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Magick and Language—Watch Your Mouth!In my previous blog post, I wrote about the concept of “Walking your Talk.” The concept I presented there was that you might best present your spiritual beliefs to others by following those beliefs yourself. That is, virtually all spiritual systems have a set of ethics, and you best represent those ethics by living them. [...]
“Guard the Mysteries. Reveal them Constantly”Four decades ago, two men, Herman Slater and Ed Buczynski, started a small occult store in New York City called “The Warlock Shop.” They were at the right place at the right time offering what people wanted. Eventually they outgrew their location and moved, renaming their shop “Magickal Childe.” They put out a wonderfully strange and [...]
From “Citizen Kane” to “Children of the Corny”Back in 1973 I was living in Encinitas, part of “North County” of San Diego, California. My good friend, Lori C., insisted that we should go to an exclusive showing of a new movie called “The Wicca Man.” I didn’t know anything about the movie, but I liked spending time with her, so I picked [...]
Why Tarot?Why is it magical people are so interested in the Tarot? There are numerous forms of divination. Currently, I’m beginning to study palmistry. Here are a few great resources if you’re interested: You Can Read Palms by Richard Webster Instant Palm Reader by Linda Domin Palmistry Quick & Easy by Peter Hazel Palm Reading for [...]
The Dark NightNo, I don’t mean the Batman. He was called the “Dark Knight.” But I am talking about some similarities to the Batman. He had to deal with issues arising from watching his parents’ senseless murder. He wants to follow a path that will prevent others from having to deal with the issues he did. In [...]
The “Skinny” on SpiritsOn another forum I saw a question about spirits. The poster wanted to know how to do magick to get rid of a spirit that had linked with another person. The poster was worried that he would be working against the Wiccan Rede by forcing the spirit to do something it didn’t want to do. [...]
Attend a Festival THIS YearToday, there are more than 800 million active users of the social network known as Facebook. That’s closing in on three times the population of the U.S. Twitter has about 300 million active users. Facebook and twitter are means of communicating with others. But are they really helping people become more social? I think they’re [...]
Precision in MagickWhen people start off with magick they usually begin with general externals and specific internals. By this I mean they begin with the externals of the ritual being rather generalized—everything colored red for added energy, for example—along with a specific intention such as bringing yourself more energy to “pull an all-nighter” studying for a test. [...]
Divination vs. Fortune TellingWhen I was 12 I received an honor from the local branch of the Optimist Club and was named “Boy of the Year.” This included a plaque and a dinner in my honor in L.A.’s Chinatown. As is typical of many kids, I had a very limited food tastes, and I couldn’t stand the seaweed [...]
On EvocationYesterday I read a nice post on the subject of spirit evocation by Fra.AshenF.:N.:F. Basically, his position seems to be that the evocation of spirits is not proven when you Evoke a spirit for a purpose and You later obtain the purpose or think you get a message concerning that purpose. I believe this is fairly accurate. [...]
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