Soft commodity Soft commodity Soft commodities, or softs, are commodities such as coffee, cocoa, sugar, corn, wheat, soybean, fruit and livestock. The term generally refers to commodities that are grown, rather than mined; the latter (such as oil, copper and gold) are known as hard commodities. Soft commodities play a major part in the futures market. They are used by farmers wishing to lock-in the future prices of their crops, by commercial purchasers of the products, and by speculative investors seeking a profit. Sometimes the term "soft" is restricted to commodities which are identified as primarily tropical, such as coffee, cocoa, sugar,
Ordo Aurum Solis such as the "Llewellyn Practical Guide to Astral Projection" and "Llewellyn Practical Guide to Creative Visualization", as well as their seminal work (reprinted in three volumes) outlining the philosophy and practices of Ordo Aurum Solis: "The Magical Philosophy". Despite a few similarities to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, some of its descendants, various Thelemic orders, and other groups stemming from the Rosicrucian revival of the 19th century, Ordo Aurum Solis represents a distinct and unique system of magical philosophy and practice based on the Ogdoadic Tradition The Ogdoadic Tradition stems from the Mediterranean mystery religions of ancient Greece