Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh- these are the traditional gifts of the Three Holy Kings to the infant Christ - but what else did Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar give to us? What can these Magi teach us? What is their legacy to modern magicians? What can we learn from them, their cultus, and the various folklores and traditions and grimoires that invoke their name and aid? Join their Journey in this three part course recording on the ‘gifts’ of the Three Magi in grimoiric and folk magical traditions and techniques around the world, across the centuries.

 From blessing and empowering your home, journeys, altars, and magical operations, to methodologies of working with the shades of dead magicians, this course is offered as an act of devotion to these powerful spirits, and to empower those who seek to work with them.

 This tripartite course series mirrors the three acts - the Journey, the Adoration, and the Return - of the Three Kings. We look at folkloric hagiographies of this Pilgrimage, including details such as the association of the Magi with three-part crossroads of the trivium. We analyse the magical workings contained in various grimoires and spellbooks invoking the Three Kings - workings of safe travel, of spirit conjuration, and of protection. Ultimately this journey alongside the Kings takes students through various magical means of consecrating and empowering themselves, their materia, and their rituals.

 Of particular note is the potential of the Magi as co-journeyers on our path, working them as patron saints for connecting and engaging with the ghosts of our sorcerous forebears.

 For they are, after, The Magi. The Kings. The Wise Men. Thrice-named. Bearers of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh. Riders of the Camel, and of the Horse, and of the Elephant. Adorers of Majesty Upon The Earth. Navigators of the Heavenly, Singers of the Star. The First Pilgrims of the Son of the Light in Midwinter. Protectors of Travelers and Patrons of Inns and Where Three Roads Meet. Twelfth Night Watchmen. The Epiphanous Ones. We may know the Three Magi of the Nativity in many ways, for they have been invoked in cultus from the very beginnings of the Christian faith - invoked in explicitly eschatological, ancestral, astrological and folk necromantic fashions.

 From blessing and empowering your home, journeys, altars, and magical operations, to methodologies of working with the shades of dead magicians, this course is offered as an act of devotion to these powerful spirits, and to empower those who seek to work with them.

The Gifts of the Magi course series is structured into three two-hour class recordings, which break down as follows:

Session 1: Journey
In which we discuss the Three Holy Kings named Caspar, Balthazar, and Melchior, introduce the hagiographic works of John of Hildesheim, explore some magian operations of travel and detection, and consider various aspects of the emulation – not to mention the eschatology – of Pilgrimage.

Session 2: Adoration
In which we will analyse and celebrate various holy consecrations, folk blessings, and a myriad of protections and processions of the Wise Ones. We will contemplate the spiritual significances and sorcerous utilities of gifts, tithes, and guising, as well as pay homage to the dedications and empowerments to be sought at the altars of the Magi.

Session 3: Return
In which we will consider the Dream of the Magi – in which they were warned to return ‘via a different route’ – in operations and image magics of dream incubation for prophetic warning and protection during the conjuration of unclean spirits alike. We will pay respects to the archangel said to have delivered this warning, Gabriel. We will celebrate the banquet of the Three Feasts of the Holy Kings. We will honur the grimoiric lineage of the Wise Ones, and contemplate some of the deeper folk necromancies of dead magicians.

By purchasing this class, you agree that you understand that no part of the material dictated or provided throughout the duration of the course may be reproduced, distributed, or used in any other form (neither electronic nor mechanic, including photocopies and recordings), without the direct and written consent of the instructor, Dr Alexander Cummins.