Category Archives: Magic
Magic and Money
This is a very thorny and contentious issue that has been raising its head around me recently. Through various recent social media conversations and observing certain statements etc, the issues of magic, money and entitlement around teachers, magicians, writers, priests … Continue reading
Treading a magical path: the influence of the Sefirot
When a person first steps onto the path of magical training, they quickly come across the Tree of Life. Its names, paths, numbers and attributes are dutifully learned, but it is not made apparent to beginners that having a basic … Continue reading
Magic: The Holy Guardian Angel
Some branches of magic dangle the candy of ‘knowing your guardian angel’ better known as ‘knowledge of and conversation with your holy guardian angel’. Aspirants are told that once you achieve this, you will then go on to cross the … Continue reading
Magic and Psychology – Under the Microscope
A lot has been made of psychology and magic, almost to the point whereby the practice becomes all psychology and very little magic. Where is the fine line and how is it best to tread that line for someone coming … Continue reading
Magic…walking the path..
Hidden in a dark tree is a golden bough, golden in leaves and pliant stem, sacred to Persephone, the underworld’s Juno, all the groves shroud it, and shadows enclose the secret valleys. But only one who’s taken a gold-leaved fruit … Continue reading
Peeling the Onion
During the first few years of magical training and practice, the magician is often young and still forming in terms of character and personality, so habits laid down during this phase of magical development can pay major dividends further down … Continue reading
Ignorance is the greatest enemy of the magician
When people first walk the path of the magician, they quickly find themselves at a crossroads in terms of style, path and opinions. Some paths use magic simply as a tool to get what a person wants and to bend … Continue reading