Date: 2009-09-29
The most important symbolic alphabet in Western magical tradition, the Hebrew alphabet entered occultism by way of the Cabala, a system of Jewish mystical thought and practice adopted by many non-Jewish magicians during and after the Renaissance. The Hebrew letters have a more extensive set of symbolic correspondences than any other alphabet used in Western magic.Much of the basic symbolism of...
Date: 2008-01-14
The earth is a very strange and wonderful place. It gives us so much in our daily lives, but most of the time we simply do not see what a gift it truly is. The earth has given us a place of creation, where we can create all the things we have dreamed of and beyond. Are we truy creating an earth of magick and power, and if so, how can that magick and power survive?
Date: 2008-01-07
Do you believe in magick? Since magic is always happening (everywhere around us, whether or not we believe in it), would it behoove us to understand it so we can be an active controller as opposed to a passive recipient?
Date: 2007-12-26
Do you believe in magick? Since magic is always happening (everywhere around us, whether or not we believe in it), would it behoove us to understand it so we can be an active controller as opposed to a passive recipient?
Date: 2007-12-26
The earth is a very strange and wonderful place. It gives us so much in our daily lives, but most of the time we simply do not see what a gift it truly is. The earth has given us a place of creation, where we can create all the things we have dreamed of and beyond. Are we truy creating an earth of magick and power, and if so, how can that magick and power survive?
Date: 2007-10-08
Many people have a certain image of magickians, thanks in large part to pop culture and the media. But, popular to contrary thought, you simply cannot just chant a few learned words, wave a wand around, and experience some great force of magick. Magick is far more complicated than that. And, a whole lot more fun! Jason Kitchen, a beginning magician, brings you into the world of beginner's magick.
Date: 2006-12-25
Are magickal practices and a gym environment mutually exclusive? If a healthier, fitter lifestyle is one of your New Year's Resolutions but you don't have the time to work out and be spiritual, you might find a lot of benefit to combining the two. With practical advice, learn how to specifically make your workouts more magicakal, and more successful.
Date: 2006-04-01
In the May/June 2006 issue of Llewellyn's New Worlds of Mind and Spirit, we ran a contest titled "Can You Rescue the Magician?" Here is what people read: Eliphas gasped for breath as he dragged himself on shore. Waves lapped at his feet and legs ...
Date: 2005-01-01
Before you rip up this issue of New Worlds screaming, “Kraig has finally gone off the deep end,” read on. One of the disappointments many people have — especially after watching shows like Buffy and Charmed or seeing numerous horror films — is ...
Date: 2004-07-01
In my last column I talked about advanced magick and why there aren’t more books on the subject. This issue I’d like to share what kindergarten and magick have in common — and why this is such good news. When it comes to drawing, I am not naturally ...
Date: 2004-05-01
When is someone going to put out a book of really advanced magick? This is a question I receive frequently in my mail and email. I also hear it from people I meet when I travel to give workshops and lectures. Lately, I’ve been pondering this ...
Date: 2003-07-01
Where does it come from? This is one of the most frequent questions I receive about magick. There is no simple answer to this question. Every time a source is discovered, if you pull back a leaf you find another behind it. We could go back to ...
Date: 2002-08-29
Precis: Although true psychic attack is very rare, the writer shares an example of what happened when one of his students suffered from just such an attack. PSYCHIC ATTACK — FIRST DEFENSEBy Donald Michael Kraig,Editor, The Llewellyn ...
Date: 2002-05-01
“Magick is for all.” Aleister Crowley wrote this at the beginning of his text, Magick in Theory and Practice. He went on to say that magick is for bankers, boxers, biologists, poets, grocers, women working in factories, mathematicians, ...
Date: 2001-09-28
Precis: The author, a practicing magician, began to have difficulties achieving the goals of his rituals. His personal rediscovery and implementation of the planetary or magical hours results in new levels of success. The Time of ...
Several years ago, Scott Cunningham and I shared a two-bedroom apartment not far from the horseshoe-shaped sports stadium in San Diego. One day, I came back from working as a courier with some business cards I had made for myself at a local printer. I gave one to Scott and he asked what it was. “Something new,” I replied. For some reason he found my tone of voice combined with the two...
