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Beginning with the differences between the ‘natural Witch’ compared to those who need to cultivate their abilities we examine the importance of training

or to help change the tide after a cleansing when you have had a run of bad luck

The depiction of a deity presenting these items of power to a human indicates the conferring of some divine measure

It is through union with this entity that witches and folk magicians gained access to the powers that reside within the hidden realms and the natural world

Underworld Gnosis, Occult Currents in Dante's Inferno default-HIDE At the end of thisAuthor: A. D. Mercer The Inferno of Dante Alighieri, written in the early 1300s, contains some of the most vivid imaginings of Hell and its denizens extant in Christian mysticism. Equally, its portrayal of the torture of the eternal soul marks out a visionary religious philosophy of good and evil, the nature of eternity, and divine retribution. Composed as a cautionary allegory for the pious Christian, the Inferno can also be understood at a variety