Online Courses on Esotericism & Witchcraft
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Dates and Format
When: Eleven consecutive Sundays from 19 July 2026, running through 27 September
Time: 6 pm UK (1 pm US Eastern)
Where: Live on Zoom
Each session: One hour of lecture followed by thirty minutes of Q&A
Quizzes: Short quizzes along the way to test what you have learned
✨ Bonus Features
💬 Live Q&A Session
Get your questions answered, share your experiences, and engage with fellow learners.
🎁 Community Access
Join our private Inner Symposium Discord for discussion, sharing rituals, and building connections.
🎟 Discount Eligibility
Long-term patrons at Magus (2 years), Archmage (1 year), and top tiers (3 months) are eligible for a 50% discount on their course.
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The Philosophy of Magic.
Get a university-level course on the ideas beneath magical practice.
Lectures
1. Reality:
What we mean when we call something real, and how anyone is meant to decide. Whether magic uncovers a hidden layer of the world or fashions one, and whether that difference changes the work.
2. The Sacred and the Architecture of the Cosmos
Where the divine stands in relation to the world, and how the cosmos is layered. The difference between a world that is itself ensouled and a divine that lies wholly beyond and must be reached for, and why natural magic and theurgy follow from opposite answers.
3. Time
Whether time runs in a line, returns in a circle, or stands still, and what each model lets a working hope to reach. How festivals, prophecy, and the ritual present all rest on a theory of time most people never state aloud.
4. The Nature of Being
What a spirit, daimon, or deity actually is: a person with its own will, an impersonal force, a content of your own mind, or something else again. Why the answer decides how you may responsibly deal with them.
5. Interaction
How one thing reaches another across likeness or across distance. Sympathy, contagion, correspondence, and synchronicity, and the question of whether the link a magician forges is causal, participatory, meaningful, or none of these.
6. The Self and its Relation to the World
Whether the self is sealed against the world or porous and open to it, and what each possibility permits. The kind of self that can be entered, afflicted, healed, or made continuous with the cosmos it works upon.
7. Perception and the Body
Where magic actually happens in the practitioner: in trained perception and the disciplined eye, or in the working body, its gestures, breath, and posture. Drawing on healing by the hands, danced cures, and the cultivation of the inner senses.
8. Agency and Will
Free will, fate, and determinism, and the recovery of the will as the very faculty magic claims to wield. From the binding necessity of the stars to the sovereign will that discovers itself and acts.
9. Language, Name, and the Efficacy of the Word
Whether words carry power in themselves or borrow it from convention and use. True names, vibrated mantras, barbarous words, and the sigil deliberately stripped of meaning so the mind will release it.
10. Value and the Moral Order
Whether the cosmos has an ethical structure or none, and so whether magic must align with a law or answers only to the will. The philosophical ground beneath the left-hand and right-hand paths, and beneath binding and cursing.
11. Knowledge and Initiation
How esoteric knowledge is acquired, and who is entitled to say that it is true. Gnosis, lineage, revelation, and self-initiation, and the question of authority that runs underneath them all.
Italian Folk Magic and Shamanism: A Practical Course in the Tradition of Segnature
Get a university-level education on Italian Folk Magic.
Pre-recorded Lectures + Live Q&A
Real Magic, Real People: The Living Traditions of Italian Witchcraft and Shamanism
The Origins of Aradia: Gospel of the Witches
From Heresy to Healing
Etymology and History of Magia Popolare
The History of Segnature
European Parallelisms
Taranta and Tarantate: A Shamanic Practice in Italy
Rituals and Spells of Italian Folk Magic, Part I
Rituals and Spells of Italian Folk Magic, Part II
Dream Magic in Italian Folk Tradition
Pezzentelle Souls and the Cult of the Dead
✨ Bonus Features
💬 Live Q&A Session
Get your questions answered, share your experiences, and engage with fellow learners.
🎁 Community Access
Join our private Inner Symposium Discord for discussion, sharing rituals, and building connections.
🎟 Discount Eligibility
Long-term patrons at Magus (2 years), Archmage (1 year), and top tiers (3 months) are eligible for a 50% discount on their course.
Message me on Patreon for details.
Left-Hand Path Traditions
Get a university-level education on left-hand path esoteric traditions.
Enrol in a university-level education on Left-Hand Path esoteric traditions, now available as recorded lectures and monthly live Q&A sessions.
Dive into the rich traditions and magical practices of the Left-Hand Path at your own pace, with the added benefit of engaging directly with me during monthly Q&A sessions.
Priced at £400 (discount available for patrons), you will receive access to recordings of the 16 meticulously crafted sessions.
This course provides comprehensive knowledge and empowers participants by fostering an unbiased academic understanding of the Left-Hand Path's diverse and often misunderstood aspects. Whether deepening your existing practice or new to these esoteric traditions – either as a scholar or a practitioner (or both!) - join me on this journey to get a university-level education that will transform your life.
BONUS: Signing up for this course will give you unlimited access to my private Inner Symposium community on Discord!
🎟 Discount Eligibility
Long-term patrons at Magus (2 years), Archmage (1 year), and top tiers (3 months) are eligible for a 50% discount on their course.
Message me on Patreon for details.
The course also offers an optional assignment to test your understanding, available at the end of your viewing.
Course Breakdown:
Foundations of the Left-Hand Path
1. Introduction to the Left-Hand Path: Uncover this alternative spiritual approach's basic principles and historical roots.
2. Vamachara Tantra, East and West: Explore the ‘Left-Hand’ Tantra practices and their significance across cultures.
3. Introduction to Aleister Crowley and Thelema: Dive into the life and teachings of Crowley and the foundational elements of Thelema.
4. Thelemic Rituals and Practices: Examine specific Thelemic rituals, focusing on their symbolism and practical applications.
The Dark Side of the LHP
5. LaVeyan and Theistic Satanism: Discuss the philosophical differences between LaVeyan Satanism and theistic approaches.
6. Luciferianism and Gnostic Satanism: Delve into the beliefs of Luciferianism and its connections with Gnostic traditions.
7. Demonology: Explore the study of demons, their classifications, historical and cultural significance, and their roles within various religious, mythological, and occult traditions.
8. Demonolatry: Examine the worship and veneration of demons, focusing on the historical context, rituals, and philosophical foundations of the practice.
Dragons, Sacred Kink & the Divine Feminine
9. The Typhonian Tradition: Focus on this unique current within Thelemic magick, emphasizing its mythology and practices.
10. Dragon Rouge: Investigate the esoteric system and magickal practices of Dragon Rouge.
11. Neo-Tantra, BDSM, Kink and Sex Magick: Analyze contemporary adaptations of tantric practices and sacred kink in Western magick.
12. Female Deities & Figures in Left-Hand Path Traditions: Examine various Left-Hand Path groups that focus on a central female deity, highlighting their beliefs, rituals, and influence. We will also cover Rosaleen Norton's work.
The Chaotic & the Shadow
13. Austin Osman Spare: Learn about Spare’s influence on modern magickal practices.
14. Chaos Magick: Unpack the principles and practical applications of Chaos Magick.
15. Qliphothic Magick: Engage with the darker aspects of Kabbalistic magick by exploring the Qliphoth.
16. Shadow Work: Examine the integration of Jungian Psychology and Shadow Work practices.
About Dr Angela Puca
Dr Angela Puca is an academic and a university lecturer who has taught at several universities worldwide and has been based at Leeds Trinity University since 2016.
She holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in philosophy. In 2021, The University of Leeds awarded her a PhD in Religious Studies on Italian Witchcraft and Shamanism, published by Brill.
Her research focuses on magic, witchcraft, Paganism, esotericism, shamanism, and related currents.
Author of several peer-reviewed publications and co-editor of ‘Pagan Religions in five Minutes’ for Equinox, she hopes to bridge the gap between academia and the communities of magic practitioners by delivering related scholarly content on her YouTube Channel and other social media platforms, named Angela's Symposium.
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