Aaron at GreenSong Grove 2013 Samhain (October 12)

Greetings Festival-Goers!

 

GreenSong Grove

 

I’ll be making two lecture appearances this fall – and the first will be this Saturday at GreenSong Grove’s Samhain Festival.  Make sure to click the link to register!  Or you can write to them at Council@greensonggrove.org.  Or give them a call at (727) 804-9370.

This year, I’ll be giving two lectures:

1) Secrets of the Girmoires:

Explore the history of the “Old Magick”, from anceint shamanic traditions, to the medieval Solomonic grimoires and into the modern occult revival.  The Old Magick – a line separate from the Golden Dawn, Thelema and much of the modern Neopagan movement – has been a lost art in the West for hundreds of years.  But now it’s coming back, and this lecture will explore how it got from its primordial origins to those of us following the same path today.

We will cover topics associated with famous grimoires such as the Key of Solomon the King, the Goetia, the Heptameron and the Book of Abramelin.  We will disucss related systems of folk magick such as Witchcraft, Hexcraft and Hoodoo – as well as various African Traditional Religions.  We will talk about the people and places that gave rise to the Solomonic grimoires, and we will talk about how the Old Magick is enjoying a massive resurgance in today’s occult communities.

Bring your thoughts, as this will be an open discussion!

 

2) The Old Magick in Today’s World (or ‘How to Make Your Magick Really Kick!’):

The term “Old Magick” is a blanket term to describe ancient and indigenous forms of occultism and folk magick around the world.  Many cultures, such as those in the East, the Mid-East, Africa and South America preserved their old folk traditions even after Christiainity moved in.  But here in the West, we lost touch with the Old Magick sometime around the Age of Enlightenment.

But the Old Magick isn’t gone from the West!  It has survived in writings on tablets and parchment and early books.  It has continued in New World folk practices like Hexcraft and Hoodoo.  And it is currently enjoying a revival in today’s movements of Solomonic practice, conjuring, sorcery, etc.

Most students of magick are well versed in the material descended from the Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner.  But it has become more important than ever for us to look beyond these uniquely modern forms of occultism and revisit what the ancients knew.  This class will talk about some aspects of the Old Magick that are sorely lacking in most modern traditions, and how we can incorporate the ancient secrets into what we are doing today.  Take this class to heart, and watch your magickal results increase significantly!

At the moment I am unsure what times these lectures will be held, but they will both be given this Saturday, October 12.  Come on out and enjoy a day of Samhain fun, and we can have a chat!  🙂

Stay tuned for the announcement of my next appearance (at Florida Pagan Gathering), in just a couple of weeks!