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The DMCA is a Challenge, Not a CurseDMCA sounds like a strange Enochian entity that can be evoked through the use of weird tablets and strange, almost Cthuloid Calls into the beyond world of the dark night. It’s not. DMCA is short for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It was signed into U.S. law just before Samhain (hmmm), 1998, and basically strengthened [...] The Hidden Factor of Magick“Will this ritual or spell really work?” There are really only two possible answer to this question: “No” or “I don’t know.” There are some rituals and spells that have no rhyme or reason to them. They don’t work. Or at best you get something out of them in spite of the ritual. So in [...] My Rosicrucian AdventureWell, sort of. This strange adventure took place many years ago when I was attending UCLA. At the time, there had been a spate of books that were republished about Atlantis and Lemuria. This happens every 20 or so years. Being a contrarian (I was in college…what do you expect?), I looked for a more [...] I Feel the Need…the Need for Speed!I have conflicting views on spellbooks. One one level, I think they’re fantastic. They give you a complete and simple ritual which can be powerful and effective.* On the other hand, they often imply that all you have to do is read some words, chant a spell, burn a colored candle, and Ta Da! the [...] So Right It’s WrongRecently, James Ricklef asked several regular users of Tarot how they think giving readings with the cards actually works. He published the answers on his blog in two posts located HERE and HERE. In his posts he begins by sharing his own theory and that of Robin Wood. He also shares the beliefs of Rachel [...] The Whole Truth and Nothing But the TruthIn a recent post, Psyche gives some excellent information on how to give a Tarot reading. Specifically, she advises that the information the reader gives should be presented in a manner that is useful to the person receiving the reading. This sounds like it should be elementary information—if the information presented in a reading isn’t useful, it’s [...] My Second Attempt at Magick—A Failure?Two Lessons in Life In my previous post I shared how I performed some magick at a young age. Clearly, however, it was not the result of a truly trained magician. Unknowingly, I happened to have followed a pattern that equated with the practice of magick. It was unintended, natural, and successful. The second attempt [...] Are You In Time?Magick is more than making changes outside of you, it is also making changes to yourself. If there is something you don’t like about yourself, you can change it. Well, there’s nothing new about that! There are numerous systems for personal growth, change, and empowerment, some more effective than others. To effectively use any of [...] It’s Worse than That…Kirk - “Is he dead?” McCoy -”it’s worse than that Jim, his brain’s gone.” The above dialog comes from the first episode of the third season of the original Star Trek. The episode was first shown in 1968, was the first episode in the “we’ll put this show here to die” time slot of 10:00 p.m. on [...] Adventures in MagickIt was decades ago when I moved into one of the rooms of a two-bedroom apartment with Scott Cunningham (for more about what I learned about Scott over the following years, see my eBook, The Magical Life of Scott Cunningham, available through the Kindle Store [LINK], Kobo [LINK], Nook Bookstore [LINK], Sony [LINK], and iTunes [through [...] MEET THE BLOGGERS
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