Synchronizing Astrological Talismans and the Nativity
I. Introduction
“But before you elect a thing for anyone, you ought to consider his nativity, if it can be had. And if it cannot be had, consider his revolution, or his profection. For in them are things which demonstrate how the native ought to behave in that year. And there are some who say that his transit should be considered, so that the election might be made from it.”
— Bonatti, Book of Astronomy, Treatise 7, Chapter 1, Dykes trans., p. 329
The most dramatic successes I’ve seen with astrological magic were the result of successfully synchronizing a person’s nativity with astrological talismans, sometimes referred to as “rooting” or “radical elections”.… Continue reading
The Jewish Prophet Daniel is best known for his interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in the biblical book that bears his name. The story is of a highly advanced display of extrasensory perception that changed history. The king had a disturbing dream and ordered it to be interpreted without disclosing any context or contents of the dream. This was done to ensure that the answer could only come from a divine power, forcing the seer to first accurately perceive all the contents of the dream itself, with no hints of any kind, and only then provide the interpretation.
This statement by Aristotle sums up perfectly why theurgical operations fail. The pure part of our soul requires our imagination to communicate…and imagination is fickle.
The personal daimon that Socrates regularly conversed with is the most straightforward example of obtaining information through extrasensory means. He referred to this spirit as his “internal oracle”. In the Apology, Socrates said that he believed it to be of divine origin and its presence was something that had been with him since childhood. 
The foundational text of astrological magic and talismans Picatrix (Ghayat al Hakim) was published in English for the first time in its immense history, from a medieval Latin manuscript, by Christopher Warnock and John Michael Greer in 2011.