The Witch Doesn’t HAVE to Stand in Opposition
John Beckett just penned a piece that people are in LOVE with. “The Witch Stands In Opposition”. You can and should read the piece, but the quote John chose to sum it up is: “Throughout history, the witch has been the outsider, the other. When we oppose the mainstream society it’s not because we have […]
Continue readingThe Jupiter Course: CLARITY AND CAPACITY
The exact nature of the Jupiter: The Sorcery of Achievement is a bit hard to explain. It is not about propitiating Jupiter, or planetary magic, or asking for boons. Though the boons tend to pile up, they really aren’t the main point of the work. The main point is about getting clear about your life […]
Continue readingEVOCATION VS INVOCATION
There is a particular linguistic snafu that comes up occasionally in occult discussions that needs to be addressed: Is there a difference between EVOCATION and INVOCATION and if so, what is it? If you are an occultist that has come up since the 1980’s there is a better than even chance that you define Invocation […]
Continue readingStop Asking For Stuff….
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 […]
Continue readingWHERE SIGILS COME FROM
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 […]
Continue readingRecipes, Methods, And Principles
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. […]
Continue readingHexing Your Bad Habits?
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 […]
Continue readingBad Dreams and Fierce Protection
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 […]
Continue readingTHE BLACK SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
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 […]
Continue readingMi Daemon, Ad Me Veni! – Fiction and Magic
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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