A simple reply to a student this morning made me realize I have been talking about the Levels of Reality all wrong. From the start I have insisted that Agrippa goes wrong in the second sentence of Occult Philosophy. More subtle levels should not be thought of as “ruling” grosser levels. Nor should they be […]
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From now on, when you think about magic, I want you to think about Grilled Cheese. I was taught to make Grilled Cheese with butter on the outside of the bread, and American Cheese on the inside. Simple tasty and effective. Later in life, I realized that I can make a better grilled cheese by using […]
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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 […]
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King Paimon is here to command your attention for a moment. Now that I have it, let me bring your attention to three things coming up: The Event: LIVE Q&A ABOUT SPIRITS WEDNESDAY May 18th! My new book “Consorting With Spirits” ends with a Q&A chapter. Now that the book is out there, it’s your […]
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Chaweon Koo was kind enough to send me a copy of her new book Spell Bound. I read it cover to cover over the last 22 hours and I am happy to report it earns a place on my “Awesome, must keep forever” shelf. Let’s start with the obvious thing that everyone is already saying: […]
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I had the great pleasure this week to spend three hours with an old friend talking about my new book, Consorting With Spirits. Well, we talked a little about the book at least, the rest of the time was spent gabbing about community, business tactics, general magic, and old times. Tiffany asked me why I have […]
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The always brilliant and insightful Yvonne Chireau read my post last week about “Was It A Spirit Or My Own Mind?” and asked the following: “Why not do what the Bible teaches and “test the spirits?” Or our great Africana traditions have plenty of divination tools for this very purpose. Or if science is your […]
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Sometimes when my students have an experience they want to know “Was That A Spirit Or My Own Mind?”. The answer is not usually that simple, in fact it gets more complicated the deeper you look, so lets peel back the layers one at a time: LAYER 1: PERCEPTION PROJECTION RATIO First layer is realizing […]
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“Power is not controlling other people. Power is controlling yourself. Trying to control others is the first sign that you are out of control.” -Internet meme I saw this week. “Power corrupts” often followed by “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Lord Acton. Maybe. “Those who seek power are unfit to wield it.” – misquote of plato […]
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A long time ago I wrote a book called Financial Sorcery, which included invocations of Jupiter and a series of Glyphs that have proven exceedingly effective over the years for a number of folks. I wrote that book at the beggining of my “Holy Shit I have a family now, I better stop floundering and […]
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