The Apprentice

Module 5: The Magical Tools

Module Five is the fulcrum module of lessons in the middle of the apprentice section. Through these lessons, the magician learns how to bring the tools to life, how they work together, and also explores some of the lesser known tools used in magic.

Besides learning how to work with the sword, cup, etc, the apprentice learns how to infuse power into a drawn pattern to turn that pattern into a tool, how to work with bottles/dilution and succession as an extension of the magical vessel (the beginnings of alchemical processing), and how to work with myths as tools.

The apprentice also begins the very first beginner steps towards learning how to construct an inner temple and an egregore: first the magician learns to exteriorise their own pattern on to a cloth shield, which in turn becomes a proxy for the magical work space by deepening the connection between the individual magician and the inner frequency of the work space. This eventually flowers, in the adept modules, into the skill of building an inner construction, complete with its own egregore; a construct that is strong, contacted, contained, and yet flows with the powers of nature.



The Apprentice - Module 5

Please note: a link offered in lesson two relating to Celtic Swords is now defunct. Thanks Jo Flinders for spotting that. Here is an alternative link that Jo found for you to use: https://web.stanford.edu/dept/archaeology/cgi-bin/archaeolog/?p=181