Sfinga considers some of the key trends and forms of sortilege in the late antique Mediterranean world. In addition to the Sortes Astrampsychi and Homeromanteion, she specifically goes into the curious, so-called "Gospel" of the Lots of Mary: a booklet containing no sayings of Jesus, no testimony if his life or that of any other Biblical figure, but rather 37 short oracles for divination. Easy to use and even easier to carry around, Sfinga and Key go over the magical uses of this curious text.

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Key goes over some of the proposed origins, meanings, and uses of the most famous word square: the Sator-Rotas! In addition to considering possible Christian and pagan meanings alike, as well as the "Arepo problem", he considers the square's broader uses in magic and how its nature plays into its remarkable flexibility.

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Multimedia artist, candle-maker, dancer, and sorceress Sarah Jezebel Wood joins the pod for a special solstice episode on the yuletide season. Sarah beautifully outlines some of the key motifs of the death and rebirth of the sun's light and the spirits, oaths, and magical practices that accompany it. Drawing on her extensive knowledge of Finnish folklore, she introduces us to the mischievous world of the tonttu and nisse, as well as even more varied forms of ancestral spirits of house, home, hearth, and sauna, and opens the floor to a rich cross-cultural discussion of land pacts, ambient dead, and negotiations within multivalent spiritual communities.

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Sfinga and Key are joined by author, witch, and dear friend Matthew Venus to discuss all the hard-won insights and incredible wisdom of his newest book, Ensouling the Effigy. Beginning with the exercises and foundational concepts of the book, the gang branch off to consider spirit trafficking more broadly, and go into key moments within their own practices and histories that taught them the most about how to form—and maintain—relationships with the unseen world.

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• https://linktr.ee/SpiritusArcanum
• http://spiritusarcanum.com/spiritus-arcanum/
• https://www.instagram.com/spiritus_arcanum
• https://spiritusarcanum.com/en-ca/products/ensouling-the-effigy-paperback
• https://spiritusarcanum.com/collections/classes

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Sfinga and Key strategize over the art of decoy magic - protection charms that send malefica and evil eye intended for you elsewhere. Whether as potent solitary wards, made in the Koschei the Deathless style layering of shells that hide and obscure, or as large, simple groups that disperse misfortune across a web, the Dragon and Owl cover various possibilities for their use, including for the protection of relationships and jobs.

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The Dragon and Owl provide a rough sketch of how one can begin to cultivate the basics of a sorcerous practice. In addition to considering the most valuable skills to cultivate from the beginning, they also discuss how to refresh one's attitude towards disappointment and the inevatibilities of miscommunication with spirits, unsuccessful workings, and frustrations along the path.

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At long last, Key goes into one of our most hotly requested "sequel" episodes: a follow up on his exploration of the chaos magic of the DKMU. This time, he goes over one of its most notable offshoots and developments, being the Hexorian Movement. In covering the basics of its principles and appreciation for urban spirits, Key explores what it is to fall in love with the city you live in and how to establish a reciprocal relationship with its guardians and guides.

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Sfinga and Key are joined by beloved friend and erudite astrologer Jove Spucchi to traverse through some of the most fascinating intellectual landscapes of modern occultism. In this free-form conversation, the gang explores Freudian psychoanalysis, the planet Saturn, scrying natal charts, Hellenistic astrology, outer planets and asteroids, somatic and body-informed spirit work, and living in tune with the celestial spirits in one's everyday life. Jove brings their sharp wit and deep-cutting insights to the all-important question of how to integrate new scientific observations and concepts in astronomy to a traditionally-informed astrological practice.

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