We took a break from Global rites last year, but here we are kicking them off again! What is a Global Rite? Hundreds of people raising their voices up together over a window of time to Invoke and Chant and make Offerings. The sum of these rites is far greater than the whole of […]
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Not all ancestors are worthy of honor. Every time I teach anything about the ancestors this topic comes up. Some students have been abused by their parents, who were themselves products of abuse going back generations. The idea of honoring ancestors, or even just strengthening connection to their family line induces trauma. Other students are […]
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I recently got an email from a student stating that I sometimes I make magic seem unreliable in the way I discuss it. I hope that this is not the case, because magic is in fact 100% reliable. That’s right. I said it. Magic is 100% reliable. So why do spells fail then? Why does […]
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The world is filled with misinformation and propaganda. The world of the occult is perhaps doubly so. It’s a good thing then that people are seeking out what is authentic. Correcting of factual errors or deliberate lies should be a no brainer. No more time for that nonsense. Sometimes though the quest for authenticity becomes […]
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Today is Michaelmas – the feast of St Michael. Since Michael is an angel he has no date of birth or death to link his feast to. Instead, the Mass of St Michael is celebrated to commemorate the defeat of Lucifer and the armies of Hell. Through the Christian lens, this is triumph of good […]
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Girolamo Menghi, leading exorcist of the Italian Renaissance,instructed exorcists to draw images of the demons that they were binding. Even if they could not perceive the demon, it would be bound to the image by the power of the priest. You see, the images of spirits are important. They are just as important as seals […]
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So the “Days of the Cyprians” are upon us again, and if you follow me you know that the Sorcerer-Saint plays a huge role in my magic, so you might be wondering what I do to mark it. I think sometimes my Black School students are disappointed that I don’t have a super intense ritual […]
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Black School of Cyprian Starts Tomorrow I have sent you the basic info on the course… I told you what it promises… I have shared its origin… I even sent a zippy little poem that describes what we do… So… Do you wanna summon demons and the dead with Church stuff? Do you wanna summon angels […]
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This was posted to the Strategic Sorcery list over the weekend. What does the bite from the serpent of Hekate mean? When I was giving offerings at the Hekate supper last night. The serpent she holds on her middle right hand extended itself and bit me. There was no pain only a brief shock. No […]
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I received a great question yesterday and I thought it was important enough to make it a blog post. I had posted about my Jupiter Course, which starts TOMORROW (Sept2nd 2021) and someone wrote: I have a question. All of these courses you offer are based on your own practice, yes? So how do you […]
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