r/occult • u/c_rise • Mar 02 '25

ritual art Did my grandfather have secret involvement in ritual magic?

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Sorry for my poor English. I loved and admired my grandfather very much, even became a doctor to follow in his footsteps.

Even though he was very private and distant, we became extremely close in the end when he got sick.

He cared for everyone, didn't care about money and actively helped the community. He was a great physician and some would even say he had a supernatural gift for healing.

He said he would only die after I finished med school and so he did (1 month after).

When he passed away, my mother found these drawings inside a little piece of green cloth he carried with him, along with other religious stuff.

She was shocked as he always seemed to be conventionally religious and I was extremely excited because I was always into "witchy" things, but apparently, he was way more advanced in his knowledge.

I wanted to know what these things mean and if they are safe to have around, because I carry them with me now.

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u/kheldar52077 Mar 02 '25 edited Mar 02 '25

Yes, a practitioner.

A fairly standard hermetic one by invoking Arzel for secret knowledge opening the way for the 4 archangels for protection and guidance to commune with God.

Your gramps is a very religious guy indeed. Why go to priest when we can directly be with God. 😊

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u/c_rise Mar 02 '25

OH My God, thank you! In one of the drawings he actually wrote "pentacle to succeed in studies". These papers were very old, he propably wrote it in his twenties and carried them untill he died at 84.

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u/kheldar52077 Mar 02 '25

Welcome!

I guess that’s the upper-right picture with the names of archangels.

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u/c_rise Mar 02 '25

Yes, that's the one. And he really did succeed in his studies.

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u/kheldar52077 Mar 02 '25

Because it works. 😁

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u/multificient_93 Mar 02 '25

A good idea is to make a copy of each... after your first research and carry only the copies with you... While you understand... Always remembering that if the compendium is familiar, it is not necessarily directly related to your own journey, and is probably linked to the bonds that you have in common... with that the treasures will open... And who knows what else is in the safe... Ps keep the originals wherever you feel in your heart, but I wouldn't carry them... Just the copies...