Category: archetypes

  • #9: King Paimon

    #9: King Paimon

    King Paimon—a spirit of grandeur, knowledge, and unerring authority in the realms beyond! When one speaks of King Paimon, we do not speak lightly; for he is not merely a figure conjured by those curious for a glimpse into the hidden, but a force of profound resonance, revered by ceremonial magicians and feared by those…

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  • The Procession of Illusion: Silence, Dance and Dissolution

    The Procession of Illusion: Silence, Dance and Dissolution

    The Procession of Illusion: Silence, Dance and DissolutionBy A.V. Drakonis Ah… the grand theatre of existence—a masquerade of shimmering veils, fractal forms and endless reflections. The Procession of Illusion. You think it’s a mistake? A trick? No—illusion (call it Maya, call it the Kliphoth, or the Veils of Paroketh if you prefer something with more…

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  • Dichotomy and the Path of Magick

    Dichotomy and the Path of Magick

    Dichotomy—a concept indispensable to magick, and to life itself. Mages are bound by a vast interplay of opposites: light and shadow, order and chaos, creator and destroyer. From these juxtapositions, power and understanding arise, the likes of which are often missed by those who live their lives out confined to the mundane grind. Those unfamiliar…

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  • The Archetypes of My Parents

    The Archetypes of My Parents

    5. Hierophant My father, much like the other souls of that deeply Christian town where I was raised, saw the world in absolutes: right or wrong, good or evil, heaven or hell. I didn’t fall into his neat little categories. He clung to the Bible with all the fervour of someone who believes they’re saving…

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