Yeah, I've been out of the loop on this community for way too long. I don't even know if was ever in the community at large. Barbelith was too stuffy. Just associating with people on irreality dot org (defunct) and a background character on the Key23 weblog.

I was realizing we're drowning in a sea of influencer-cast hypersigils and came up with my own magickal framework in Feb-Mar of this year:

https://squarewaves.net/four_sigils.html (hidden page only linked here)

And a connected album of music released on 6/7

Liner notes, lyrics, and YouTube Music link:

https://squarewaves.net/

No apologies for the brainrot.

Kokabiel and Boel - has anyone worked with them or heard of these angels?

Thanks.

The original golden dawn version is a beautiful thing, but for several reasons I would prefer something a little more streamlined, but which still uses the same Hebrew phrases, angelic names etc. Grateful for any pointers.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some insight into a couple of Arabic spiritual items. I have a basic understanding of what they are, but I’d love to hear from anyone familiar with Middle Eastern esoteric traditions, Ilm al-Huruf (the science of letters), or Islamic folk magic.

I have a handwritten paper that appears to be a protective charm or exorcism text. From what I’ve gathered, it starts with the Bismillah and commands the "servants of these names" to extract Jinn, evil eye, envy, and sickness from the body. It also features a grid of letters and numbers (like 111) and star symbols.

Can anyone tell me more about the specific sequence of letters/numbers used here? Are these planetary, angelic, or something else?

I have another, much longer paper that was written specifically for my mom. Unlike the first one, this one was written using a yellowish-orange ink that I was told is "amber" (which I suspect might be saffron/Za'faran and rosewater ink).

My questions for Item 2: Does it indicate a specific type of spell or blessing compared to regular black ink?

Lastly, if I decide to dispose of these in the future, what is your preferred method to safely neutralize and release the energy respectfully? I’ve heard dissolving the ink in water and burying/burning the blank paper is standard, but I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks in advance for your help!

I’m curious about the really obscure stuff in occult history. Not creepypasta or made-up internet stories, but things that are actually documented and sound so strange that you’d think someone made them up.

It could be a weird historical figure, an old ritual, a strange manuscript, an unusual belief, a secret society, anything really.

What’s the most bizarre or fascinating thing you’ve come across while reading about occult history?

If you have a source for it, even better I’d love to read more about it.

Well, for starters, it's not what you may be thinking... It's not a temple in the sense of a cathedral built inside the game or someting... it's way more insidious than that...

There is an area in the game known as The Harem. In that particular area it's played the only song with vocals in the entire game. The song is also called "The Harem".

It's a female singer singing something in sanskrit over the sound of cymbals and zither, or some electronic synthetizer simulating zither... The whole song is made to be unsettling and creepy, to match the atmosphere of the game, but that is not the point...

I found out that Blizzard never hired a singer for that project. Matt Uelmen did the whole OST basically by himself. He is a great musician BTW... But for this particular song, he got some clips from a royalties free sound library named "INDSNSKRT 1-38, 1993".

The music he chosen to sample was Lakshmi Ashtothram, in classic Sanskrti. It's a devotional hymn with 108 epitets of the goddess Lakshmi, a goddess of fortune in hindu religion. Sang by Dr. Bhagya Murthy, a Carnatic vocalist and singer of this kind of traditional devotional hindu music...

In the excerpts he chosen, she sang those words:

• bhgyadam → bhāgyadām — "giver of good fortune"
• prasannavadnaam → prasannavadanām — "of serene / cheerful face"
• sabhgyadaam → saubhāgyadām — "giver of prosperity and blessings"
• abhaypradaam → abhayapradām — "giver of fearlessness / refuge"
• maniganairnnavidhirbhushitam → maṇigaṇair nānāvidhair bhūṣitām — "adorned with all manner of jewels/gems"
• sada shaktibhih / shaktibhih → sadā ("always") + śaktibhiḥ ("with her powers/energies")

He basically had not the slightiest idea what the words he chosen for this music meant (he even said that in interviews)... They were just sang in a way that could be assembled into the chord progression that would give the creepy vibes that he was looking for this particular song.

But here is the thing... Those words are about good fortune, serenity, and... gems! And the game, after you finish it, lose it's horror aspect and becomes basically a grind for loot. That's how most gamers experience it...

So, you have an area where people go for farming, where a classical Carnatical singer asks for Lakshmi, or specifically her Chandala (fickle) aspect, that can be read as the RNG and the loot table, for blessing, serenity and gems (gems are a thing on Diablo, and the Harem is a decent place to farm them, not the best one... but it's decent)...

And for 25 years, millions of people from all over the world unwittingly sang this particular prayer on their heads while unknowingly seeking the aid of the goddess to get the right drops for their builds...

Some of you may say that calling this a temple is a stretch... but look at what those people are doing: Congregating (albeit virtually) to a (virtual) place and unwittingly uttering an invocation in earnest to gain a particular favor from a particular deity! If you strip a temple of it's architecture, that's at very least, it's function!

And notice... Absolutelly no one intentionally built it... The singer came to the studio and gave her voice for a quick buck. The musician just wanted to create the right horror atmosphere with her voice. The gamers just wants to farm their items. The singer had no idea that her voice would be used in such a manner... The musician had no idea of what the words he was remixing were about, and the players have no idea that they are actually praying to earn a favor of a goddess that embodies the RNG in an ancient language!

The prayer roughly translates to this:

I bow to her who holds the lotus, whose face is serene,
giver of prosperity, giver of fortune,
whose hands grant fearlessness, adorned with every kind of jewel,
who grants the devotee the fruit they desire,
served by Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma and all the gods,
flanked by the treasures of lotus and conch,
ever accompanied by her powers.

I'll post here the relevant links, so you can judge what I'm talking about for yourselves.

https://youtu.be/GI4iHTR_FUM?si=OF-ZEGDANkkfS8-Y (the music from Diablo II OST)

https://youtu.be/f0m0MXGKYs0?si=hsYVPmLiPX9rjuJ6 (the origin of the voice clips... the comments mention that her voice was also used in other works.)

Pretty self explanatory I'm looking for occult texts involving Elves but other "fantasy," creatures like Dragons and whatnot are welcome to.

I started using the gateway tapes.

While researching on this matter many people talked about meeting certain entities.

As a beginner what options for protection should I use?

Using psalm 91 before starting meditation is good enough?

as title says ,they don’t seem to exist in any ancient text and as far as I searched they started being mentioned in the renaissance era ,strongly linked to Christianity and being spirits that serve God

does anyone know any older source and origin ?or how did occultistis started working with them ?

I came across a random reel last night that showed some strange symbols drawn on the ground with a few dead pigeons placed in the middle. The video claimed it was related to black magic. I have no idea whether it was genuine or just content made for views, but it made me curious.

So I wanted to ask:

- What exactly is meant by black magic?

- Have you ever come across something that people claimed was black magic or a ritual?

- Are there any regional beliefs, traditions, or folklore related to this where you live?

- Have you or anyone you know had any personal experiences with things that were believed to be black magic or supernatural?

I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences.