Addendum to my post about the limitation of gods
Later in the epilogue one of the protagonists is told that Ahriman is pursuing them because he still needs to tell Ahriman his wish. He says he doesn’t want anything Ahriman offers and Ahriman is astonished. And the key point to that…Any relationship is defined by the choices you make. A god only has power [...]
Some thoughts on the limitations of gods
Warning…this post will likely be considered blasphemous if you are of the school of thought deities are all powerful, all knowing, and therefor infallible. That said, let’s move on to the content… I recently finished the new Prince of Persia game and have been playing the downloadable add-on epilogue adventure and in both the main [...]
A journey across time
I stare out into the infinite web of time The countless spirals of the past unwind the endless promises of the future unbind to the infinite reach of the present where all is one and one is all zero and one the spider goddess of time weaves her web of silver trails with spirals made [...]
Word
Sometimes it interests me how people will respond to a word. Having read Defining Reality by Edward Schiappa, I know how loaded a word or definition can be, especially when you factor in the agency that informs the use of the word. You really can’t be too careful when a word is used, because of [...]
An intriguing phenomenon I’ve noticed
I just finished reading The Apophenion by Peter Carroll and started a Brief Hirstory of time by Oryelle Defenestate-Bascule and I’ve noticed a really intriguing in both those books and Farber’s latest book. It seems like all these authors have created specific entities that are engaged with, invoked, etc., by the very act of reading [...]
In Loco Dei: Pathology in Western Magic
By Vince Stevens In dealing with Modern Western Magic, I and those I work with often find consistent patterns of pathology in Western Magical culture: Tendencies to arrogance and self-obsession among magicians. An inordinate focus on rebellion, rebelliousness, and distance from the dominant – or any culture. An unusual distance from people, processes, nature, and [...]
Different perspectives on Deity
While I’ve written extensively about my relationship with deity and the concept of service from a Buddhist perspective on this blog, it’s not the only perspective I have about deity or how deities interact in our lives. Over the last sixteen years I’ve come up with a variety of different perspectives all of which are [...]
Deity, service, bargains, needs, etc.
A while back I posted a few posts about deity and service The first one is here. The second one is here. The third one is here. As I woke this morning I thought back to a situation where I could have potentially dedicated myself to a deity. I’m glad I didn’t, because the truth [...]
Re-Thinking and Re-Making Babalon into a Wealth Deity
I’ve been spending some thinking about my relationship to Babalon, both in relationship to the Elemental Love working I’m doing and also in where she fits or doesn’t fit in the overall scheme of my life. And then this weekend I finished reading Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and I realized where Babalon [...]
A Deharan Caste Ascension
While I was at Pantheacon, I had the opportunity to perform a Caste ascension in the Deharan system of magic. A caste ascension is essentially both an acknowledgement that a practitioner has reached a point in the current caste where they’ve learned what they need to learn, and also a method of strengthening the energetic [...]
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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.
