2016 January | Strategic Sorcery

Conventions and Money

Last month Taylor Elwood wrote an Open Letter to Pagan Convention Organizers, detailing how he is no longer going to present at conferences where it is expected that he foot the bill to come and present workshops. This post was followed by much conversation and a few other posts on the subject. Some expand his post to […]

Strategic Sorcery: Does it work TOO WELL?

I got the following comment in an apprentices field report, that sums up something that many students have communicated: “Sometimes I almost wonder if I am not neglecting other parts of my magical education by having my problems solved so (relatively) easily this way. The thing is, it fucking WORKS.” -VM You see, when most […]

Framing Goals on a Trajectory

Last week I did one of my resolution consults for a client who wanted to increase their income. The goal they listed was “To make $20,000 per month in 2016”. This would represent a significant uptick from their current income, but is not unrealistic or unattainable given their business and they brought in last year. […]

Fantasy and Sorcery

Over on the Strategic Sorcery Group we have been having some discussions about the intersection of Role Playing Games, Fantasy fiction, and Sorcery. Here is my position in a nutshell: Magic is real but deals with subtle forces and intelligence’s that, Because of their subtle nature, are is easily polluted with fantasy from the mind of even the […]

What to Teach First?

When I first learned to play guitar I did not take a class or learn music theory. A friend told me to bring a guitar to coffee house called The Inkwell. He taught me two chords: G and A. He taught me to strum the tune to Jane Says by Jane’s Addiction. He told me to practice […]

HELIOS GLOBAL SUCCESS RITE – Feb 2nd

Candlemas/Imbolc is coming, which means that its time for the Helios Success Rite. As the sun begins to grow in length and strength we will honor the power of the sun and ask it to illuminate the paths to our goals – spiritual, financial, romantic, and otherwise. Those of you who have made New Years […]

The Blog-o-Sphere

The “Blogosphere”? What is this 2008? Yes dammit! The Blogosphere! Many of the magic blogs that I follow have slowed down to a snails pace. Those that have been active, seem to have most of the comments on facebook rather than on the blogs themselves. Part of this is due to spammers slamming blogs so hard […]

David Bowie.

This morning, Tiffany woke me up with the words “David Bowie died last night”. It’s kind of odd how some moments feel like they just get stapled into the memory books because of their importance. I barely knew who John Lennon was when he died, but remember distinctly the moment I heard about it and […]

20+C+M+B+16

Today is the last day of Christmas, also known as Epiphany. There are a lot of events and meanings that get tacked onto this day: the baptism of Christ, the extension of grace to gentiles, and most importantly the visitation of the Three Magi-Kings. The three Magi: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar are mentioned in several […]

Last Chance to Take Back Your Mind.

The new cycle of Take Back Your Mind begins on Monday, January 11th. Rather than talk more about the class, here are some words from Diotima Mantineia, who took the course last year: “Jason always delivers solid, in-depth knowledge based on personal experience, and Take Back Your Mind was no exception. Given that I started […]

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