As we come to the end of the year, I’d like all who practice magick of any kind, but especially those who do group rites, to consider a simple question: Are you doing ritual… or ritual theater? There is nothing wrong with either. There is nothing inherently “better” doing one rather than the other. I [...]
Just a few weeks ago I made a blog post entitled “I Wouldn’t Have Seen if If I Hadn’t Believed It.” I’m surprised that I need to revisit it so soon after posting it, but after the furor resulting from a side issue related to my post last week, I feel it’s important to do [...]
You might be thinking that I have the title backwards. Surely I meant that I wouldn’t have believed something if I hadn’t seen it. Nope. The statement in the title is actually a quote from Marshall McLuhan, one of the world’s greatest philosophers and multi-talented educators. The quote above clearly shows the way our mind [...]
For many years I have stated that there are only two times you will read about magick and the occult in the media. The first time is around Halloween. The second time is when there has been some sort of crime that is even vaguely (or just supposedly) related to the occult. I think it’s [...]