Practical and Esoteric Magic
Natural Magic and Ritual Explained
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Intentions Super Focused or Flexible? Which is Right?
Continue reading: Intentions Super Focused or Flexible? Which is Right?In magical work specificity is paramount. Vague intentions and applications can leave too broad a range for our results to manifest, in which case we might end up getting sort of what we hoped for, but ultimately faced with disappointing outcomes. To be clear, this is going to happen at times. Many forces are at…
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The Magic Formula: A Simple Breakdown
Continue reading: The Magic Formula: A Simple BreakdownI like to share a three-part magical formula that can be used for magical work and magical training. On one hand it is a hierarchy of labors that go into rituals, spells, etc. and on the other it is a set of increasingly complex methods to learn and practice. It breaks down like this: Prerequisite…
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Vegvisir on Aventurine Disc
Continue reading: Vegvisir on Aventurine DiscThe title, as it occasionally does, tells the tale. I found this little gem – yes dammit pun intended – at my favorite local metaphysical shop, The Crystal Raven. Do stop in sometime if you’re ever in Jonesborough, TN. The Viking Compass? The symbol is of course what many call the “Viking Compass”, or Vegvisir.…
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Pythagorean vs. Chaldean Numerology: A Magician’s Primer
Continue reading: Pythagorean vs. Chaldean Numerology: A Magician’s Primer/ “For those who wield the subtle energies of the cosmos, numbers are far more than mere quantities. They are keys to unlocking hidden forces, pathways to understanding the intricate web of existence.” – Marc Gavala, a Greek Magician among the Hill Billy Conjurers In Western magical traditions, two numerological systems are generally considered canon:…
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The Art of Magic
Continue reading: The Art of MagicWe talk about “magical acts” and “performing magic” for a reason. Ritual and ceremony are types of performances, of course, but the performance of magic applies to the folk magician and cunning man as much as it does to the high ceremonialist. In fact the word spel, from which our modern magic “spell” is derived,…
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What Happens when You Cast a Spell
Continue reading: What Happens when You Cast a SpellHere is one interpretation of the metaphysics of magic, framed in the context of what is going on when you cast a spell. With your clear desire in front of you, either visualized or focused through an image or symbol, you muster all of your will. You then thrust your will into and through your…
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Underneath the Hawthorne Tree
Continue reading: Underneath the Hawthorne TreeSticks 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 me. Underneath the Hawthorne tree. At the crossroads, in the shadow of death’s abode. Only she…