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Eclecticism: Dilettantism or Way of the World?

Let’s start by saying: eclecticism CAN BE disrespectful, shallow, and even silly. If you could travel back to the 90’s or early aughts, I was often the one in the room saying “slow down, engage only with those traditions you have actually invested time in and have real knowledge of, eclecticism for the sake of […]

Cursed Cards, Planetary Powers, Banning Banishings, Egregious Eclecticism, Wise Wealth Wizardry, and MORE!

Every month there is a Q&A post on the Strategic Sorcery Group where I answer all manner of questions. Below are 9 of the most interesting. 1. You once commented that the Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing cards were rigged to tell bad fortunes. Can you expand on that? Well… look at the deck. […]

Eclecticism Part 3: Eight Rules for Sane Eclecticism

I am going to cheat on part 3. Last year I wrote a piece called 7 Rules for Sane Eclecticism. I am going to re-post that as part 3 of this series and add an 8th rule. Enjoy…. Last week I was sponsored by the Tri-College Mellon Working Group on Magic to give two lectures. […]

Eclecticism PART 2 – ARGUMENTS

Part 1 I spoke about why Eclecticism has become a slur and why despite that, I think it is essentially a good thing. In this post we will be looking at some of the arguments against Eclecticism and why I feel that while that many of them point out real issues and dangers on the […]

7 Rules for Sane Eclecticism

Last week I was sponsored by the Tri-College Mellon Working Group on Magic to give two lectures. The first on The Place of Magic was held at Swarthmore College and was only to professors and guests of the group. In attendance was Yvonne Chireau author of Black Magic: African American Religion and Conjuring Tradition, Eoghan Ballard […]

Method vs Symbol Set

Every now and then a reader will tag me in a post to say they are reading one of my books. I always enjoy this. It’s nice to know that I am making some impact on the world while I am alive. no matter how small it may be. I then sometimes read the comments […]

On Cultural Misappropriation

There is a lot of talk about Cultural Appropriation these days, and my students and readers deserve to have a clear statement about where I stand on the issue, and what the policy is in Strategic Sorcery course groups. I have studied magic in numerous cultures and everything I have learned impacts who I am […]

The Rooms You Get Stuck In.

“That’s what life is. It’s a series of rooms and who we get stuck in those rooms with adds up to what our lives are.” Its a good point and something to consider about magic. During Rufus’s interview with Jake Stratton Kent they had a short discussion of the training that they brought to […]

Eclectic from the Old Line PART 1

In his Open Letter to Bri Saussy, Aidan Watcher declares himself a “hard-core, traditional Eclectic from the Old Line. The Old Line being ‘from before ‘eclectic’ was a slur!”. I can relate. I myself draw upon several paths in my teaching and practice and felt a resonance with his description. Eclectic is a word that I used to […]

On not holding too tightly nor too loosely.

For a community that is supposed to be about interacting with subtle things, I am often amazed at how little nuance there is in the spiritual community. People love to run to the extremes. A couple weeks ago I was in the car with John Reynolds (Lama Vajranatha) and Troy from Wolf&Goat* We got to talking […]