Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.pagan.magick,alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic,talk.religion.misc,alt.divination Subject: Magic Squares and Their Qualities (was The Most Evil Book Ever) References: <20030108140038.02364.00000304@mb-fk.aol.com> <20030112225020.01866.00000587@mb-cu.aol.com> From: Seyfert-1 Reply-To: spam@luckymojo.com User-Agent: nn/6.6.0 Lines: 53 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:06:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.242.18 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1042617965 208.201.242.18 (Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:06:05 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:06:05 PST Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:35739 alt.magick:332411 alt.pagan.magick:35505 alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic:35940 talk.religion.misc:393116 alt.divination:20950 50030115 VII om t3dy@aol.composthip (sned the bold): > has it ever occurred to you that crowley might be... > possibly... fucking with your head? a popular supposition about some of his assertions. >the abramelin book is a fairly ordinary occult book, in the medieval >hermeticists butchering jewish mysticism school. the symbols you >find so scary are "magic squares" which are supposedly useful for >divers purposes. here is an example of a magic square: > >|1|2|3| >|4|5|6| >|7|8|9| strictly not so. magic squares typically at least add to the same numbers in their rows and columns. such as the Square of Saturn: |4|9|2| |3|5|7| |8|1|6| from memory, orientation may vary. rows, columns and diagonals add to 15, totalling 45. generally, any square can be magical if employed properly by the mage. > pretty freaky, huh? they can be impressive. their analysis is a lesson in cypher and surface. the varying sizes are associated with or attributed to the Seven Visible Planets (of the Ancients). I suspect there is greater variation in terms of reflection or directional orientation than is at first admitted by those who present them as doctrinal or required for practice or as part of an occult philosophical edifice (Agrippa et al). magic squares are classified by orders of magnitude (dimension) and their qualities form family-relations based on numerical and planar principles. see Andrews, for example, from which I'll quote if there's interest. Seyfert-1 ========================== y r B o l b n e e w s a o s s d e t e d ! .com@nagasiva