And they discover ruins with a search for might and magic. Only this way, they can bring back a magic ball.

Such a fantasy story about A4. As a page. A little less. And something a picture. For a role playing game. Something like beginning of 90s it was a role playing games.

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[yebreed]

How Taoist Charms Work: Conceptual Basis Of Talisman Making

How and why do talismans work? Inscriptions are symbolic embodiments of archetypal forces, representatives of invoked deities, or references to sacred entities (for example, Taoist mountains, constellations, etc.). The Word is supposed to collect and project their power. The signs of the talismanic inscription are organized as a scheme of its deployment. The methods of launching or wearing the…

[girlnextvore]

TBH Rosa's wife needs to step her game up

why isn't she sending horrifying and erotic dreams to her from across the ocean like count orloc