Here in the states its Thanksgiving week, a time that we are to reflect and be thankful for what we have. The reality of 2020 is that a lot of people, too damn many people, have a lot less to be thankful for this year than last. For some, this is just a continuation of […]
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When it comes to fiction and magic I avoid it like the plague. Fiction does not equal myth front. I have even gone so far as to ban discussion of fiction based magic in my groups. Lovecraftian stuff is actually one of the FEW exceptions to this rule. Not because its great fiction, but because […]
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Halloween was Two Days Ago – I hope you got your Witch On! All Saints was Yesterday – I hope you reflected on those you find inspiring and holy. Today is All Souls, or the Day of the Dead – I hope you remember the ancestors and those you have lost. Tomorrow is Election Day – I don’t […]
Continue readingHekate 3 – Going Beyond and Becoming It’s finally happening. We are starting on November 9th going for 7 months. You already know the deal… Lesson one week, Q&A the next. Are you ready to jump back in? Just one thing to keep in mind: this class may not be offered every seven months. I suspect that I will […]
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11 Years Ago On Halloween 2009 I started the first cycle of the Strategic Sorcery Course, and since then over 4000 people have taken the course and benefited from an approach to magic that makes real and lasting changes in their lives. To acknowledge the role Hekate played on this work, and to give all our students […]
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I had a conversation earlier this week with BJ Swain about all manner of things Occult. One of the topics we covered is UPG – Unverified Personal Gnosis. He used it, not to be dismissive but as a phrase that basically encompasses all magical experience. and I mentioned that I hate the term. Whether you […]
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“Jason, I just saw a post by another teacher and they say that the Hekate you are in contact with is not the REAL Hekate. I also read an author who says that neither of you are in touch with the REAL Hekate that they are.” “Jason, you treat Lucifer and Satan as aspects of […]
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I read an article last year about conflict resolution. One of the nuggets of advice was to know whether someone was arguing from the Heart, Head, or Hand. The Head cares about what is empirically true. The Heart cares about what is morally or emotionally meaningful. The Hand cares about what is useful. This stuck […]
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Like every other teenager in the 80s interested in magic, I purchased an Avon Press edition of the Necronomicon at the mall. I used to joke that maybe I could take it more seriously if the dread book of the black earth was actually an impressive leather bound tome and not something that could be […]
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