Thelema NOW! Crowley, Ritual & Magick Thelema NOW! Guest: Frater Acher (2024)
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Jul 10, 2024 Frater Acher, an author from southern Germany, dives into the fascinating world of ritual knives and their historical significance. He shares insights from his book, "Trutmezzer: A Blade of Two Ways," and discusses his personal experiences with blades in shamanistic spirit work. The conversation explores the blend of nature and intuition in magical practices and examines the symbolic roles of these tools in spiritual connections. Acher also highlights common misconceptions surrounding magical blades and their impact on contemporary rituals.
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Let The Land Choose Your Ritual Spot
- Pack offerings, blades, and a kapala when you go on a nature rite and let the land guide you to the working spot.
- Walk the landscape, listen for the land's call, and settle where you feel pulled rather than forcing a predetermined location.
Human Usefulness As A Ritual Question
- Humans are the odd species in ecosystems; rites ask what use humans can be in nonhuman environments.
- Acher frames practice as letting nature colonize the human rather than imposing human will on a landscape.
Blades Act As Doorways For Spirits
- Blades function as doorways or intermediary dwellings that spirits inhabit during workings.
- A ritual hybrid forms of spirit, human, and blade centered on the blade to safely mediate intense spirits.