Magick is an alternative for magic, coined by Aleister Crowley to differentiate "the true science of the Magi from all its counterfeits". In the broadest sense, magick is any act designed to cause intentional change -- for example, changing the channel on your television set. This term is spelled with a terminal "k" and pronounced differently - mage-ick - to differentiate it from other practices, such as stage magic. The letter "k" is also the 11th letter of the latin alphabet; in numerology the number 11 represents hidden energies and thereby magick. Therefore it is thought that to add a "k" to ...

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(Tenshi Kinryouku) Angel Sanctuary (天使禁猟区; Tenshi Kinryoku) is a highly controversial manga and anime, with the manga written by Kaori Yuki. This 20-volumed manga serialized on Hakusensha's Hana to Yume. Both the manga and anime feature mature content. The manga is available in English, published by Viz Communications. Angel Sanctuary - Story. Setsuna Mudou is a problematic delinquent high school student, who is in love with his sister. To a ...

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Zacharias - In the Gospel. Zacharias (common modern English spelling: Zechariah), spoken of in the Gospel according to Luke 1:5-25, 39-40, 57-79, 3:2, was a priest of the course of Abia (alternative spelling: Abijah) during the reign of King Herod the Great of Judaea and became known as the father of John the Baptist. Zacharias was married to Elizabeth of the priestly family of Aaron. The evangelist states that they both were righteous before God, since they were blameless in observing ...

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• Zacharias - In Quran
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The young Horus (Egyptian Har), the Hellenistic god known to Greeks as Harpocrates (in Egyptian Har-pa-khered or Heru-pa-khered meaning "Har, the Child"), was received by Isis from Osiris in the underworld. Harpocrates, the child Horus, personifies the first strength of the winter sun, and also the image of early vegetation. Egyptian statues represent the child Horus, pictured as a naked boy with his finger on his mouth, a realization of the hieroglyph for "child" that is unrelated to the Greco-Roman and modern ge ...

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Azazel (Hebrew: עזאזאל, Arabic: عزازل azazil) is an enigmatic name from the Hebrew scriptures, possibly referring to a fallen angel or Satan. The word's first appearances are in Leviticus 16, when in the ritual for Yom Kippur the scapegoat is to be taken to Azazel and cast into the wilderness, but this text by itself is unclear as to the actual identity of Azazel. The Talmud (Yoma 67b) and later commentators maintain Azazel was the name of the precipitous cliff where the goat met its end. This version is cited by Biblical commentator Rashi and it is considered ...

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• Azazel - Dictionnaire Infernal - Collin de Plancy 1863 paraphrased
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Belldandy (ベルダンディー - Berudandī) is a character in the popular manga Oh My Goddess! (OMG) and in the anime of the same name. She is voiced primarily by Kikuko Inoue (井上喜久子). She is one of three Goddesses who come to Earth to live with a college student, Keiichi Morisato. Belldandy comes to Keiichi to grant a wish as part of the emergency Goddess Technical Help Line which Keiichi accidentally dials. Keiichi wishes that a girl like Belldandy would be by his side forever, so Belldandy grants his wish ...

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Angel of God, my guardian dear to whom God's love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side to light and guard and rule and guide. Amen. ...

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Guardian angel, Guardian angel - History, Guardian angel - Interpretations, Guardian angel - Guardian Angel Prayer

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Whether guardian angels attend each and every person is not consistently believed or upheld in Christian thought. Saint Ambrose believed that saints lose their guardian angels so that they might have a greater struggle and persevere. Saints Jerome and Basil argued that sin drove the angels away. The first Christian Church theologian to outline a specific scheme for guardian angels was Honorius of Autun (died 1151). He said that every soul was assigned a guardian angel the moment it was put into a body. Thomas Aquinas agreed with this and spe ...

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"The most common cause of failure in life is ignorance of one's own True Will, or of the means by which to fulfill that Will." (from Magick, Book 4, p. 127) "A man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him." (from Magick, Book 4, p.128) "One cannot do one's True Will intelligently unless one knows what it is." (from Magick, Book 4, p.174) "Know firmly, O my Son, that the True Will connot err; for it is thine appointed Course in Heaven, i ...

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True Will, True Will - Quotations from Aleister Crowley

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Thelema is a mystical/magical philosophy of life based on Will. The individual Will in Thelema is identified with the Egyptian god Had or Hadit, a form of Horus. The Pleroma of infinite potentiality through which Had wends its Way is called Nu or Nuit, the Egyptian goddess of Infinite Space. Many adherents of Thelema are syncretic and recognize correlations between Thelemic and other systems of spiritual thought; most borrow freely from other traditions. For example, Nu and Had are thought to correspond with the Tao and ...

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Thelema is the name of a philosophical/religious system established in 1904 through Aleister Crowley and his wife, Rose Edith Kelly, with the writing of Liber AL vel Legis, or The Book of the Law. Crowley claimed to have taken this short work of about 5,000 words, comparable in length to the Tao Te Ching, as direct auditory dictation from a praeterhuman intelligence called Aiwass or Aiwaz in Cairo, Egypt on April 8, 9th, and 10th, 1904. Crowley himself did not fully accept the role set forth for him in the Book for many years. The word Thelemite appears in Aleister Crowley's writings, and ...

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The central doctrine of this system is that knowing and doing one's True Will is the ultimate purpose and destiny of every being. This is summed up in the following phrases from Liber Legis: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" (AL I:40) "Love is the law, love under will" (AL I:57) "The word of the Law is Thelema" (AL I:39) "There is no Law beyond Do what thou wilt" (AL III:60) The True Will is a magical idea that could be described in its dynamic aspect as the singular path ...

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Different organizations and persons (predominantly from Germany) do not see Thelema as originating from Crowley. Rather they see Crowley's Thelema as only one of many forms of Thelema. Different orders who accept the Book of the Law have their own guidelines for putting it into practice. In German Thelemic thought the most widely-known skepticism against Crowley's version is found in the Fraternitas Saturni order. The role of other Thelemic writings, each with their own significance, changes greatly for each of these gro ...

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TIPHARETH

The sixth qabalistic power-zone of the Tree of Life, stands for "Beauty" and is the abode of the Sun and the Holy Guardian Angel. It is symbolized by Osiris.

(See also: TIPHARETH, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

THEURGY

Divine magic, as opposed to mere thaumaturgy or sorcery. Its goal is apotheosis or, less ambitiously, the "knowledge and conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel" and the working of sublimation both of self and world.

(See also: THEURGY, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

White Magic: White Magick has [divine] union as its goal. It is also known as contacting your higher self, contacting your spirit guides, cosmic consciousness, mysticism, or gaining the Knowledge and Conversation of your Holy Guardian Angel. There are many other names for this type of magick, too.

Also See: White Magick

(See also: White Magic, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

AUGOEIDES: While this term isn't truly considered Old Craft I add it here on the off chance that related studies by the student of the Old Craft mayhap run across it and be in need of this definition. The holy guardian angel (HGA) or higher genius. Also the mediator between one's self and the Gods. Derived from the Greek word for *morning light* augos.

(See also: AUGOEIDES, Witch, Witchcraft, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Abramelin: The name of an Egyptian magician cited in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, a magical text translated by S. L. Mathers. The French manuscript was written in the eighteenth century, but it purports to be a translation from an original text in Hebrew, dating from 1458. The grimoire contains elaborate instructions in the form of a six-month program of purification and prayer, designed to lead the magician to higher states of consciousness in which "knowledge and conversation with the Holy Guardian Angel" is possible.

(See also: Abramelin, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

AUGOEIDES

From Greek meaning "light vision" or "bright shape", refers to the luminous nature of the higher self. The Causal or Egoic Body. First used by Iamblichus. In Crowley's case this was the mysterious Aiwass. In Bulwer Lytton's Zanoni it is rendered as the "Higher Ego". The knowledge of the Augoeides is one of the major goals of the magician. (See HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL).

(See also: AUGOEIDES, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

HADIT

The Chaldean version of Set, according to Grant, and the divine seed of manifestation (the divine spermatozoon or serpent). As Nuit, according to Crowley, is "infinite space," so Hadit is the infinitely small or atomic center. By extension, Hadit is the equivalent of Lucifer, who is his own Holy Guardian Angel and the "seed" of our hell-world. Hadit can also be the manifestation of Nuit, as the child, Horus, is the manifestation of the Mother. The Isis-Horus connection to Xtian madonna and child, after all, is well established.

Finally, Hadit can stand for the entire Aeon that humanity has just endured: The Age of Pisces, Christ, Buddha, Mohammed and Osiris.

(See also: HADIT, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )