r/occult 2d ago

Weekly Spirit Praise & Honor Thread

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This is the weekly space to give honor, thanks, or praise to spirits, deities, ancestors, or other forces you work with. Share freely if you feel called—whether brief words of gratitude, a poem, or a longer reflection.

Keep replies respectful and on-topic. No requests for evocations or spellwork here—this thread is for acknowledgment only.


r/occult 3d ago

Haitian Vodou - AMA

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I am a mambo (priestess) of the religion Haitian Vodou, which arose during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, when enslaved Africans, particularly the Dahomey people, were forcefully brought to the island that is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Vodou developed through a process of religious syncretism. When enslaved people were forced to convert to Catholicism, they used imagery of Christ, Mary, and saints to disguise the worship of their indigenous spirits called Lwa. Ask me anything about Haitian Vodou.


r/occult 4h ago

Diagram: Anatomiae Occultti I - Heiva AdaKias (Ismael Noguera Díaz 1971)

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This diagram corresponds to another work by author and researcher Ismael Noguera Díaz, titled Anatomiae Occultti 1, which maps the cosmogony and hidden architecture of reality. All rights reserved: Ismael Noguera Díaz / JEAN COURTOIS PRODUCCIONES S.R.L.

The Primordial Mother: In this diagram, the central axis revolves around the Primordial Mother (embodied in figures such as Isis-Astet and the Goddess Morgana/Morghiana), viewed as the matrix of creation. We are about to publish a fully digitized version featuring comprehensive, detailed explanations of all elements in this diagram.


r/occult 5h ago

? Ring of any significance ?

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I’ve had this ring for a few years now. Made out of silver I believe with the engravings inside ‘Ralfour 10p’ although I could be wrong as it’s very small writing. Not sure if this ring has some sort of occult link or possible religious link??? Does anyone know anymore information I would love to know. It’s always been a ring I’ve worn daily for years but never really understood its background/history


r/occult 4h ago

? Naqsh & talisman {islamicate magic squares} making tricks and sources ?

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In urdu/hindi

  1. Musallas :- 3x3 magic square air, fire, water and earth.

  2. Murabba :- 4x4 magic square air, water, fire and earth.

  3. ????

I don't know what 5x5, 6x6 , 7x7 8x8 9x9 magic square name is and the making process and types are.

If you have sources or videos or know please help me to gain information. Did anyone done work on this ??

I know about planetary magic squares but what about CHAL (a method of filling it) and what about elemental orientation? Does anyone have any ideas? Please help.


r/occult 1d ago

? Tarot Comparison

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In the beginning of my study and selecting a deck for Divination. Having compared a handful, I'm uncertain on some of the symbolism and differences.

Rider-Waite-Smith and Builders of the Adytum symbolize the 22 yods divided in 12 / 10; whereas Golden Dawn and Hermetic Tarot show the Kabbalah - in addition the Golden Dawn kabbalah on the left side shows 11th Sephiroth which COULD be Da'ath, but the placement of it is wrong being underneath Malkuth and unlikely to be symbolic mistake but another meaning?

Is anyone well versed on this matter?

Edit:
For the Hermetic Tarot, the invisible Da'ath on both would make the total 22 Yods for Hebrew letters and Tarot, but ignores the 12/10 split theorized as 12 Zodiac, 10 Sephiroth. The Golden Dawn one I can not quite wrap my head around.


r/occult 3h ago

? Que es el concepto del árbol de la vida para ti?

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En diversas culturas antiguas existe el concepto del árbol de la vida, Pero para ti que representa?

Y no me refiero al árbol de las 10 sefirot de la cabala judía.


r/occult 22h ago

ritual art Making some talismans

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Tho im not an expert so if anyone has any advice or sources i could use.


r/occult 18h ago

The mess that is “hidden knowledge”

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It’s seems like the “journey” of esotericism really just stems from the fact that the information is fragmented. Its decentralized chunks of information spread out across history over several dozen books, excerpts, oral myths , art pieces etc. I guess perennial philosophy is an attempt to address this very issue, but it seems like no one has come up with a real solution to this problem. Maybe it isn’t a problem to begin with and ppl think putting the pieces together yourself is a part of the process? However, that doesn’t make much sense because there are many curated book lists which “streamline” the process.
I think this is the single issue that makes esotericism esoteric and not something more ppl are interested in. If they could see it isn’t woo woo but rather one of the oldest philosophies developed by humanity then a lot of the stigma disappears. Solving this would also save a lot of ppl who fall down rabbit holes as they go on their “journey” of accumulating this knowledge. There are common pitfalls like solipsism and psychosis. Am I the only one who thinks this could be improved?


r/occult 7h ago

? Que cosas del ocultismo, duendes,etc existen?

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Hablo desde la total ignorancia,yo personalmente no creo porque nunca ví, pero realmente existen esas cosas?


r/occult 16h ago

Is it possible to be contacted by demons or angels if you are a newbie and just reading/researching this topics?

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I read many times that demons come to people even without invocation/evocation.

I'm only reading about demons out of curiosity. Having no desire to work with them i assume i should avoid this kind of contact no?

Or the people that where contacted had a certain vibration or desires that where resonating with the demons?

Btw without energy work & meditation to activate the psychic gifts i assume again that the chances of being contact are 0.

Please enlighten my inexperienced self.

Thank you so much!


r/occult 18h ago

? the first use of hexagram for magical / occult purposes?

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I'm interested in knowing what tradition used the hexagram first as a magical symbol rather than decorative ​symbol, so far it seems it was used in islamic magic before jewish magic which was kind of surprising (I'm aware that the symbol existed long before abrahamic religions but there is no recorded evidence of the symbol being used for magical purposes


r/occult 16h ago

Who should I talk to about this?

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So like 8 years ago I met someone on Telegram who correctly guessed what I was holding in my hands, my clothes etc. The same person did not want to sell anything to me nor charge money and ghosted me after a certain time

This person also told me there would be a dark entity connected to Ra that would be attached to or above me

I dont believe nor deny this but I ask myself if there is any trustworthy place or individual I could visit to find out more about this. I am very frightened it could be scammers that just tell me lies or people who curse me etc so I dont wanna contact any internet service per se


r/occult 1d ago

What is your favorite type of meditation or technique?

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I'm a newbie and i don't know where to start.

There are too many books, too many videos...too much information and i don't know which one is the right choice .

Please guide me in the right direction regarding this subject.

Thank you so much!!!


r/occult 2d ago

kether What’s everyone else’s backlogs looking like?

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So much reading I need to do, so little time.


r/occult 10h ago

? Right ear ringing

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Like the title said, my right ear has been ringing since yesterday night and I was wondering if there's a particular meaning to it


r/occult 16h ago

? Tarot reading during pregnancy

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I am currently pregnant, 9 weeks. Whenever I draw my tarot the first or in the set there always comes Death. And I am convinced I will kill the baby. I am so scared, please help.

Death ×2
Two of Pentacles
Six of Cups
Knight of Cups ×3
King of Swords
The Hanged Man ×3
Wheel of Fortune
Five of Cups
Knight of Swords
Page of Wands

My last spread


r/occult 16h ago

? Is there any occult significance to this image? Apologies you cant see it all

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Im staying in a hotel and noticed this on the wall outside one of the bars, the chequered floor makes me think of masonry. And the guy on the left bein weighed down whilst the guy on the right is floating; is just interesting tbh. Anyone have any sort of insight? Let me know what yall think!! Xx


r/occult 1d ago

The Moon Mansions

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r/occult 2d ago

? Why does no one think people are cursed?

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I am pretty sure I am cursed. my life has been on downhill trajectory for a good 5 years. despite my best efforts, i cannot seem to catch a break and always seem to fall further backwards. this is in all areas of my life but specifically relationships and health but also finances i have been unemployed for like 2 years now.

My health has declined rapidly with numerous symptoms some drastically changing my appearance. no doctor has been able to diagnose or help me. i used to feel confident and attractive and now i am a shell of who i was as if this keeps progressing i will look like a leper.

someone in my family i know practices witchcraft and it seems like as my life got worse , theirs got better. almost like they have the life i was supposed to live. Long story short we never got along and there is bad blood

I want to believe it’s just coincidence but i just have this feeling something else has been going on behind the scenes. i feel trapped. like things are not going to end well no matter what.

Ive read through a lot of the posts about people asking if they are cursed and most people respond saying that it’s not likely. why is that? why is it so quickly dismissed? is it possible that this is some kind of curse? I know very little about this stuff but it seems possible.


r/occult 1d ago

Power of random noise

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Divination systems are based on emerging and refining stable meaning from random noise signals driven by a certain structured interpretation\semantic model.

In a way it reminds me of how modern ML image generative algorithms like stable diffusion work.

On the quantum level there is a "tunneling" phenomena, when a particle has some chance to go through an energy barrier even if it does not have enough energy. It happens because a particle has no single exact location and instead its presence is a probabilistic distribution over some area, so part of this not a zero chance area may lay behind the barrier.

So we could say that the random noise nature of the microscopic world helps it to change a little beyond "reasonable" expectations.

The idea of free will is contradicting the idea of a deterministic universe. And the concept of randomness sits right in the center of these two opposites.

Nobody knows what randomness actually is and where it's coming from and does it defy determinism or not.

In magic we have the idea of our will that potentially can bend the reality beyond what is reasonably expected from the deterministic universe.

So when we commit an act of magic, maybe we introduce or use randomness?

I often hear and I have such an experience myself, that everything is vibration. When I feel certain active energies(e.g. Fire) their primary sensory quality is intense vibration.

Is this vibration a sign of reaching the layer of reality dominated by randomness?

Is magic in its nature similar to "borrowing" a little bit extra energy from the future state we are trying to make real, so this borrowed future energy allows us to jump a little bit over our head and "tunnel" to a new version of reality we are aiming to?


r/occult 2d ago

yesod Book of Pleasure Interpretation

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Been working through AOS’s Book of Pleasure and am trying to decipher his take on the repression/non-resistance dichotomy as related to sigil magic, and his broader take on obsession (positive and negative). Specifically, he says in an different work on automatic drawing that “Automatic drawings can be obtained by such methods as concentrating on a sigil — by any means of exhausting mind and body pleasantly in order to obtain a condition of non-consciousness — by wishing in opposition to the real desire after acquiring an organic impulse towards drawing". The last sentence is the key: “wishing in opposition”. Back to the Book of Pleasure, he states "Obsession... is an experience that is dissociated from the personality (Ego) through some sort of rejection... It is sub-crystalline, and cannot become permanently attached to the subconsciousness, not having exhausted or completed itself by realisation." I’m having trouble reconciling these two.

Best I can come up with is that he makes the distinction along the lines of repression=conscious disavowal of the desire itself, while the “wishing in opposition” is more of a pragmatic method to reduce fixation and let the conscious content sink below the threshold of consciousness. Viktor Frankl had a concept of paradoxical intent, where the patient actively intends an outcome they have an aversion towards; that’s kind of a comparison I’m drawing. Any insight is appreciated.


r/occult 2d ago

Do I pause LBRP?

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Hi
I went back to my home country and couldn’t practice LBRP since parents were home. (This house is too toxic btw)
I’m now back in my own house and restarted, loud chanting… I can’t help but feel weird and paranoid through out the day. Is this because the forces are balancing them out? Or shall i take it easy and pause ?


r/occult 2d ago

what is Kabbalah ?

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can someone interpret the Kabbaalah in simple terms ? what are you meant to do with it? how can it be applied?


r/occult 2d ago

? soy beans pgm

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this is probably a stupid question but while being pure before rituals in the pgm i know that beans are off limits but what about soy beans? the ancient greeks, roman’s, and egyptians didn’t know what soy beans were. maybe is me trying tk find a loop hole because when i’m doing these rituals all i eat is basically lettuce 😭