Secrecy and Magic
Mike posted some excellent thoughts about how secrecy destroys knowledge. I agree with him. I’ve always found the culture of secrecy within the occult to be problematic. I get that, at least as it pertains to magical orders, that the secrets of those orders are maintained to determine who gets into the magical clubhouse and [...]
Why Magic is ultimately a personal experience
I’ve been reading Magick of Thought, a blog by Mike Sententia. It’s an interesting blog and his approach to magic is innovative, but it also highlights why I think of magic as a more of a personal experience. When I read his work, I get where he’s coming from, but I wouldn’t really approach magic [...]
System or process, its still the same issue
It seems like I’ve gotten into quite a discourse. In his latest post, Mike argues that magicians don’t experiment because most of them ignore 2/3rds of how magic work. He also argues that in my last post, I only argued that people don’t experiment because they perceive it as not fun. Actually, I spent [...]
The disappointment of magic
I came across an intriguing blog where the author discusses why chaos magic disappoints him, as well as why that disappointment is good. As I read his posts I found myself nodding in agreement, seeing some of my own frustrations expressed. Like me, he recognized that there has been a distinct lack of inquiry into [...]
The Sacred Cow of Science
I’ve written before about the tendency for some occultists to value science over magic and their attempts to apply the scientific method to magic, to the point, where they end up disillusioned with magic, because it doesn’t really conform to science (nor was it ever meant to). This passage, I think explains part of the [...]
My Experiences with Persecution
When I was 18, and still in high school, I dealt with my first experience of being persecuted for my spiritual beliefs. I’d been careful about hiding what I believed from my mom, and from most others, but I had a few friends and one of those friends had fundamentalist Christians for parents. They found [...]
Radio interview with Crystal Blanton part 1
In this show, I interview Crystal Blanton about Pagan Group Dynamics, instagroups, and her book Bridging the Gap. Next week I’ll be interviewing her about the upcoming Shades of Faith Anthology. Click below, to listen to this week’s show! Listen to internet radio with Experimental Magic on Blog Talk Radio ShareTweet
Belonging and Occult groups
I’ve never belonged to an occult group, and only briefly considered joining two, before I determined that I’d rather just pursue my own path. But recently on Facebook someone revived the Zee List and for a time I participated on that list way back when and it was interesting to observe how different people responded [...]
Rapturous
Tomorrow is supposedly doomsday for the Christians, where they will be raptured away and leave the rest of us alone. I’m skeptical of it happening, and I think it’s silly how much people are focused on trying to get to some after life, instead of focusing on living their lives. Their’s nothing rapturous about giving [...]
Some observations about on Religion and business
In my other business I go to a lot of networking meetings and it’s always interesting to observe the intersection between religion and business. At a recent meeting, a person brought up that he was making Christian movies, which most everyone there seemed fine with, and in other meetings I’ve heard other people mention the [...]
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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.
