Topics
Kabbalah and sacred numbers, angels and celestial hierarchies, the geometry of sacred places and Italian magical folklore: an illuminated codex of tradition.
Kabbalah & numerology
The Tree of Life, the sefirot, the Hebrew letters, gematria and the numbers of the Pythagorean tradition.
Angels & hierarchies
Angelic choirs, archangels and guardian angels across traditions, from the Bible to Dante and beyond.
Sacred geometry
Golden ratio, proportion, mandalas, temples and cathedrals: form as the language of the sacred.
Italian magical folklore
Benandanti, janare, munaciello, amulets and folk beliefs of the Italian regions, between history and anthropology.
Featured articles
Abraham Abulafia and ecstatic Kabbalah: the science of letters
Abraham Abulafia, a 13th-century kabbalist born in Saragossa: letter combination, breath and divine names as a meditative path from Spain to Sicily.
The Amesha Spenta: the Bounteous Immortals of Zoroastrianism
The Amesha Spenta, the yazatas and the fravashis of Zarathustra's religion: names, meanings, associated elements and the debate on influences in angelology.
Ad quadratum and ad triangulum: the builders' secret rules
The two geometric methods medieval masters used to design churches and cathedrals, from Roriczer's booklet to the disputes over Milan Cathedral.
Anguane and the Wild Man: Creatures of the Italian Alps
The anguane, water women of the Alpine valleys from the Veneto to Trentino, and the wild man who taught people to make cheese: figures, tales and meaning.
Ein Sof: the Infinite of Kabbalah and the three veils before light
Ein Sof, the nameless Infinite of Kabbalah: origin of the term, negative theology, its link to the sefirot and the three veils of the Hermetic tradition.
The archangel Gabriel: the messenger of announcements
Gabriel across traditions: Daniel's visions, the announcements to Zechariah and Mary in Luke's Gospel, Jibril in Islam and the symbol of the lily in art.
The pyramids of Giza: geometry, orientation and solar symbol
The Great Pyramid between fact and legend: alignment to the cardinal points, the seked system, the supposed pi and the symbolism of the sun's ray.
The Snake Catchers of Cocullo: Saint Dominic's Serpent Feast
Saint Dominic's feast at Cocullo, Abruzzo: the serpari, the statue wrapped in snakes, the relics, the little bell and ancient roots among the Marsi.
The life path number: calculating it from the date of birth
How to calculate the life path number from the date of birth, why the methods give different results and how the numerological tradition interprets it.
Dominions, Virtues and Powers: the second angelic triad
The second triad of the celestial hierarchy: Dominions, Virtues and Powers, their Pauline sources, the roles theologians gave them and the symbol of order.
Kepler and the Platonic solids: the dream of a geometric cosmos
Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum: the five Platonic solids between the planetary orbits, the failure of the hypothesis and the search for world harmony.
Babau, the Black Man and Marabbecca: Italy's Childhood Bogeymen
The bogeymen of Italian childhood: the babau, the black man, the Marabbecca of Sicilian wells, the Borda of the Po valley fog. Function and meaning.