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St. Cyprian and Christianity
We are now thick in the season of Saint Cyprian who has become quite popular. Indeed, if the look the Ursuline Sister gave me in Quebec City last month when I asked for his medal is any indication, word of his veneration amongst Sorcerers is even getting back to the establishment. A few years ago […]
Continue readingCrucible 2016
Crucible is coming on October 1st. One of my favorite events precisely because its small, intimate, and different. This year I am giving a talk called: READ TAROT LIKE A FORTUNE TELLER It specifically focuses on the Tarot deMarseille and the cartomantic style of reading that focuses on plain interpretation of image, folk meaning, and relation […]
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Financial Sorcery for Fixing the World
“Back in 2011 I attended your lecture on Financial Sorcery at the NYC Pagan Pride day and you gave a very impassioned speech about the the declining economy. You made the case that we needed to get serious about money and that doing so would enable us to have a positive impact on the world. […]
Continue readingGreen for Green, Brown for Brown
In response to the last post I got a GREAT question from Dominique, the owner of Elemental Books and Curiosity Shop : “As a retailer I’m familiar with the history of herbs in the not recent past. There use to be brown herbs and green herbs. Most people couldn’t identify Damiana from Lemon Balm and the […]
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Change the Herb, Change the Sentence
Replacements, Substitutions, Changes, whether we are talking the ingredients of an Oil or the parts of a Ritual you will eventually come accross a situation where you will be tweaking a formula. In fact one of the marks of adeptship is the ability to do this with skill and effectiveness. The conversation around substitution often […]
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Oppression vs Action: a Sorcerers View.
A lot of people are watching the new movie about Tony Robbins this week: Not Your Guru. I have very mixed feelings about Robbins myself so please don’t read this as any kind of apologetics for him. I am not here to write about him. A student of mine sent me an article about Tony […]
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Research verses Revelation: Four Rules for Balance
This morning Jake Stratton Kent posted a quote mocking someone he must have come across online that read : “‘I don’t need research – I’m a practitioner” I am glad I am not the only one that comes across this mentality. The funny thing about my work is that people who are more traditional than I am […]
Continue reading2 Interviews
I was interviewed twice in the last few days. For those who love a good podcast you should listen to me over at THE HERMITS LAMP to listen to two white dudes yammer about smart cultural interface, hear me vacillate wildly on whether I am eclectic or not, and extol the virtues of meditation. For those […]
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Pieces of Hate for Pieces of Eight
I just finished reading Gordon Whites Pieces of Eight. Here is everything I hate about it. 1. Makes me have to do more research into UFOology to keep up with his very well presented arguments about how they relate to magic. 2. Makes points I have made about the place of Astrology in Magic better […]
Continue readingThree More Days Until JUPITER GLOBAL RITE
Just a reminder that the Jupiter Global Rite is happening August 1st through 3rd. Whether or not you believe that there are spiritual forces at work, poor astrological conditions, or just business as usual, it is clear that the economy is changing and powers are shifting – Jupiter is your friend in times like this. […]
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