Catching Hands: Gestural Magic for Planetary Sorcery
Catching Hands: Gestural Magic for Planetary Sorcery
A self-contained one-off class exploring ritual hand gestures - based around the forms of the sixteen figures of geomancy - for calling, cohering, and deploying planetary virtue. This class-bundle combines a two-hour long-form illustrated lecture with access to full scans of early modern primary sources on hand magics and astrological magic, along with the illustrated slides and further recommended reading. No prior knowledge of astrology, palmistry, geomancy, or magic is assumed.
The reading of palms (or, to give its Greek title, chiromancy) is an old and established form of divination: interpreting the lines of the hands and across the fingers to read the shape of one's fate. But the use of the gestures of the hands for operative sorcery and spell-craft - to actually change and redirect fate - is rather less well known or discussed, despite being an incredibly powerful technique in the magical practitioner's arsenal.
In this class-bundle, contemporary cunning man and historian of magic, Dr. Alexander Cummins will take us through the fundamentals of such gestural magics, concentrating on their applications in planetary and geomantic magic - from empowering ingredients to directing energy, and from launching spells to saluting spirits.
This class-bundle includes:
An illustrated lecture of two hours duration
Full deck of illustrated slides and notes
Fourteen primary source documents concerning gestural and astrological magic
Bibliography of further reading
A full table of contents of the lecture itself runs:
Forms of Gesture
Chiromancy
Elements of the Hand
Planets of the Hand
Geomantic Salutes
Composing Ritual
Chironomia
Choreography
Talismans
Onychomancy
Washing Your Hands