Astrotheurgy & High Magick

Theurgic ascent through celestial forces

“What we are teaching in the Magnum Opus curriculum is astrotheurgy - the invocation of celestial energies for the purposes of strengthening, energizing, and ultimately crystallizing the energy system - as well as manifesting changes both within our own consciousness and the outside world.” - Damien Echols, Patreon

• The divine hierarchy: One → Nous → Soul → Stars → Bodies

• The soul’s descent and ascent through the spheres
• Celestial bodies as living intelligences (ensouled)
• Each planetary sphere is a gate of initiation and purification

Theurgy vs. Astrology vs. Magic

• Astrology: Knowledge of celestial influences
• Magic: Will-based manipulation of unseen forces
• Theurgy: Divine invocation for soul salvation and union
• Astrotheurgy: The sacred fusion of all three—aimed at divinization

Key Texts & Sources

• Iamblichus – De Mysteriis
• Proclus – On the Theology of Plato
• Plotinus – Enneads
• Chaldean Oracles
• Orphic Hymns
• Agrippa – Three Books of Occult Philosophy
• Marsilio Ficino – Three Books on Life
• Corpus Hermeticum
• Book of Abramelin (in part)
• Picatrix

High Magick - Astrotheurgy

1. Elemental - (nigredo) (Pentagram)

• 3 months dedicated to each of 4 elements. - LBRP, GBRP
1. Earth - Uriel
2. Air - Raphael
3. Water - Gabriel
4. Fire - Michael
5. Quintessence

1. Planetary - (Albedo) (Hexagram)

• 10 spheres of tree of life, 7 classical planets - LHR , GHR
1. Luna(order correct?)
2. Mercury
3. Venus
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Sol (all other hexagrams drawn on top of one another)

1. Zodiacal (Citrinitas) (Supreme pentagram) *“Supreme pentagram ritual to invoke the four fixed signs of the zodiac to establish stability, and then gradually builds up to invoking all of the archangels and angels that symbolize these energies.”(DE)

• 12 signs, 36 decans, 72 angels of Shem + 360 angels of each degree of zodiac

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1. 12 — Invoke 12 archangels of the zodiac - constellations
2. 36 — Invoke those 12 archangels with invoking the angels of the 36 decans of the zodiac.
3. 72 — Invoking the 72 angels of the Shem operation, which are also zodiacal in nature.

1. Fixed stars (Citrinitas)

• Invoke 4 royal stars, 15 archangels of the fixed stars (names are not widely known - have to be given?)
• “The last level of the zodiacal work before approaching the throne of God is the fixed stars, also called the Behenian stars.”(DE)
• Arabic bahman, "root," as each was considered a source of astrological power for one or more planets.

1. Source - (Rubedo)

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