Happy New Year!

At 6:00pm on January 14th, I will be speaking at Dark Star Magick right here in Portland, Oregon! Dark Star Magick is a really great occult bookshop, and you should definitely check it out. Here is the description of my lecture:

This lecture explores Henry Cornelius Agrippa’s theory of divine light as illustrated in Three Books of Occult Philosophy. We will examine divine light’s role in both interior and exterior perception, an essential foundation for understanding the practice of image magic. Agrippa’s theory builds upon the earlier theory of rays of celestial influence that connected the macrocosm to the microcosm, and echoes of this approach have made their way into even modern magical practice.
In this lecture, you will learn many interesting elements of Renaissance magical theory, including:

• Agrippa’s Occult Philosophy and its place within the Renaissance hermetic tradition.
• Understanding divine light as the intermediary between the celestial and physical world.
• Learning how active perception with the inner senses is core to Agrippa’s magic.
• Techniques for empowering magical images using Agrippa’s theory of divine light.

This class is intended for any student of magic or Western occultism who wants to learn more about Three Books of Occult Philosophy and its importance in the Western esoteric tradition.

If that sounds interesting, register for the lecture!

Two years ago, I ran a class called The Other Trithemian Art: Secret Codes and Ciphers of the Magicians. It focused on the use of cryptography in magic and occult practices, specifically on using classical or manual ciphers to beef up the creation of talismans and sigils. This topic is near and dear to my heart, and people have been asking about it a lot lately.

The result is, I will be offering the class once more, around the end of February. I will be making a formal announcement soon, after I get the web pages and registration stuff set up. If you are interested in this class, the best way to get notified of its availability is to sign up for the Arnemancy Newsletter.

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