“Appear To Us In Comely Human Form…”
“to appear and shew thyself visibly before this circle, in fair and comely shape, without deformity or guile, ”….. – The Lemegeton to appear under a comely human form, without noise and without terror, to answer truly unto all questions that I shall ask thee. “ -The Grimoire Verum These words and words like them appear in […]
Continue readingDon’t Become A Helpless Ghost
“The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went. Every one of them wore chains like Marley’s Ghost; some few (they might be guilty governments) were linked together; none were free. Many had been personally known to Scrooge in their lives. He had been quite familiar […]
Continue readingCoping With Causes and Conditions
You probably know this story already, but on Christmas Eve 1914 British and German Soldiers stopped fighting and lit candles in the trenches. The candles were followed by the singing of Christmas carols, and because trench warfare was so close quarter, the other side could hear the carols and started joining in. As dawn broke […]
Continue readingMethod vs Symbol Set
Every now and then a reader will tag me in a post to say they are reading one of my books. I always enjoy this. It’s nice to know that I am making some impact on the world while I am alive. no matter how small it may be. I then sometimes read the comments […]
Continue readingThe REALNESS of Sorcery
Sorcery is real. We all talk about this, but I think this is worth taking a moment to reflect upon because every week I see people who practice it, talk about it in ways that they don’t talk about other real things. SORCERY DOESN’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM Sorcery is real, and as a real […]
Continue readingThe “UPG” Challenge….
If you’ve never heard the term “UPG” it means Unverified Personal Gnosis. Like most terms it is fine in and of itself. It was born of a need to separate serious topics from nonsense. When someone would show up in a space claiming to be the incarnation of Innana and is upset that no one […]
Continue readingThe Altar: a Spectrum of Scenarios.
I recently moved and my new office is about three times the size of my old one, yet I am scaling back on the number of permeant altars I am keeping. I haven’t decided on exactly what I am doing yet, but since it’s on my mind so much, I thought it might be a […]
Continue readingMagpie Magic – “The Devil’s Bird”
Yesterday I spied two Magpies on a boulder in my yard and it reminded me of the famous nursery Rhyme about foretelling fortunes by counting Magpies. You have probably heard it. One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret, […]
Continue readingThe Laws: Inherent, Enforced, and Personal.
If you jump off a building, you will fall to the ground. That’s gravity: it’s a natural law. Doesn’t matter who you are or where you are. Gravity is applicable to everyone, everywhere, all of the time. It doesn’t matter if you believe with your whole being that you can fly like Superman, if you […]
Continue readingThe Feast of St Cyprian: How To Honor Both Christ and the Devil
Today is the feast of St Cyprian, and I thought I might take this opportunity to talk about how St Cyprian taught me to honor both Christ and the Devil. Early on in my workings with Cyprian, he appeared to be standing at the mouth of a cave that led to the underworld. It looked […]
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