Divination vs. Decision Making Strategies
From time to time, students note that Divination plays far less a role in my courses than it does in a lot of other peoples teachings. About a year ago I stopped offering divination as a service. After 30 years of doing divination, I have grown to have a lot of reservations about it and how it’s […]
Continue readingThe Crossroads Where Christ and the Devil Meet
The Black School is at a Four Way Crossroads. From the first road approaches Christ. From the second approaches the Devil. Down the third road comes St Cyprian who negotiates this meeting. The fourth road? That’s you. It’s a neat image, but why would we want to be at this crossroads? Because for whatever reason […]
Continue readingCyprian? Hekate? Padmasambhava? FOLLOW UP
Earlier this week I wrote a very short post answering how I could manage to pray to St Cyprian, Hekate, and Padmasambhava every day. My answer was simply that its two dead Sorcerer’s and a Goddess of Sorcery, so there is no conflict. I have no problem eating an Omlette, Vindaloo, and Shwarma all in […]
Continue readingCyprian? Hekate? Padmasambhava? How?
Last night someone wrote to me and said “I have seen you in different places claim you pray to Padmasambhava, St Cyprian, and Hekate on a daily basis. I don’t understand how you can work with an eastern Buddhist figure, a western Christian figure, and a Pagan Goddess. You are all over the place.” Let […]
Continue readingThe Magic of Doing LESS Than You Can Manage
I am, right now, building a new practice for myself. This practice happens to be centered around Physical Exercise, but it could be anything really. The reason I am writing about it is that: I am building a practice doing a little LESS than I can manage every day. Like many people introduction of quarantine […]
Continue readingLife Imitating Art – I just read Weaving Fate by Aidan Watcher
Life Imitates Art. That’s what Oscar Wilde said. Its true enough that its become a common expression. I don’t think I know a single writer or artist who cannot name instances of this truth operating in their lives. Noticing the actions of unseen forces is actually at the heart of most great magic,. The only […]
Continue readingMagic: Why We Get In, and What We Get Out.
Why did you get into magic? In talking about Pain as fuel for magic, V Jonathan Facile said “personally I suspect that anyone that’s fine with their reality isn’t going to be particularly motivated to dedicate hours daily to practice, a ton of income and other things to maintain the just fine reality, but maybe that’s […]
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