Tabla 3. Comorbilidad significativa recogida en las GPC seleccionadas
Anexo 7. Tablas de evidencia de estudios
OPUSCULA MAGICA I I D REAM, PROVENANCE AND M A G I S T R Y 99 n octurnal flight of the W i l d H u n t . M e r g i n g w it h C h r i s t i a n generation, the si m pl e t e a chings of r u r a l m a g i c i ans have theological conceptions the background of folk belief assisted grown, coalescing with their longevity to establish traditions in the formation of the stereotypical witch ritual we know as with rites of ini t i a t ion and f o r mal i n d u c t i on . Readers here The Mitches' Sabbath . From an e s o t e r i c p e r s p e c t i ve i t i s are well-advised that the Cultus Sabbati is a closed circle and c onsidered t ha t t h e S a b b a t h i s t h e a s t r a l o r d r ea m according to long-standing custom, those who ask for entry convocation of magical ritualists' souls, animal selves, and a are refused. Initiation is by invitation only. Where the spirits
vast array of spirits, faeries and otherworldly beings. It is
so will it, a path shall be found.
c onsidered that the t ru e l o c a t ion o f t h e S a b b ath is at t h e
The circle of the Cultus Sabbati holds dear the spells and
Crossroads of waking, sleeping and mundane dreaming, that customs which generations past have bequeathed. The use of i s, in the state of'True Dr eamin g t he r e a l m i n w h i c h t h e psalms, biblical divination, oral customs of ritual praxis have Lady Moon, the nocturnal sun, illumines a world beyond the r emained with us, mer ging am i dst a gr eater body of l o r e , reach of the uninitiated. s ome old, some new y e t a l l c o n s t an t in v i v i f i c a t ion fr o m
The teachings of the cunning-folk have come and gone for the timeless wellspring of dream. For as time passes, the circle the most part from mo d ern Eu r o pean culture, but here and hearkens to the spirits patron to it s h e r i t a ge, a.nd through t here fragments of l o r e h a v e b e e n p a s sed d ow n t o t h e dream and spirit - m e d i u m s hip th e c i r cl e fl eshes itself and present-day. In instances where the custodians of lore and moves forward. The authenticity of our w or k d oes not rest ritual have been ardent stud e nts of th e m a g i cal artes, the 1n ant1qu1ty, 1t 1s act1ve through present and on-go1rlg v1s1oil. f ragments have c o a l esced t o e s t a b l is h s t r e am s o f s e l f
Traditional Sabbatic Craft often employs demonological
conscious tradition. W h e r e tw o o r m o r e o f t h e s e st r eams names and imagery as part of a. cipher to convey a gnosis of c onjoin a. river is born, and thus it i s t ha t th e p r e sent - d ay Luciferian self-liberation. Similarly, and as aforesaid, rituals Cultus of the so-called 'Sabbatic Tradition' emerges. may utilise Christian forms and terms, both as a part of long Cultus Sabbati is a body of magical initiates who practise standing custom and as part of a sorcerous intent to willfully b oth solitary and collective rituals, whose lineal traditio n / s re-orientate cultural accumulated 'belief' to magical purposes. descend, in both oral and textual forms, from surviving 19th The positive and negative aspects of this arcanum are dealt c entury cunnin g - f ol k an d r i t u a l m a g i c p r a c t i ce. I t i s n o twith in my book Asoetia (Xoanon, I992) under the name 'The
claimed that we practice the very same rites, spells and so Iconostasis of Belief' and readers are directed there for moreforth of the I6/zpth century cunning-folk, for it is the very
detailed understanding. One must be wise to discern the usenature of these things to change their form and manner. One
of veil upon veil: the use of demonological terms should not
must remember that rituals are ensouled with practise, that bc misconstrued as advocacy for vu l gar 'Satanism', 'black spirits as well as men and women pass on and teach the Arte I)) agic' or such like; neither should our positive use of Judaeo Magical. As the generations pass, some lore remains constant, t'.I) r<stia)) terms imply adherence in any conventional sense. some does not i t c h a n g es, evolves and adapts according to '! 'I)c S;)bbatic (.'.raft uses sorcerous teachings of a specialised time, need, and insight. In th e l ast cent ury th c s t r e ams of ' g(1()st)c cll'll",Ictcl', ll(I o(lfc1 p;)rt' of which combines a coded custom and 01al tiaclit1011 have flourishe 111 SIT)all circles of lls(' ()I b()tll ! .<tell('I Ic 'llld ( . i l l ' I s t() p ; I g \I ) 1'c111)s. 011c must ritual observance, and in being passed from gc()c<;tt(()II t() I)( c;II'('l'<Il t<) I<It('I'pI'< I I Itis„ it is:I t(st! I'cw pass bey<)nd It.
IOO OPUscULA MAGIcA I I
T HE SABBATIC CU L T U S :
it. (It is seriously recommended that all sincere students and
AN I N T E R V I E W W I T H A N D R E W D . C H U M B L EY
s eekers aspiring to any form of T r a d i t i o nal C r aft be on du e guard; test all those who speak of these matters, and hold fast
solely to that wh ich is of g ood r e p u te, sound counsel, and
By Robert Fitzgerald
demonstrable integrity)A defining feature of the Cultus is its specialised use of the
RF. Please give some personal background information on
mythos of th e m e d i eval and e arly m o d ern E u r o pean
yourself, Andrew D. Chumbley, the entity also known as the
Witches'Sabbath as the basis and idiom for its rituals and
Grand Magister Alogos Dhul'qarnen Khidir of the Cultus
Sabbati. Interests, influences, environmental circumstances, p ractices. This is not s i m pl y an i n d w e l l i n g o f t h e p a s t o r
human contrivance, but rather a spirit - t aught reification of etc. the Sabbath's potent oneiric reality in an ongoing trachtion
AC. I am a Cunning Man li v ing in a rural village within th e of magical practice. The whole complex of imagery that is the
c ounty o f E s s e x , E n g l a n d . A s t o m u n d a n e p e r s o n a l Witches' Sabbath is esoterically understood as the atemporal
information, that is my business! I am older than some and reality of our ri t u al. W he n p e r c eived anew th r o ugh pr axis,
y ounger than o t h e rs; r i c her t h a n s o m e an d p o o r e r t h a n d ream and spir i t - m e d i u m s h ip , th e m y r i a d m o t i f s o f t h e
others. To give information about one's personal life to those