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 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 readingWhy 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 […]
Continue readingBack in 1998, my roommate had moved out a few months before our lease was up, leaving me with a completely empty room in the apartment. This was the first time that I had a completely dedicated room for magic, so of course, I laid out a circle on the floor, set up a triangle, […]
Continue readingBack in 1998, my roommate had moved out a few months before our lease was up, leaving me with a completely empty room in the apartment. This was the first time that I had a completely dedicated room for magic, so of course, I laid out a circle on the floor, set up a triangle, […]
Continue readingWitches afraid of Witchcraft. Magicians afraid of Magic. Sorcerers afraid of Sorcery. It seems kind of crazy when you say it like that, but I see it all the time. I see it increasing rather than decreasing, but I am not sure why. I can tell you though that I regularly interact with people who […]
Continue readingI have been teaching a while and have a number of course. My most popular is Sorcery of Hekate, my loosest is Strategic Sorcery, my most challenging is the Black School. But my weirdest? My Weirdest is the LEVEL UP COURSE. Level simultaneously explored the fringes of magic while explaining the foundations of how magic […]
Continue readingStrategic Sorcery has in the past been accused of melding the worlds of self-help with magic. A charge to which I whole-heartedly and gleefully plead GUILTY! This morning my friend and fellow author B.J. Swain posted about how having your life in order can be a good goal, but it is not a metric for magical capability. […]
Continue readingThrough my teens and twenties I didn’t pay much attention to money. I considered it nonspiritual. The authors I read and occult mentors I had were mostly of the hippie generation that fused a strong anti-materialism into their teachings. While I was writing books and doing magic I was also drifting from dead-end job to dead-end […]
Continue readingThe Strophalos is spinning: Sorcery of Hekate Cycle X has begun. The largest sign-up cycle ever! My deepest thanks to everyone who signed up for the course. I pledge to meet your investment of time and treasure in whatever way I can. I keep the sign up link open for a week or so, so […]
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