Just to take things a little bit further - in the fourth book there is a technique of populating the name with vowels described. The vowels are written down in the same manner as the letters in the technique above on the chart starting from ascendant. The degree that indicates the vowel is calculate... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius Replies: 21 Views: 10985 Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:04 pm Jump to post
Hi EPurdue, Yes, that's exactly how I read it. And you're right - a compound almuten is a much better comparison that a hyleg, I was talking out of my hat. Thanks again, Christopher Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius Replies: 21 Views: 10985 Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:01 pm Jump to post
Re: Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius irisalbus wrote: Could you please give the title and the chapter title of the work in which this description can be found? Sure - it's in the 3rd book of the Occult Philosophy, chapter 26 Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius Replies: 21 Views: 10985 Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:22 pm Jump to post
Hi EPurdue, It's great to hear that you are working on a new translation! I'd be certainly interested in acquiring a copy once it's in print. And I didn't know that there was a private edition too. After analysing those passages, I came to the conclusion that my previous approach was wrong. Rather t... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius Replies: 21 Views: 10985 Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:30 am Jump to post
Hi Mark, I managed to find some time yesterday after all to listen to it. It was a good lecture and I just finished reading Iamblichus recently so it was nice to review those passages regarding the personal daemon. However the method itself (oikodespotes) aims to find the actual daemon (which in thi... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius Replies: 21 Views: 10985 Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:19 am Jump to post
Hi Mark, Thank you for your warm welcome and for the link - it does look like a great treat indeed! Now I only need an uninterrupted 30 min to listen to it (hopefully tonight!). Thanks again, Christopher Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius Replies: 21 Views: 10985 Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:12 pm Jump to post
Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius Greetings all, I am trying to bend my head around one of Agrippa's methods of finding one's daemon. Has any of you tried that technique? Here is the fragment describing the technique: the degree of the ascendent of any ones, nativity being known, and the other corners of the heaven being Coequated, ... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Finding a name of guardian angel / daemon / genius Replies: 21 Views: 10985 Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:50 pm Jump to post