I just finished reading my review copy of High John the Conqueror by Brother Ash. Who you might know from his excellent blog Crossroads of Sorcery. I am happy to report that this chapbook (just 19 pages) is a fitting tribute to the Trickster King whose signature root is perhaps the most ubiquitous in all […]
Continue readingCYCLE 11 of STRATEGIC SORCERY TRAINING STARTS ON OCT 31st. I am very excited to be announcing cycle 11 of the Strategic Sorcery Course which will begin on Halloween. The course consists of 52 lessons arriving by e-mail every Tuesday morning for a year. In addition to this there is a student’s forum, and access […]
Continue readingAnother Crucible has come and gone, and what a Crucible it was! There is really too much going on for me to give a full description. In fact there are two workshops going on at any given moment, so there was a lot that I will have to wait to see on DVD when they are ready. […]
Continue readingI have been attending Crucible regularly since 2004 and am delighted that this year is turning out to have so many people I respect and admire in attendance. Just in case you missed it, the “Lightning Glyph” lecture won out over the “Going Pro” lecture. I will however be incorporating some of the former “Extreme […]
Continue readingToday is Jack parsons birthday. He is most widely known for the Babalon work, and all that came with it. I think my favorite essay though, is: We Are The Witchcraft. An excerpt: WE ARE THE WITCHCRAFT. We are the oldest organization in the world. When man was born, we were. We sang the first cradle […]
Continue readingJack over at Dionysian Atavism posted a response to an Andrieh Vitimus post about Piracy. Now pretty much everyone has weighed in with opinions one way or the other. See Don Michael Kraig, Mike Cecchetelli, Frater RO, the list goes on. I was going to Hyperlink to everyone above, and more, but The Laughing Magus, has already […]
Continue readingThere is a book coming out this year that I was looking forward to more than any other. That book is Michael Cecchetelli’s Book of Abrasax. I really love the magic of the Hellenic and Gnostic Era. There have been other attempts to weave the historical texts into a full system. Stephen Flowers took a […]
Continue readingChris from Sorcerous Endeavors is a student in my course as well as a customer, but more than that he is a Sorcerer in his own right that has been doing his own thing for quite some time. He was kind enough to write up a testimonial about how my course and products have effected […]
Continue readingActually, they are Yantras. I have been working on these for about a month and finished the necessary prayer and puja yesterday on Ganeshas Birthday. This is a particularly auspicious design because as Lakshmi draws in money, Ganesha overcomes obstacles and defends you. I can attest that I received many positive signs while working on […]
Continue readingI was having a conversation with someone this weekend who has experience in western hermetic magic but who spent a year or two studying Buddhism but decided it was not for him. The reason he gave was interesting: “I think the biggest issue I had with Tibetan Buddhism was that humanity doesnt seem to have […]
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