The Huntress

She lurks in the shadows
Eying her prey 
Salivating at the thought of the luscious Nectar on Her lips
Nourishing Her, healing Her, filling Her
In the deep, She turns force into form
Once again practicing that ancient forgotten Art
Pleasure and pain. Full and Empty. Not and is.
Her bow pierces the heart of the hunted
Be that enemy or prey.None can escape Her bloody fury. 
For, both in torrents of anger and of lust, She inthralls.
Ever persistent. Ever enduring.
She seeks both satiety of thirst and of curiosity. 
In a never ending cycle of Becoming.

Yes, I am an Occultist.

Hey, I am glad you are reading my blog! The few of you that know about it, probably also know I am an occultist. What exactly do I mean by 'occultist'? Well, that word has a lot of 'crapola', as a friend of mine likes to say, around it. So lets dissect it, shall we?

This first definition was taken from the merriam-webster website:

 Occult

transitive verb

to shut off from view or exposure : cover, eclipse

Origin of OCCULT

Latin occultare, frequentative of occulere

First Known Use: 1500

The second definition from merriam-webster defines the word occult as an adjective:

1.: not revealed : secret

2: not easily apprehended or understood : abstruse,mysterious

3: hidden from view : concealed

4: of or relating to the occult

5: not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone<occult carcinoma>; also : not present in macroscopic amounts <occult blood in a stool>

— oc·cult·ly adverb

Examples of OCCULT

1.    occult practices such as magic and fortune-telling

2.    He began to believe he had occult powers.

Origin of OCCULT

Latin occultus, from past participle of occulere to cover up, from ob- in the way + -culere (akin to celare to conceal)

First Known Use: 1533

Related to OCCULT

Synonyms: arcane, cryptic, deep, enigmatic (alsoenigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mystic, mysterious,uncanny

Antonyms: accessible, clear, nonambiguous, obvious, plain,unambiguous, unequivocal

And last but not least...

Definition of OCCULT as a noun

: matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them —used with the

First Known Use of OCCULT

1923

Alright, I won't bore you with any more etymology...let us go forth!

So, we see here that there are two main themes in these definitions: That which is hidden  and that which is Supernatural. No not the show....Although I do like me some Dean Winchester...Yummy....

But back to my point...

I wanted to avoid going into my past, since that can be boring for some, but it is necessary. As a child, I was taught to believe in reincarnation, odd as it is my mother is christian. I have had odd experiences as a child that led me to believe that there was something more out there than what most could see. So I decided to start looking and, here I am three years after the commencement of my journey. 

So, I am an occultist. I study and research the hidden and supernatural of this world. By hidden I mean that which is within me (the Microcosm) as well as that which is around me (the Macrocosm). In saying Hidden, I do not mean lost treasure or, perhaps I do. The treasure I seek is not silver or gold, it is worth much more than that. The treasure I seek lies hidden within me and the universe. I seek to understand myself and in so doing understand (as much as possible) the universe. Magick does form a vital part in my practice, since it can be a necessary tool on this path...but we will leave that vast subject for another post or posts...


Briefly, I will say that in this blog I plan to discuss: 
Kemeticism (Cosmogony, Hieroglyphs-and their possible magickal usage), Asetianism, magick-from my point of view, the Qabalah from a Hermetic standpoint, the Tarot- as both a divinatory tool, a meditation tool, and a magickal tool, Thelema, tips, warnings and suggested reading, for all of you who share somethings in common with me. Otherwise I hope you learn and are able to take something from this and much more!


I must say, that I too am learning. I am but a student and will always be. Most of the time I will write my OPINION here. I am not an Asetian or in any way affiliated with the Aset Ka, so what I say here, please take with a grain of salt, and refer to their website

http://www.asetka.org/index.shtml 

and the Asetian Bible for any valid information on them, since it is directly from the Order. I am also not an initiate in any Order and I have never taught before. This blog is mostly for ramblings and stray thoughts, and tidbits that I would like to share. NOTHING ELSE. 

I may also occasionally share some fictional writing I often write given I am inspired and maybe even a random drawing or two..perhaps even a recording of my music if I ever feel up to it...:P

Hopefully through this blog I can shed light on things for those of you who are new to the occult path. I don't care what path you are on, since not all of my readers will share the same path as I. All I want is for you to take a bit from this blog and learn and grow, as I learn and grow in writing it. 

Enjoy! Go forth and learn and grow my fellow occultists!