Practical and Esoteric Magic
Natural Magic and Ritual Explained
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The Magical State
Continue reading: The Magical StateBefore you can perform any magic you must be in a magical state. Another way of putting this is that an altered state of consciousness is required in order to enact magic. The Altered State Indigenous cultures are aware of this, hence the dancing and drumming rituals, fasting, ordeals, and psychoactive herbs and other substances…
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Microcosmic and Macrocosmic Magic
Continue reading: Microcosmic and Macrocosmic MagicFavorite0In the language of the occultist and magician these are the two spheres of power or being. Macrocosmic means the cosmos, the heavens or outer planes, and the planets and gods. Microcosmic refers to the human being with nature as the backdrop and spirit flowing through both nature and humanity. You could say we are…
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Building a Magical Method
Continue reading: Building a Magical MethodFavorite0A method is more than a technique but less than a system. It’s actually a combination of techniques and in turn also one of the building blocks for a system. Sometimes a method just means the way you approach magic or the way you personally perform the techniques involved. Apologies in advance for the confusion…
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Nobody is Interested in Real Magic.
Continue reading: Nobody is Interested in Real Magic.Dos that seem right to you? It doesn’t make any sense to me. Who Wouldn’t Want to Perform Real Magic? I get that most people don’t understand magic is a real thing. I sometimes wonder how we who practice are perceived by those who never got the memo ala “ATTN: Stop Whatever You are Doing…
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Rune Magic Basics
Continue reading: Rune Magic BasicsWhen you see the term runes on this blog I or one of the other contributors are referencing the Elder Futhark Runes. These amazing marks were discovered in Northern Europe and they represent the oldest alphabetical written language of the Germanic people. From a Magical Perspective While not classified as a sacred language by scholars,…
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Three Questions of Initiation
Continue reading: Three Questions of InitiationAlthough I disagree with using magic as a religion, I admit there were three relatively deep questions of a spiritual nature I brought into my initiation with me many years ago.
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Energy Equals Capability
Continue reading: Energy Equals CapabilityThe fire element governs our ability to create charged fields, move subtle energy, and remain effective from start to finish during magical action.
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Stay True to Benevolent Paths?
Continue reading: Stay True to Benevolent Paths?One thing that really annoys me is all the half-assed language and vagaries swirling around the magical space or New Age subculture. A lack of clarity or the use of non-words and unstatements is not helpful I think. Something I’ve seen a few times lately is a half-hearted disclaimer that goes something like “one is…
Underneath the Hawthorne Tree
Favorite0 Sticks and stones, flesh and bones, I walk alone so far from home. to find my own… Initiation. Emancipation. A new creation for my appreciation. I know, in the shadow, As above, so below. The lady, she waits for…
Combative Magic with Runes
Favorite0Vikings, Goths, Saxons, Marcomanni, and many other Germanic people lived and died by the traditions, ethos, and methods of their respective warrior archetypes. The Berserker who entered a no-mind state of unity with their violence and the Ulfhednar who channeled…
Mystical Characters of the Sun
Favorite0Taken from the second pentacle of the sun, pentacle 33 in the Greater Key of Solomon, here are two symbols described as “mystical characters of the Sun” by MacGreggor Mathers in his editor’s notes. Draw and focus upon these symbols…
Versatility of Magic Circles
Favorite0Here are just a few possible formats for a magic circle to be used for variant purposes. Using only the cross, pentagram, and/or hexagram one can set up a range of differently charged fields for magical working.
The One Goddess
Favorite0We should understand, when we discuss the Goddess there is, if not a solitary universal power, at least one major power to which the other, similar archetypes and deities are mere forces to be directed. These lesser forces would be…