Hello there! I want to get started in studying and then practicing from the Lesser and Greater Key of Solomon. Which books and edition(s) would you say are the best (preferably on the cheaper range) for a beginner? Thank you!

coyote-696:

jakattax:

Hey!

I already replied to this but for some reason it didn’t work. Mildly annoying.

I’d say this copy. I use this one after my previous edition got horribly water damaged. It’s amazon so it’s quick delivery and cheap. It’s only £15, dunno how that equates to dollars but it’s reasonable.

I’m sorry but I had quite a long response to this about the pentacles and so on but I really don’t want to type it all again! Sorry haha

But no worries and thank you

Gonna have to strongly disagree and say you should shell out for the more expensive and more accurate versions:

Lesser Key of Solomon (Peterson edition)

Key of Solomon (Peterson edition)

Mathers and Crowley took a number of liberties with the Keys, going as far as to remove some of the spells, add additional operations, and “correct” things by imposing Kabbalah where none previously existed. While Mathers/Crowley is certainly serviceable accuracy is important and if you’re serious about practicing this Keys, Peterson’s editions will impart more knowledge of the system itself and progress your studies further faster. 

Both Mathers and Crowley made massive contributions to the English Magical Revival and magick as a whole. Crowley is a controversial figure, but the one thing you can’t argue is his influence on modern magick.

That being said, while both of those gentlemen were highly intelligent, their scholarship is outdated. If you are looking for translations of older magical texts, there is almost always better sources out there and they can easily found with some google searches.

holy-mountaineering:

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93 Brother. I’ll take a card if you are feeling generous. I need to know if I can have my cake and eat it too.

holy-mountaineering:

93s

Short answer is “No.” Stop bullshittin’ ya self.
Queen of Swords, or how you feel about what you think and your reasoning.Ideally, this Queen is the “caller out of bullshit.” She is watery (intuitive) enough to feel when a facade is being put up and airy (intelligent) enough to cut the shit and address the fakery. The difference between someone trying to take advantage of another and a person who accidentally causes misfortune is the intention of said individual. Don’t be fooled by kind wolves or rabid sheep.She rests at her throne with the head or mask of a man and the sword of her mind she severed the head/mask with. Her expression is one of disinterest, she’s done this many times before and shall again and again. It is her nature.Be aware of intentions, even  your own. Be wary of situations and people talking from behind masks they wish to use to obscure their true meaning. Especially be aware of yourself and your masks you hide behind.

Much obliged. I really need to keep my head on straight.

Reports From Liber F

emergentanimism:

Can’t lie to you folks, I took two days off from Liber F on
Friday and Saturday. No excuses, just me being a lazy bitch. But I was back at
it today.

I lit one of my Babalon candles, and burnt some incense. I
had chosen to play some of this bad-ass Polish folk music as my background. It’s
got some amazing violin playing, like “sold your soul to the devil to play this
good” kind of playing.

I was shaking my bone rattle along with the music, and
something triggered, I don’t know, an awakening of genetic memory? Gradually,
the incense began to smell like a campfire. I had a strong image of a woman
dancing in front of that fire, her amazing figure silhouetted in the flames. I
felt the sharp texture of the bone acutely in my hand, and I could see the long
line of human beings like me, who for hundreds of thousands of years gathered on
the hilltops, made fire, took the sacrament, played the drums, and danced. We
have always done this. Some of us will always do this. Our numbers are small,
comparatively. But brother, I’m gonna tell you, you have not lived unless you’ve
watched a couple hundred naked Thelemites dancing around a fire in the woods.

holy-mountaineering:

holy-mountaineering:

holy-mountaineering:

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I’m calling it: This is the best piece of art I’ve ever made.

For fans of me pole dancing in RealTree Brand underwear and matching bandana…

Okay, I actually brought my Tarot cards with me to work.
I am doing your motherfucking Tarot tonight (if thou wilt) so send an ASK for a free 1 card Tarot reading. DM for info on getting a spread for between $15 and $40.
Got a full spread for @lew-basnight and that’s the only one on deck so if you buy a spread I can do it for you tonight!

holy-mountaineering:

After smoking/eating a gang of weed last night shooting the shit with @glorytobabalon I decided that a fun BABALON ritual would be breaking into the zoo, liberating the lions from their enclosure and when you got inevitably arrested screaming a bunch of insane shit about “IN NOMINE BABALON, 156 for life, suck my PHALLUS!!!” at the TV crews.

I’m down. When are we doing it.

You might have already explained this before. But, what’s the deal with the Babylon/Babalon? My make-believe-christian upbringers would never tell me, so I’m curious.

Happy to be fielding this question on a regular basis again. Seems like more people are getting curious about the Red Goddess.

First, I absolutely, 100% recommend The Red Goddess by Peter Grey. It is the best complete source on Babalon.

As far as my own personal take. The short form can be found on my original Scroll of Thoth Blog.

There is also the much lengthier Babalon Current in Modern Magick, which you can listen to as a podcast. Or download the text version here.

Also, a search for Babalon (not Babylon) will bring up innumerable sources.

Sorry to just give you a bunch of links. I will probably write more about her someday. But there has been so much ink spilled on Her, that I would really have to come up with some new perspectives.

plantwitch:

dude fucking love witchblr “my first spell was a positivity spell because i was down and wanted to be happy :)”

you made your mood……… change?

What did you enchant for?

Do you have crippling depression? Does it prevent you from holding a job or having good relationships?

What did you enchant for? Did you ask the demon for gold, or knowledge of the movement of the stars?

Here’s one of the projects I am working on. I am refining and adding to my mind palace. My astral temple, what I call my Citadel. I have added artifacts that represent pure emotion. I can now enter my Citadel and touch pure joy. When I do this, I can feel actual physical responses. My body becomes warm, my pain goes away, and everything becomes clearer. Then I take that joy out into the world. Who will be effected by it? Will my joy inspire someone else? Will I simply be kinder and more empathetic? Will my joy attract new friends? Friends who will be there when my car breaks down, when I can’t take care of my dog, when I just need someone to talk to.

What did you enchant for?

Some folks around here may be wasting their time.