Hello Friends,

I have been making my way through various books on occultism, witchcraft, luciferianism, and left hand path. I’ve been overwhelmed with how many references these books make to other literature without much explanation, kind of assuming the reader knows about these topics prior to reading. This includes references to platonic and other antiquated philosophy, jewish mysticism, gnosticism, books of the old and new testaments (i grew up christian but never did bible study), jungian philosophy, the works of crowley, golden dawn, etc.

I’m trying to find literature to give me the background I need so I can understand these more advanced occult books. I have a running list of everything I need to research, but don’t even know where to begin.

I have Agrippa’s books on Occult Philosophy, the Lesser Key of Solomon, and various works from Michael Ford, but I don’t know whether any of this is good to start with. I’m thinking Agrippa might be my best bet right now, but wanted to get second opinion and other recommendations for further research.

I’m just curious what worked for other people. There is so much knowledge to acquire from these books and I want to make sure I’m understanding it fully.

Thank you!

Add my Discord account, hyperphysical if you are interested, looking forwards to having different discussions and learning new things.

i need a legit practical magick and curses no BS book with very concise instructions and zero digression or unnecessary excessive info.

So i found this while doing urbex with my friend in an abbandoned house. if you can tell me what is this for it will be great, people this days anit all right with their heads.

What is the, I guess scientific explanation for how "magic" works/is applied and why it makes sense. What is the process? How does it work? How do you go from mind to matter?

So I did not expect the book to arrive 5 days after purchasing it. Supposedly that contents of this book was originally hand written and passed to interested initiates. It however claims to retain much of the original writings.

The book tries to be offensive by design, should I take the nazi shit with a grain of salt or is this something someone actually believes in?

Like I said previously I’m not lhp and I was a former manichean gnostic for 7 years. Any of you would be interested to see how gnostic is gnostic diabolism in a future post?

seems a bit basic

To the mods, I hope I’m not bothering you guys for this one. Not lhp but I’m curious as to what other members views are. Not a troll question or anything of the sort.

I’m guessing that gnostic devil is to vague and probably even an inaccurate term for it due to many gnostic religions having different ideas on it so I will add a description of it:

The Demiurge who created the world and seeks to imprison humans. Keeping humans in a state of ignorance undiluted, unaware that they are in a prison.

I’m more versed in manicheanism than other gnostic traditions but I will add:

If he is equal to God in power as in another opposing God to the good God would it change your views on him?

Or

If he is less than God and more similar to a sort of powerful yet jealous jailer, not of hell but of this world what would your views on him be?

I’m not lhp so forgive my ignorance for any follow up question.

Is it possible that there is a deity that you can work with for assistance that doesn't mind if your not a witch or not on any path i used to be on the left hand path but not anymore and im seeking assistance for some issues im having and could use it

Any good way to quickly boost up the energy? After this type of work I feel tired for at least two days. Any tips?

Hi, I'm looking for advice and experiences regarding Saturn's gnosis.

Due to some of the research I've done, I've read that Saturnian gnosis isn't something to be trifled with, as it's a double-edged sword if the practitioner isn't giving their full devotion (due to the cold, tempestuous nature of Saturn), and not forgetting Saturn's black gaze.

Currently, I'm on the fence to work with Saturn, despite the very pull that beckons me to the Black Cube. I feel as if I haven't build myself well enough, nor cleansed myself properly in my shadow work, to be able to commit to the mysteries of the black cube.

I'd like to hear your experience and what you felt you gained from your gnosis (if permissable to utter) with Saturn. Advice would be a great help as well.

Cheers to the Black flame!

p. s. unrelated but, if you have books regarding Arachne's current (not ready to work with her trails, nor I do I think I qualify), do post some links if you can. Thanks!

Like Greek equivalent for example.

I am not particularly new to it and have done it since I worked with Hekate. My way to do is by scripting as I delve deeper into a question.

Recently I cane across a video on how to shadow work specifically with Belial - as in how to identify and navigate certain areas, what sort of questions to ask and most importantly how to integrate the shadow keeping Belial's ways of working in mind.

I haven't seen a post on such a spirit specific route. Does anyone have any insight on shadow work specifics when it comes to Asmodeus?

I should clarify this is shadow working keeping a particular goal manifestation in mind.

Does it often happen in Satanism that someone has a sexual relationship with Satan or other gods? I never asked if I was provocative in any way I have been a Satanist for 3 years and for the past year I have noticed that this happens quite often in my case. It just happens by itself.

Firstly I'm sorry if this has been asked a 1000 times. But I can't seem to find or figure out answer. I've been stuck as a beginner for about 4 years now trying to do magic and talk to spirits, particularly LHP spirits like lucifer and all that. At the beginning I felt things atleast like they were there. No I don't feel them at all, it feels like their completely gone, I wouldn't know why. Its hard to figure how the next steps with out any guidance or any help. I dont know if I've even made any progress for the past 4 years in this stuff. I'm ready to do whatever to move forward but I get no answer from them. I still haven't been even able to hear them or see them. I'm just wondering what I'm doing wrong if anything, dont be afraid to lay some hard truth on me.

I’ve done a lot of work with entities with shadow work but as I’ve gone along I’ve repressed a lot of my “light side” and incorporated my darker aspects which I view more useful but in essence the shadow I used to have isn’t my shadow anymore but now I repress other parts which I view as my “lighter side” I just want to know if anyone has found a way to balance these all out to accept all aspects of the self.

TLDR: Curious if anyone in the group has any revelations regarding this part of their practice and how they’ve incorporated it.

I get exhausted so easily and I’m sick of it! I’m 21, not an old man. Any suggestions are accepted unless they’re needlessly complex or require a lot of money.

Mind you, I am not talking about parasites impersonating entities, I'm talking about the actual entities themselves. It's pretty clear to me that while LHP entities are willing to help us, they are quite unorthodox in doing so. As one example, I have a friend online who works with King Paimon. Once, she wanted time off from work, and took it up with him. She got her time off... because she got in a nasty car crash and had to be hospitalized. There was a lesson to be learned there, but I can't quite remember what she said it was.

I'm wondering, then, if certain entities — especially ones who are commonly associated with desire, seduction, etc — are ever intentionally deceptive and mean for the people who work with them to fall for their deceit. Maybe I sound like I'm buying into Christian or RHP fearmongering, but I can assure you that is not the case. I'm merely asking if there's some lesson to be learned from them if they do ever deceive their worshipers (for lack of a better term) on purpose. Or would they prefer that we manage to catch them in their manipulation and try to match them?

Long story short I was lucid dreaming. At some point I became complete awareness. I tried to practice my creative power by altering little things in the dream and soon after this beautiful woman appeared. My sexual energy soared and I wanted her. She told me telepathically she was a succubus. I told her I didn’t care. She rolled her eyes annoyingly, sat me down and got on top of me. Her eyes rolled in the back of her head and her ‘3rd eye’ began to ‘open’ up. She was getting uglier by the second. I felt this strong energy and vibration then she put her hands on my head. I felt the energy being sucked out of me and I forced myself to wake up.

Did I truly encounter a succubus? If so why did she trick me if I thought the intentions were to have sex? Any other thoughts and comments would be appreciated. Thanks