Process is not control
In a discussion I had with one of my students, I brought up the point that the process is not control. It might seem to be contradictory to say that and yet also say that when you know the process of how you do a given magical activity, you can then make changes to the [...]
Update on experimental work
I’ve been continuing to integrate Laban into my morning daily moving meditation. The body movements take up the focus of the thoughts, and a rhythm is created, out of time, out of the tightly monitored world, into a place where all that matters is the rhythm of movement and the stretching of the body. My [...]
Does foundational work need to be done before experimentation?
I was asked this question by a reader by of my e-newsletter (Link to sign-up). When I first started practicing magic at 16, I didn’t have a teacher. In fact, I self taught myself. Right from the beginning, I’d replicate the instructions on how to do different packages, from different books, but once I “got” [...]
Some further thoughts about process
In a discussion I had recently with one of my magical students I elaborated further on the difference between chaos magic and experimental magic. Chaos magic, aside from being associated with servitors and sigils, is also about paradigmal piracy. You determine what paradigm works for you, you adopt it for as long as it’s useful, [...]
The hand-parting
On Sunday, my ex-wife Lupa and I did our hand-parting. We’ve ended the marriage in a very amicable way and are still friends. In fact, we both recognize that we make great friends, but lousy spouses. Since the hand-parting happened, I’ve noticed a definite shift in my sense of identity, as well as on an [...]
How to use breath work to undo physical stress
I’ve been feeling some physical tension in my shoulders and neck lately, and decided to do some breathing meditation to help me undo the tension and stress. I’ve found that using meditation to do this has been very helpful in allowing me to undo a lot of physical stress. The way to utilize meditation to [...]
Building up sexual energy in Sex magic
When you read most books on Western sex magic, one of the discoveries you make is that there’s a lot of focus on polarities, with a belief that men embody the active principle and women embody the passive principle. In other words, the women are supposed to lay there passively, while the man generates and [...]
Some thoughts on Giving in magic
Recently I posted the following message to my Facebook and Twitter accounts What are you willing to give in order to get what you want? There’s always some giving involved in magic. I received some interesting responses to it, ranging from the argument that sacrifice isn’t a necessary part of every magical act to the [...]
Process instead of results
For many magicians, my work still falls into the category of chaos magic, and so to them I am a chaote. I, on the other hand, disagree, because while there are certainly elements of chaos magic I draw on, I also utilize a wide variety of other systems. To which one might say, “Wait a [...]
An audience with the Spider Goddess of Time
Today I decided to do a working with the Spider Goddess of Time. I’ve been working with the other entities for the element of Time, but hadn’t contacted her since the first night I switched over to the element of time. I opened my memory box and used it to surf the silver web of [...]
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- I finished the latest revision of Magical Identity, at 93,535 words. Off to the editor and then layout! Expect a pre-order post soon.
