[Rec] Magic Tools: The Robe with William

Magic Tools: The Robe
Teacher: William Kiesel
Recorded March 2025
Prerequisites:

• LBRP Ritual Training
• Magic Tools: Introduction to Theurgic Implements
• Hermetic Qabalah I

Robed for Ritual

Having completed the prerequisite training in Theurgic Implements, with knowledge of the LBRP and integration into the egregore through Hermetic Qabalah Level I Reinitiation, the student is now ready to create the magic tool which is the vestment of the work.

One of our most highly-requested trainings has arrived, and together students will craft their ceremonial robe.

The robe has become one of the archetypal symbols of the magician. Predominantly black and often with a hood, robes also may express specific aspects of the path, ceremonial utility, fraternal station or devotion to a deity. In this first hands-on workshop in the series on Magic Tools, William will share the historical, practical and ritual use of the robe in ritual magic.

Guidance will be provided through the process of making the robes together as group so that by the end of the workshop each participant will have a completed garment for ritual use.

The robe made will be a black hooded Tau Robe, the traditional robe of the Neophyte in Western occultism.

Students can expect:

• Details about the historical and symbolic aspects of the robe.
• Understanding the forms and use of robes and related vestments in ritual magic.
• Step-by-step guidance on the process of making a magical robe.

This work coincides with the teachings in the Ritual Magic Workbook

William Kiesel has walked the path of esotericism for over 30 years. His practical experience and historical knowledge of occult literature and culture draws from such diverse disciplines as Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, Qabalah, Thelema, Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, and Ceremonial Magic. He continues to study esoteric symbol systems in religion, mythology and folklore in historical and contemporary contexts. William is a natural teacher and good orator with the distinct talent of making the enigmas of esoteric symbolism clear to the curious. He is also the director at Ouroboros Press, the publisher of classic texts of Western Esotericism. www.bookarts.org