The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. it should transcend a personal god and avoid dogmas and theology. covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity.

Albert Einstein (via scinerds)

linaliee:

Abraxas, also known as Abrasax, is a Gnostic solar deity associated by the ancients  with Yahweh, Mithras and the Celtic Belenus, as well as Yeshu (Jesus). Amulets and seals bearing the figure of Abraxas were common in the second century, and were used as recently as the thirteenth century in the seals of the Knights Templar. By medieval times, Abraxas was relegated to the ranks of demons.

More on: http://symboldictionary.net/?p=1020

flagellum-daemoniorum:

Liber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum

you can find a digitised version of BSB’s Clm 849, the manuscript Richard Kieckhefer’s great book Forbidden Rites : A Necromancer’s Manual of the Fifteenth Century (University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press 1998 / ISBN 0-271-01751-1) is about.

I have this book. Its pretty sweet.