Course Overview

The 1st Double-Semester
In Magic & Hermetic Philosophy

Course-No.: 2/11
Course Title: 1st Doublesemester
Attendees: Novices
Service: 4 Teaching Letters (NO-TL)
Development Time: 2 Semester
Graduation: 4 Exams (written & practical)
Follow-up Course: Course 3 (2nd Double-Semester)

NOVICE TEACHING LETTER #1 / Topics Overview / Teaching Content

Hermetic Basics (Knowledge Lessons)

  • The Magic of Numbers

  • Volantia, Dekretism & Posism

  • Zarathustra

  • Diabolus

  • The Black Raven

  • On the Reality of Angels

  • About the Order of the Knights Templar

  • Magic & Drugs

  • Gods, Angels and Demons?

  • Hermeneutics of Hermetics (8 Editions)

  • Trance & Deep Sleep

  • Dualism

  • A Quarterly Meeting (Readings, Lectures & Workshops)

Magic Basics & Techniques (in Theory & Practice)

  • Work on the Self and the Opus Magnum

  • Rite & Ceremonial

  • The Power of Concentration

  • The Silence of Thought

  • Imagination Techniques

  • Astral Work

  • Solve et coagula

  • The Seven Worlds

  • Physical & Mental Relaxation

  • Breathing Correctly

  • Magic & Yoga: Asana Techniques

  • The Exteriorization

  • The Basic Asana

  • Relaxation Exercises

  • Monthly Meditation Topics

NOVICE TEACHING LETTER #2 / Topics Overview / Teaching Content

Hermetic Basics (Knowledge Lessons)

  • The Angeloi (Introduction to Angelology)

  • Demonology in Antiquity

  • Passive Evocation Techniques

  • About Witchcraft

  • The Babylonian Worldview

  • The Imagination of the Protective Case

  • The Concept of Satan in Christianity

  • Ancient Magic (magia antiquitas, agatho- & kakodaimones)

  • Jewish Magic & Kabbalism

  • Creation & Formation of a Paradigm

  • On the Devil’s Problem

  • A Quarterly Meeting (Readings, Lectures & Workshops)

Magic Basics & Techniques (in Theory & Practice)

  • Gazing Exercises

  • The Lesser & Greater Introspection (Soul-Searching)

  • Autosuggestion & Transmutation

  • Mindfulness & Willpower

  • Conscious Perception

  • Training the Mind

  • Cabbala I (Etz Chiim)

  • Sub rosa

  • The Radiance of the Eyes

  • Concentration & Introspection Exercises

  • The Elements

  • Introspection

  • Recall Techniques

  • The Fasting Week

  • Subjectivation Mechanisms

  • The System Tree of Life

NOVICE TEACHING LETTER #3 / Topics Overview / Teaching Content

Hermetic Basics (Knowledge Lessons)

  • Mystery of Breathing

  • Hermes Trismegistos

  • The neo-Platonism

  • Barrett, Crowley, Nettesheim & Spare

  • Good & Evil

  • The Bardon Problem

  • The Three Steps to Mental Silence

  • Nechesh

  • Cabbala II (QBLH)

  • The Object-Subject Split

  • Concept Magic

  • A Quarterly Meeting (Readings, Lectures & Workshops)

Magic Basics & Techniques (in Theory & Practice)

  • Various Breathing Techniques (Pranayama)

  • Mystery of Prana & Od

  • Withdrawal of the Senses (Pratyahara)

  • Concentration Techniques & Thought Breeding (Dharana)

  • Mind Control in Everyday Life

  • Exercises to Strengthen the Will

  • The Seven Bodies

  • Cabbala III

  • Full Breathing Exercises

  • Mind Flood Control

  • Mechanisms of Thought Displacement

  • Emptiness & Silence of Thought

  • The Middle Pillar

  • Olfactory-visual Affirmation Techniques

  • Self-Reflexions

  • Deconditioning Techniques

NOVICE TEACHING LETTER #4 / Topics Overview / Teaching Content

Hermetic Basics (Knowledge Lessons)

  • Foundations for the Creation of Worlds

  • The Passive Evocation of Raphael

  • Frontier Violation

  • Astral Vampires & Sexual Demons

  • The Constructed Christianity

  • History of German Occultism

  • About Love

  • Necromancy

  • De veritate corum mensuranda

  • Hermetica

Magic Basics & Techniques (in Theory & Practice)

  • The Four Elements and their Alchemical Double Action

  • The Elements-Zodiac Mapping

  • The Seven Classical Planets

  • The ZEP Assignment

  • The Pentagram

  • The Rituals Of The Pentagram

  • Symbolic Power

  • The Kabbalistic Cross

  • Pranayama, Part 2

  • The Tree Of Life, Part 3

  • History Lesson

Annotations

  • The study duration of the 1st doublesemester is 12 months and includes the four teaching letters NO-LB 1 – 4.
  • Each teaching letter (TL) is checked in writing and practically, either via SKYPE or with your mentor on site.
  • Each teaching letter contains two extensive control question and control exercise forms for theory and practice, in order to be able to verify the learned and practiced for the forthcoming examinations on one’s own initiative.
  • In order to pass an examination, 60 percentage points must be obtained for the written and practical tests.
  • Each double semester comprises 4 teaching letters, approximately 400 pages of teaching material in DIN A4 format, topic-related e-books (PDF) and various audio teaching materials in mp3 format, spoken by the head of I.M.B.O.L.C..

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