On Thursday August 18th, 2016 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon

will review new issues of old Hermetic Magick books. Starting with

Zoroaster's Telescope (1796-2013) and on to Urania's Mirror (1822-2004)

and finally The Harmonia Macrocosmica of Cellarius (1660 - 2013). The

first item on our list is more of a board-game than a book; a very

elaborate and frankly confusing French divinatory system that uses

hexagonal "tiles" with magical and astrological data drawn from an urn

or box and applied to a board called a mirror. which has hexagonal

compartments. Divination follows from the numbers in the mirror's cells

and the pattern various tiles make on the mirror. Urania's Mirror is a

small book describing the astrological constellations and their

mythology accompanied by a set of thirty-two cards on which the mythical

figures of the zodiac are depicted in very romantic style. This style is

influenced by our last selection: The Harmonia Macrocosmica of Andreus

Cellarius, a magnificently illustrated atlas of the heavens. So if you'd

like to explore some recent revivals of ancient wisdom tune in and we'll

have a look.