She Continues
I’ve had tarot cards for a long time. I have a deck of Waite-Smith someone I knew a long while ago gifted me. I used to have a Herbal Tarot—there was a giant garlic bulb rising before the Tower[1]—but it vanished at some point. I have a Shadowscape Tarot, and I have my Tarot de […] … Continue reading…The One about Tarot & Divination
As I do some base-lining of skills and get some practice on active imagination in anticipation of a course on Journeying, it’s been interesting to note how that imaginal world has always already been there. I did a series of guided meditation exercises that included a past life regression and spirit guide contacts. Now, the […] … Continue reading…Reflections on Active Imagination
As I explore forms of magic and enchantment that would’ve been well outside my wheelhouse, well outside my inclination many years ago—I have a pile of grimoires that make a goodly amount of sense these days to me; I have various practical enchantmenty documents lying about on my hard drive or bookshelves; I have my […] … Continue reading…Reflections on Enchantment
I used to smoke. A lot. I used to not exercise. A lot. I used to have a far shittier diet. A lot. I quit smoking. I exercise most every day. I track and try to manage my diet into healthier shapes. At first, I decided to stop smoking, and I decided to start exercising […] … Continue reading…(Magical) Lifestyle Choices
I’ve been big proponent of magical journals for a while, even though historically their use seems rather rare—and limited to literate practitioners. The argument that the practice comes out of a Victorian culture with classist associations—Do you have the time to write? Do you have the thing to write in?—has merit. The occult commonplace was […] … Continue reading…Meta-Journaling
So Artimedorus came from Ephesus and lived in the second century CE, and he wrote Oneirokritikon, basically On Dream Interpretation. I first discovered him and this text back in grad school, and I’m looking at a 1755 English translation of the text, for reasons, and he offers his interpretation of dreaming of headlessness: To dream […] … Continue reading…Dreams & Interpretation & Western Magic
So I did my first Solomonic conjuration last night, for the spirit Birto. I’m working with The Book of Oberon with the astrological timing from the Hygromanteia, for hours, at least. Birto’s conjuration is comparatively lean in terms of the evocation and the materia required. I didn’t get much on the first try. I spent […] … Continue reading…Having a Story (“Consecrate”)