Sexuality, Magic, and Perversion is the name of a book by Francis King that was originally published in 1972. It was eye opening for the time because it revealed practices of sex magick that had developed over the previous century or so. It is more of a historical and theoretical book where my Modern Sex [...]
Many years ago I read about a simple divination system that anyone could learn. It used a TV set. You would turn the TV to a channel that didn’t have a signal. The screen was a jumble of dots (technically called “visual noise”) and you would hear a “shhhhhhhhhhh” sound (usually called “white noise” but [...]
I thought I could let the whole Christine O’Donnell dabble-gate blow over without comment. But then the candidate from Delaware released a new political ad in which she says, “I am not a witch. I’m nothing you’ve heard. I’m you.” Oh, dear Christine, you are so not me. Unlike you, I believe in evolution, I [...]
Rejuvenation by Joe H. Slate, Ph.D. and Self-Empowerment Through Self-Hypnosis, by Slate and Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, have been mentioned by Kay Campbell of The Huntsville Times in the Fear Not blog. As Campbell mentions, Self-Empowerment Through Self-Hypnosis is about using the power of hypnosis to achieve physical, mental, and spiritual health. Used correctly, the authors [...]
Tarot shelves at bookstores are filled with beginner level books. Do we really need so many? Aren’t they all essentially the same? I think we do need so many and that they are not essentially the same. First, they all differ in terms of voice and presentation. People learn differently and respond better to some [...]
Tarot shelves at bookstores are filled with beginner level books. Do we really need so many? Aren’t they all essentially the same? I think we do need so many and that they are not essentially the same. First, they all differ in terms of voice and presentation. People learn differently and respond better to some [...]
Two Llewellyn authors, astrologers Bernie Ashman (author of Sun Signs & Past Lives and SignMates) and Maria Kay Simms (author of A Time for Magick and The Witch’s Circle), have been featured on the interview “Astrologers Across America” from www.miamiastrology.com. The interview series features an interview with one astrologer from each of the fifty states, [...]
One of the things I have continuously suggested is that before doing any practical magick you should perform a divination. For example, should you perform a magickal ritual today to get a new job? Well, if you’re unhappy with a current job, it would seem like this is a no-brainer. Why bother doing a divination? [...]
This New Moon in Libra on October 7 begins at 2:44 pm EDT (6:44 pm GMT). New moons are times for new beginnings, and this new moon will be especially potent for relationships, sex, and passion. No planetary aspects affect the New Moon itself, but Libra is ruled by Venus, which remains in conjunction with [...]