I have come to hate the phrase “Ask (God/Spirit X) for….” I have probably used the phrase myself hundreds of times, but I shouldn’t. Now that teach magic for a living I have come to really hate it. It’s bad phrasing that leads to bad framing when it comes to how magic works and what […]
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I was witness to a recent discussion on sigils that made me want to cry. One person arguing that “real sigils” are X and another that “real sigils” are Y. Two people arguing in favor of cripplingly simplistic yet definitive answers. Magic and Spirits are more subtle than ordinary things, so why we cling to […]
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I am re-reading a lot of material on Psalms to prepare for my new class later this month. I opened up the Book of Gold and noted the descriptions of what you can do with each psalm are varied. Psalm 2 for instance can be used to heal gastronomic issues and make you welcomed by princes and powerful people. […]
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Let us take a look at two magicians doing two different spells. Magician A is trying to make it snow even though its July in Florida. Magician B is trying to banish away his bad eating habits with a spell. Do you know what they have in common? They both have a snowballs chance in […]
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Witches, Magicians, and Sorcerers call upon wrathful beings for protection all the time. Not just spirits that are armed, like the Archangel Michael, but spirits that others may consider monstrous or demonic. This is not unusual, the world is filled with fanged and monstrous guardians called upon to protect against equally monstrous enemies. Statues and […]
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I asked students in the current cycle of the Black School of St Cyprian if they would share what they liked about the course, and what results they got that they would like to share with t. Here are some comments. “I like that the course provided and easy and straight forward way to working […]
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A student wrote to me asking if I thought it was okay that they used a Latin Chant from the Mayfair Witches in their rituals and spells. I read the first three books when they first came out in the Eighties, but didn’t remember the chant from the books. It appears many times in the […]
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“If I summon a shade of the dead, is this bath and prayer enough protection?” “If I do a spell, is this banishing enough?”“If I make an offering to a spirit, is this exorcism enough?” I get asked variations of this question all the time. Students want to be assured that no matter what they […]
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In the beginning was just Chaos and Darkness. Gaia, the earth emerged from the dark and her presence gave birth to Uranus: the sky. That was it at the beginning: Earth and Sky. Sure there were other powers like Eros (love), Nyx (Night) and so on, but the things that existed were eternal and did […]
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There are a lot of misconceptions about Jupiter and Jupiterian Magic. I wrote a book and teach a course that focus on Jupiter, so of course I get asked about them a lot. I thought it might be helpful to answer these questions all in one place…. ISN’T JUPITER THE GOD OF the 1%? THE […]
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