The Lenormand Tarot is little known, as it radically breaks with the usual structure and interpretations of cartomancy. Its origins lie in Europe, probably in Germany, in the 18th century, based on a card game called "das Spiel der Hoffnung" (the game of hope). However, its name comes from the French fortune teller Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand,...

We continue with the Celtic curses, in this case with those that require a physical support. For spoken curses, you can refer to the first part: Celtic curses (I).

As we have already seen in previous articles of this blog about Celtic magic and the druids, natural magic had great value within the Celtic worldview. And just as good things could be obtained, the duality of it was clear in the very stories where magic took place: creating a storm to strike down an enemy was good...

Sufism is a branch of Islam influenced by pre-Islamic spiritual movements and the belief in Allah through the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. They focus on the search for spiritual truth through direct experience with divinity.

The Golden Dawn is one of the most famous occult secret societies. Its fame is probably due not only to the esoteric boom of the 18th and 19th centuries, but also to the fact that S.L. Mathers and, above all, Aleister Crowley passed through its ranks. However, there has been a great deal of secrecy surrounding its rites,...

Reflections have always presented human beings with both a dilemma and an attraction. Seeing oneself reflected made us think about parallel realities, about the possibilities of altering what was reflected, and the invention of mirrors and polished glass as a perpetual reflection was undoubtedly a key step for the world of images, but also for the...

The magic system is a set of rules regarding the functioning, effects, and consequences of using magic when casting a spell under certain conditions, both in the fictional universe of a video game and in the real world.

India has always fascinated people for its philosophy, culture, and beliefs, expressed in long epic and religious texts. The Atharvaveda was included late in the corpus of sacred texts, probably due to the difference in its content: instead of religious texts in the usual form, most of the Atharvaveda texts are short hymns or stanzas intended to...

We've discussed the shape of the hand, fingers, and mounts in previous articles. Finally, we turn to the most well-known aspect of palm reading: the lines of the palm.

Precious stones are stones notable for their color, brilliance, or rarity. Such stones have always been held in high esteem everywhere, particularly in the East with ornamental uses such as rings, bracelets, chokers, or necklaces. As a symbol of power, the crowns of kings, as well as their clothes, and those of their officials and priests, were...

An author like Shakespeare, one of the most important writers in Western literature, could not escape the beliefs in magic of his time. In his work he managed to bring together the sensibilities of popular culture while using universal references, typical of Greco-Roman traditions.

Merlin, also known as Myrddin or Merlinus, is the great magician of Arthurian legends best known for Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1469). The character was created by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his History of the Kings of Britain (1136), where he first appears as a wise and precocious young man with prophetic powers.