You are the best teacher for your spiritual path. Other people can be guides and facilitators...they can teach you something, but you must be the ultimate authority of your life and take on the responsibility of your path and the experiences you have as a result.
My system for invoking and evoking spirits
In my most recent post I shared how to keep your relationships with your spirits top of mind. In today's video I share how I invoke and evoke spirits and why responsibility and respect play such an important roles in the relationships I have with them.
What do you want to contribute to magical theory and practice?
What do you want to contribute to magical theory and practice? In this video I share why its more important to share your work than to bash other people's systems of magic and why for magic to advance we need to respect the past, while also discovering what else we can do with magic.
How to do effective energy work
When you're doing magical working, it can be tempting to draw on your personal energy. However, while its the most readily available source of magical energy, I recommend against doing. Watch the video to learn why as well as what other sources you can draw on.
Why we need to be inclusive in the Pagan Community
I've never really felt like I belonged in the Pagan and occult community. Sure I write books about magic, but I've gotten a lot of flack over the years for sharing my unconventional ideas. At some point, I realized that instead of trying to fit in to the community around me, I should just create my own and that's how Magical Experiments, as a community, was born. One of the foundational principles of my community is that we are inclusive of other people. I think its important to be inclusive because when you are inclusive you open yourself up to truly learning from the experiences, differences, and similarities of other people, and as a result you grow as does your community.
In this video I share why its important to be inclusive and how it helps your community when you open your mind, heart and spirit to people from different backgrounds and experiences.
How pop culture can inspire practical magic techniques
I love pop culture and part of what I love about it is how it inspires my magical practice, especially in developing practical techniques. If you look at the pop culture you love with a critical eye toward exploring the mechanics of pop culture magic, what you can discover is how take some of the ideas and apply them to your magical work. In the video below I explain how you can go about doing this.
How to set up and use an energetic tank reserve
An energetic tank reserve provides you magical energy to draw on when you need it. Learn how to set on up and refill it if you've used it up.
The Health Magic of Diet and Exercise
In this video I explore why taking care of your body through exercise and food is important to your magical work.
How we can make health magic proactive
I discuss how we can take a proactive approach to health magic and why we need to look at our health holistically.
My fascination with health magic
I've been fascinated with health magic for a long time. In this video I share where that fascination began and some of the work I've done with health magic.
Magic, Karma and Dharma
I explore the relationship of magic karma and dharma and why we need to recognize that we are shaped by what we manifest as much as we shape it.
Knowing your process helps you own what doesn't work
When you know your process, then you can figure out what isn't working in it and why. Knowing that is what helps you become a better magician.
With great expectation comes great disappointment
With great expectation comes great disappointment, or why the inability to let go actually stops your magic in its tracks.
How I used Alchemy to change my life pt 7
In part 7 I discuss coagulation and the reality that the alchemical process never really stops. You are always transforming yourself and the world through the work you do.
How I used Alchemy To Change my life pt 6
In part 6 I discuss the alchemical process of Distillation and how I applied it to my life when I lived in Seattle.
How I used alchemy to change my life pt 5
This week I discuss how I applied the Alchemical process of Fermentation and putrefaction to my life during my 7 week magical working with the principles of alchemy.
How I used Alchemy to change my life pt 4
In part 4, I discuss the alchemical process of conjunction and Why the process of transformation isn't something we are in complete control of, and how we can accept that and use it in our magical work.
How Alchemy changed my life part 3
In part 3 I share how the alchemical process of separation showed up in my life. Watch the video to learn more:
How I used Alchemy to change my life pt 2
In part 2 I discuss how I used the alchemical process of dissolution to change my life when I moved from the east coast to Seattle. Watch the video to learn more:
How I used Alchemy to Change my life part 1
How I used the 7 stages of alchemy to change my life. Part 1 focuses on the stage of calcination.