... research supporting practice is pretty essential to any traditional approach nowadays; anyone with any nous understands that. ... while my 'blah blah blah'...
regardless of what everybody has said here, my opinion is that those who sincerely believe in God and hope on His mercies, not to perform the Bornless ritual....
... There are no Satanic elemetns in the Bornless ritual whatsoever. The "Satanic elements" mentioned by others here are found in the commentary written about...
Hi there, ... Don't make you remember that magick IS NOT an orthodox religion. Samekh deals with the process of matching things against their opposites, a...
... I'm just cautious, so far the Headless One has been traced to a positive identification with a fever spirit and a crossroads demon, associated with a lunar...
no worries Sara, you provided an insight many don't have into modern Judaism, which may have some bearing on the matter. The doubt is whether the headless...
Jake stated "Many like to point out that "Headless One" is a more accurate translation than "Bornless One," but I prefer to leave it untranslated as Akephalos...
from <Ancient Christian Magic - Coptic texts of ritual power> p47 & 48 spell for protection against headless powers + o angels, archangels, who hold back the...
... Is this good old Frater R.O.? ... I totally agree! :):) ... Don't I know it.... :( ... And haven't you said he seems to relate to Set in some way?...
Hmmm... it strikes me that, perhaps, headless demons of this type are a reference to them being blind, mad, etc. Such as our modern phrase "don't lose your...
I'm with Aaron here; "the Bible" teaches so many gruesome and/or contradictory things that I don't think even believers (of which I am not one) can/should...
Well, that's a revelation Aaron. The last part of your message I mean. Very interesting. Anyway, all I know is that I have always felt very uneasy about the...
... the ritual certainly does, lots of key phrases in it appear in other rites with a strong Setian slant. I've listed the PGM refs somewhere, and like Bill...
Possibly we could look at paleo-anthropology for clues to "headlessness"---especially in regard to the intermediary and angry ghost aspects. I am thinking here...
Come to think of it, maybe the head that is being "watered" was originally that of a sacrificed victim---and when a mysterious non-human shows up and offers to...
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. I didn't mean to say there was a direct connection between the bornless ritual and modern Judaism (that seems absurd). I meant...
Right the only real question about that (and the lil buddy, Mr Jeevy Spiritual Assistant) is if they date to Mycean/Dark Age Greek Cthonic Practice, or...
Hi Jake, You're right, I haven't been on this forum for absolutely ages. Your reply is REALLY tantalizing and I'm going to have to buy some books on...
Jake http://www.underworldapothecary.com/ ... unfortunately not, though it does have an effective transliteration method for the names of power. I'm not sure...
