Melatonin and Tryptophan
Melatonin always appears as a dark skinned woman. she’s the polar opposite of serotonin, but also does similar activities in terms of balancing the neurochemistry of the body as well as a person’s emotional moods. She’s also helpful in cases of insomnia. She and serotonin can be worked with simultaneously in order to help with [...]
Dream technique
Yesterday I was at the Oregon coast and I walked barefoot in the sand. I retained a strong kinisthetic body memory of the sensation of walking in the sand, and on a whim, decided that when I went to sleep, I would use the sensation of walking on the beach to create a dream environment [...]
Serotonin Report
For me, Serotonin is a 6 eyed red snake. When I experience Serotonin in my body, it feels like a fuzzy, warm light has encased my body. Serotonin is balance, the balance of the light with the dark, as well as the balance of the neurochemistry of the brain and the balance of the moods [...]
What is practical magic?
I’ve been thinking about what practical magic since I’ve started reading a book about strategic sorcery. When I think about practical magic and what it is, I don’t just think of magic used to solve a problem or crisis in the mundane world, but also as the magician taking a step further and examining what [...]
Some further thoughts on embodiment work
When I first learned about the paratheatre technique, one problem I had with it was that I felt there was something missing from the explanation of the embodied space. Well more than something…a number of things actually. First what was missing was a concrete explanation of how we move through space. It seems to me [...]
The need for innovation in magic
When we adhere to other people’s rules and definitions of magic without questioning them or testing them, we become dogmatic and lose out on innovation. For magic to be an effective practice, we need to question all definitions and practices, with an eye toward improving our magical practice and also toward improving magic as a [...]
Embodiment magic
A while back I’d written about some of my experiences with Laban, a form of physical movement. My main purpose for studying Laban was to learn more about the spatial realities of the body as well as how it moves through space, something I considered essential for really getting the methodology of paratheatre, which Antero [...]
Recognizing and changing patterns
I was talking with Kat recently about patterns, specifically the patterns of behavior each person has, as well as the patterns that occur between people. It seems to me that each person does have specific patterns of behavior that they act out, and also have specific patterns of behavior that occur in the relationships…kind of [...]
Pan’s Labyrinth and Rules of Magic
I recently saw Pan’s Labyrinth and one scene in particular that stood out to me was where the girl was looking for a key and there were specific rules she had to follow and if she didn’t follow those rules, she could die. She did, in fact, break the rules, and the monster almost got [...]
Video: Internal work and Definitions
As I continue to explore the role of definitions in magic, I’ve also applied them to internal work, with the specific understanding that any given issue brings with it definitions of the reactions a person will take when the issue comes up. The video below goes into more depth about this: Share
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