She Continues
I decided to take a note–er–a page from @TheJaymo and figured I could do weekly-ish notes, too. The Daily Routine My current morning routine is a slew of business: Acknowledge country St. Cyprian protective prayer Do my version of St. Patrick’s lorica (kinda sans St. Patrick) Do a St. Columba success prayer Do the Heptameron […] … Continue reading…Weekly Notes: December 21
One of the recurring things in magical studies—and I am broadly including strands of alchemy, mysticism, and more under this rubric for the time being—is that embodied life on Earth represents a second order existence that comes after some preceding state. From a Christian perspective, we live in a “fallen” state—we are postlapsarian rather than […] … Continue reading…Jailbreaking the Fall
One of the first books on magic I remember reading when I was a baby practitioner was Donald Michael Kraig’s Modern Magick, and it got more attention from me at the time than a lot of things. It’s primarily a book going into Golden Dawn style magic and adjacent territories. However, the part that stuck […] … Continue reading…Time Warp
A friend had bugged me ages ago about writing on “ritual dramaturgy,” and the idea made sense, got me thinking, but despite making an outline and starting to draft something, it fell by the wayside because it got boring. I was approaching it in the wrong way, and I was very much overthinking it or […] … Continue reading…Ritual Dramaturgy
I’ve waited on making this post because it reflects experiments I had begun with the eclipses of January, and continued on with the July eclipse in Cancer. I began this experiment after having several brainstorms. I knew the eclipses were coming up this year, and they’re hitting pretty sensitive places in my chart. Indeed, I […] … Continue reading…Out of the Shadow: Eclipse Experiments
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
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
In which I wax lyrically on planetary magic, She-Ra fan art, and enchantment … Continue reading…Lady Aflame