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  2. Athame - Wikipedia

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    These same four ritual tools also appear in the magical practices of the western hermetic tradition, derived from The Golden Dawn, who pioneered the modern occult tradition and new age spirituality; and they appear in tarot decks as the four card suits: swords, cups, wands, and pentacles. The athame is an elemental tool, while the sword is ...

  3. Ceremonial magic - Wikipedia

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    Ceremonial magic (also known as magick, ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) [1] encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized by ceremony and numerous requisite accessories to aid the practitioner. It can be seen as an extension of ritual magic, and in most cases synonymous with it.

  4. Methods of divination - Wikipedia

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    macharomancy: by swords or knives (Greek makhaira, 'dirk' + manteía, ' prophecy ') macromancy / ˈ m æ k r oʊ m æ n s i /: by large objects (Greek makros, ' large ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') maculomancy / ˈ m æ k j ʊ l oʊ m æ n s i /: by spots on the skin (Latin macula, ' spot ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') mahjong divination: by Mahjong ...

  5. Debunking Black Cat Myths: Bad Luck, Witches And ... - AOL

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    Black cats specifically are associated with superstitions of bad luck and associations with witchcraft or satanic rituals. Because of that, some shelters annually suspend the adoption of black ...

  6. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Egypt, these household rituals (performed in the home, not in state-run temples) were embodied by the deity who personified magic itself, Heka. [1] The two gods most frequently invoked in these rituals were the hippopotamus -formed fertility goddess , Taweret , and the lion-deity, Bes (who developed from the early apotropaic dwarf ...

  7. The Battle Cats - Wikipedia

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    The plot of The Battle Cats takes place across four main story sagas, three subchapter sagas in the Legends Stages, and various miscellaneous stages. Dialogue in the form of scrolling text before and after the completion of Chapters, unit and enemy descriptions, and battles during gameplay provide most of the game's lore and story.

  8. Greater and lesser magic - Wikipedia

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    Greater and lesser magic (known also as high and low magic or collectively Satanic magic), within LaVeyan Satanism, designate types of beliefs with the term greater magic applying to ritual practice meant as psychodramatic catharsis to focus ones emotions for a specific purpose and lesser magic applied to the practice of manipulation by means of applied psychology and glamour (or "wile and ...

  9. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia

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    The rituals were based on the tradition of the tomb of Christian Rosenkreuz, and a Vault of Adepts became the controlling force behind the Outer Order. [13] Later in 1916, Westcott claimed that Mathers also constructed these rituals from materials he received from Frater Lux ex Tenebris, a purported Continental Adept .