#125 - Geomancy & Pillars of Gladness with Dr. Al Cummins

Summary

Dr. Alexander Cummins discusses angelic calls, geomantic divination practices, and the intricacies of the Enochian language in his latest book 'Nazarth: Pillars of Gladness'. He explores how to effectively engage with these mystical traditions and addresses listener questions related to his work. This episode delves into the intersection of history, charm, and contemporary practices in esoteric contexts.

Key takeaways

• 1Angelic calls: Invocations in mystical practices meant to connect with divine entities.
• 2Geomantic divination: A method of divination involving figures produced from random markings.
• 3Enochian language: A language revealed to John Dee and Edward Kelley in the late 16th century, thought to be the language of angels.
• 4'Nazarth: Pillars of Gladness': Dr. Cummins' book focusing on geomancy and its angelical aspects.
• 5Cunning man: A figure in folk magic who performs various occult tasks often seen in the context of the modern traditional witchcraft revival.

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Transcript excerpt

Um, Iadna, od Luciftaian quoz ta valon zern, to oat gmikals om l'razut tofklo, od osikle, zakar od zamliaks, qua cosab obeleson, iae al-ednas, ziklus. Salutations, listeners, and welcome back to Glitch Bottle, the podcast where we uncork the uncommon in magic, mysticism, and the generally misunderstood. Today, we're so excited to discuss geomancy and an angelical psalter of calls with contemporary cunning man and professional geomancer, Dr. Alexander Cummins. What are angelic calls? How do you open and close geomantic divination? And what are angelical charms and some little discussed details of Enochian? Well, our next guest is one of the best people to ask, Dr. Alexander Cummins, contemporary cunning man, author, historian, and poet. Dr. Al's latest home from Hadean Press is entitled Nazarth, Pillars of Gladness or a Geomancer's Angelical Psalter of Calls. This is a treasure house of geomantic incantations. It has 19 keys that were received and wrought through a combination of spirit communications, dream incubation, ritual cut-up, and judicious co-editing alongside tutelary shades and attendant spirits. So in this podcast, Dr. Al shares how this angelical psalter offers prayers for opening and closing rituals of geomantic divination. Dr. Al also shares about how this can help clear the potentially dangerous miasmas of halted shield charts very important in geomancy. And Dr. Al also presents calls for directly working with the spirits, virtues, and materia of each of the 16 figures of Renaissance European geomancy to remediate deleterious conditions, to transmute obstacles, to stir and direct spirits, and also to galvanize blessings. Dr. Al also explores the roots of the so-called Enochian language and so, so much more. A big thanks as always to each supporter of the podcast on patreon.com slash glitchbottle. ...

Excerpt from Glitch Bottle, Nov 13, 2022. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.