She Continues
I grew up nominally Baptist. But not really. My Dad was in a Baptist church in Texas, sang in the choir, taught Sunday school, and so on. My Mom’s family apparently would apparently sit around the family electric organ with other musical instruments and sing hymns and other religious songs. At some point, my Dad […] … Continue reading…Cosmic Church
I remembered this (unpublished) seminar paper on Yeats and magic I wrote years ago, before I returned to magic proper myself, and it’s very much a product of its time. However, I can also see many ideas that have survived. I also see the stylistic quirks I had at the time. I’m also feeling much […] … Continue reading…Yeats & the Poet-Magician’s Agency
The “Spell to Helios” in the PGM—PGM IV.1596-1715, specifically—is described as “the consecration for all purposes.” I’ve performed this spell on four occasions with different timings and processes. I was asked the other day about my experiences with this spell, so I thought I’d write some on it because I think it points to the […] … Continue reading…Helios Reflections
So, you’ve realized magic is real. Indeed, you’ve realized your magic is real. You may have even realized your magic works—it makes things happen. You may have even realized that it works when done with other people, maybe even better than on your own. It’s perhaps really tempting at that point to try aiming at […] … Continue reading…Chosen Ones
I’m going to talk today about divine twins, the Gospel of Thomas, higher and lower dimensions, textual interpretation, and the imaginal. (Wait! Come back!) As I do so, I’m more thinking aloud than offering any concrete theology or cosmology. I’m still early into thinking with these ideas even as they build on plenty of stuff […] … Continue reading…Twin Inter-Play
I was fulfilling what seemed an entirely reasonable request from one of my spirits for additions to their altar, and my hand brushed up against the wings on their statue’s back. And I brushed against feathers and wing—actual feathers and wing—and I pulled back and kind of giggled and spun around a bit dizzy. I […] … Continue reading…Clairsentience & The “Real”
My friend @stefficus and I talked about containers recently. I don’t just mean plastic storage bins, but containers including signs, decans, cosmological concepts, the universe, you, and more. Back a little over a year ago, I had written about humans as “hollow vessels,” and there I focused more on how we choose to fill ourselves: […] … Continue reading…Astral Vessels
I was meditating a few weeks back and got a strong ping from the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, and I’ve always had a fondness for the asterism. I always enjoy looking up and recognizing the Pleiades (and Orion). So, I decided I’d try my hand at calling up the Pleiades. What do I mean by […] … Continue reading…Seven Sisters
So, my Christmas Eve was fantastically awful. Now, this post isn’t about what came out of that experience for my family. What this post is about is how I found myself glad for the magical tech and kit in my toolbox. Having been in this situation pretty recently, I thought I’d discuss some of that tech and kit. … Continue reading…Emergency Magic
So, magical language as reality, performing that language, thinking about where it comes from, and where and when we do it. In this post, I’m going to begin by covering some familiar territory, but I’m doing so for three reasons. Firstly, I try not to presume everyone remembers where I’ve gone before (let alone those […] … Continue reading…Strange Grammars