John Dee

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Really wanna give my skull a brand new hole (A ...: He wants to commit suicide by gunshot to the head, but he won’t do it because he doesn’t want to stain his grandmother’s floor with his blood.

He also refers to blood on his grandma’s floor in “Venom.” Ghostemane appreciates all the concern from his fans about his grandma’s carpentry.

I wake up in the morning feelin' like ...: John Dee was a 16th-century English mathematician, astronomer, occultist, and alchemist (the witchcraft we talked about in the passage). He was one of the advisors to Queen Elizabeth I of England and was a great expert in subjects such as algebra and mathematics. He was also interested in occultism and alchemy. Here Ghoste means I was doing everything like this guy, I was smart, I could do anything.

Got my black magic book, and drew a circle ...: This expression is a reference to the circle that the sorcerers draw to protect themselves, to trap their energies at one point. This ritual is something and I found one such photo of John Dee: https://prnt.sc/YLD9apOiJkoB.

I'm a beast, I'm a killer, I'm a ...: G: "Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion and philosophy of Thelema and described himself as the prophet tasked with guiding humanity to the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century." Also: "Crowley is a mysterious and complex figure to many people, and has had an interest in topics such as occultism, mysticism, and esotericism. Ghostemane's likeness to him could show that he wanted to create a dark image and give audiences more mystery and charm about himself." Also, I think Crowley's nickname was "The beast 666", which is what I translate as "beast". He believed he was his reincarnation.

Summon the demons that worship the goat: For those who do not know, I will explain the relationship between DEVIL AND GOAT. This symbolism is traditionally based on Satan's appearance in the form of a goat and the goat's demonic connotations. That's why he uses goats in some rituals, some such symbols, and I think it was in the clip.

Deep in abyss, here they come and they go: They thought that the devils came out of a deep pit and implied that.

All that I know Is I don't know: One of the famous sayings of Socrates.

One foot in the plane and the other one in inferno...: "One foot in the plane and the other one in inferno": First of all, there is good literature. People saw the plane as a means of death and were making final preparations to go somewhere by plane. I'm on that prep in Ghoste and he means hell where I'm going.

Master your alchemy, master the world, listen, as ...: This sentence refers to the expression Alkimya (Alchemy) in the 4th century BC. This thing existed to turn precious metals into gold and heal the soul, just like the alchemy we commonly know. The expression "As above, so below" was the main expression, the main sentence of this Alkimya. In addition, the concept called Alkimya and Hermetism complement each other. In Hermeticism, there are references to the expression "What is above, there is the same/inverse", such as "Microcosm reflects macrocosm", "God is the universe and the universe is God". Hermeticism is even a principle based on Alkimya. It has taken its symbols and most of its parts from Alkimya.

You cannot fuck with a level 10 mage like Ghoste: Sorcerers have LVLs. It does not explicitly say that our wizards have that many levels, I searched, at least I could not find such a thing. You can think of LVL here as the mage levels in RPG games. Having a level of LVL 10, sufficient and above.

(Spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal ...: https://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib15.htm, you can access the entire text from this page. "The Gnostic Mass - Liber XV, Aleister Crowley wrote the Gnostic Mass, technically called Liber XV or "Book 15", while traveling in Moscow, Russia, in 1913. The structure is part of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. It is similar in mass and conveys the principles of Crowley's Thelema."