Saturday 10th July, 13:00-17:00. This event takes place in a DIFFERENT VENUE to the usual, as the Tamion Executive have all moved homes. Therefore, please email Soror Kim (kimhuggens [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk) for details of the location.
Talismans have been used for thousands of years to attract positive influences and as tools of High Magick. This workshop will briefly look at the history of talismans and the sigils used on them and then explain how to make and charge them. Everyone will then make and charge a talisman for their own personal use. All materials will be supplied on the day.
All are welcome to attend, whether you are initiated into OTO or not. Please bring something to add to the snack pile!
Venue: the Usual Venue; please email Soror Kim (kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk) for details.
Date and time: Sunday 13th June, 1pm-4pm.
The day after our Man of Earth Initiations (see below) we will be holding the fifth Hermetic Magic study group session. The techniques of inovcation, channelling and theurgy are useful – if not essential – for the practicing Western Mystery Tradition magician; invocation in particular can be applied to a great number of religious and magickal paths, including Christianity, Hinduism, Sufism, Vodou, Wicca, and Thelema. It is the process of summoning or calling upon a divine force, e.g. a God or spirit, and identifying with it, petitioning it, or even becoming possessed by it or channelling its essence. Theurgy especially focuses on the identification process between magician and God, with the eventual goal being the complete identification with the divine force and thus the raising of the self to a higher state of awareness.
In this workshop we’ll look at the techniques and practice of theurgy, channelling and invocation. We’ll examine some examples of invocation from classical texts, Thelemic rituals, and Golden Dawn practices; we’ll also create our own invocations and finish the session with a theurgical ritual.
Venue: Usual venue, please email Soror Kim (kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk) for the details.
Date: Saturday 12th June, 0900-23:00 (this is when we have the venue booked; we will have several different initiations going on throughout the day, so you will only need to be present for your relevant Degree’s initiation. Exact times will be disclosed nearer the time.
This event is open to anybody who has already taken their Minerval initiation and has completed the relevant Initiation application forms and had them signed by two sponsors. Contact kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk ASAP if you wish to undergo a Man of Earth Initiation (First, Second, Third, Fourth and Perfect Initiate) at this time and have not yet completed the forms or obtained sponsors.
Usual venue, please email Soror Kim (kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk) if you wish to attend.
Sunday May 9th @ 13:00-16:30
*Note – this study group is a joining of the second Tarot class (“Tarot for Improvers”) with the fourth Hermetic Magic Study group. *
This study group-workshop will be focusing on two aspects of Tarot: the first being its practical application for performing readings, specifically to answer questions about our spiritual and magickal lives, and how it reflects these issues; and the second being its relation to Qabbalah and the Tree of Life, and how it can be used to travel up the paths of the Tree of Life. By doing this, you learn about the various and manifold aspects of the Universe and the Self, and can begin to integrate your understanding into your everyday life.
For a more down to earth application, we will also look at how to use Tarot for results magic, and how to create affirmations for use in personal empowerment exercises, therapy, and ritual.
This event is open to all – you don’t have to be an initiate of OTO to attend. Some experience with Tarot is recommended, but basically if you’ve done a few readings and understand vaguely what a Tarot pack is then that’ll be enough.
Venue: The usual place. Please email Soror Kim (kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk) for further details.
Date: Sunday April 11th, 13:00pm-16:00pm.
This will be the third in a series of Hermetic Magic Study workshops, this time looking at Planetary Magic.
We’ll explore some theories about mankind’s magical associations with the solar system around us, the cosmological views that enable us to magickally link to the planets. We’ll examine what the ancients thought about the influence the planets had on the lives of humans, and look at some ancient hymns to the planets. We’ll also learn about modern magick’s associations for the planets, and their role in the systems of Kabbalah and Tarot.
For the practical side, we’ll learn how to create planetary sigils for results magic, create and perform planetary invocations, and scry a planetary plane for better understanding of the planet’s force in our lives. This will end with a scrying of one of these planes – probably Luna, as this is closest to our Earth.
As usual, please bring snacks to add to the snackage.
Saturday April 10th, 2pm-6pm. The Usual Venue. Please email Soror Kim (kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk) for information about venue.
On the days of April 9th, 10th and 11th 1904, Aleister and Rose Crowley received the channeled Book of the Law, the foundation text of Thelema. Tamion OTO will celebrate the annual feast of its reception on the second day, with a reading of the text and much feasting!
There may also be a Breaking of Bread ritual to begin the feast.
Everybody is invited to bring food and drink to add to the feast. For those who wish to be Centres of Pestilence, there will be a discussion of the Book of the Law afterwards.
Sunday March 21st, 1pm-4pm, the Usual Venue. Please email Soror Kim (kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk) for further venue information.
This is the second in a series of Yoga and Meditation Study Groups. This month’s session will explore the theory and practice of Pranayama, and will also expand upon some of the more basic breathing techniques that we learned last session. We will also learn methods of controllong our breathing for use in meditation, magick and ritual, and will be learning about the practice of Mantra.
Venue: please email Soror Kim at kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk if you wish to attend.
Date and Time: Sunday March 14th, 13:30pm-16:30pm.
This fun and informal workshop is designed to introduce beginners to using Tarot for divination and spiritual development. Run by the author of Tarot 101: Mastering the Art of Reading the Cards (forthcoming from Llewellyn Publications, June 2010), Kim Huggens, this workshop will also help more advanced students with fresh approaches to the cards.
If you don’t have your own Tarot deck yet, don’t worry – there will dozens of decks available for you to borrow on the day. Students of all levels of experience are welcome – even those who have years of Tarot reading under their belt will benefit from a new and more dynamic way of using and viewing the cards.
Although this event is run by Tamion Oasis, all are welcome whether they are initiates in OTO or not; similarly, whilst we will be briefly examining the Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot, our main point of focus for this workshop will be the Rider Waite Smith derived decks that are widely regarded as easier and more approachable for beginners and for everyday use.
Attendance at this workshop is free of charge, but there will be a donation tin for those who wish to contribute something towards Tamion Oasis and things like tea, biscuits, and handouts.
Sunday March 7th, 13:00-17:00pm. Central Cardiff location (please email Soror Kim at kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk for venue details)
This is the second in the series of workshops exploring Hermetic Magic techniques. Last session we looked at the Kabbalah and the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram to form a solid basis for further work and understanding. This session is devoted to the classical four elements and their application in Hermetic Magic.
We’ll look at the historical development of the categories of the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water, and their correspondance over the centuries to various aspects of our world, e.g. human characteristics, activities, and bodily functions. We’ll examine how they are invoked and worked with in a ritual setting, their purpose in magic, and their symbolism.
Most importantly, we’ll be introducing the four elements as symbols for our own psyches, and using the technique of scrying the Elemental Planes. We will end this workshop by scrying the Elemental Plane of Earth and discussing our results.
The Hermetic Magic Study Group is held the day directly after Tamion’s next round of Minerval Initiations. There are rugs and floors to sleep on for those who are attending the Minervals and travelling a distance – please email Soror Kim at kimhuggens@yahoo.co.uk to arrange this.
As usual, please bring some snacks to the workshop to share – snackage makes Hermetic Magic so much better!
On Sunday 21st February, 1pm, the Tamion Oasis of OTO will be hosting the first in a series of Yoga and Meditation study groups, designed to cover a wide variety of techniques from pranayama, asana, and pratyahara, to yama and ni-yama, mettabhavana, and more! These techniques, although coming from the Indian traditions, are vitally important for modern Western magickal practitioners as they train the mind and body and allow the practitioner better control over both, improving the health of mind, body and spirit.
This first session will start simple, covering the basics of body and mind control, basic breathing techniques, and exploring the use of these techniques to the magickal practitioner.
This study group is open to everybody who is interested – you don’t have to be an initiate of OTO to come along! The study group is free to attend, but please bring some small snacks or drinks to share afterwards (some of the practices should be done on an empty stomach!)
To attend, please contact us for further information.
