Category Archives: Magical Training
The Mystagogus deck book – a preview!
The book for the deck has been put up on the Quareia Publishing website as a free download, and it is also on Quareia’s free books page . The physical books will be available for purchase online in the next … Continue reading
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Tagged Josephine McCarthy, magic, Magical path, Mystagogus, Oracle deck, spirits, Tarot Interpretation
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Mystagogus deck update
Well things are moving along nicely – the deck is due to be delivered at the end of Dec, and we have help lined up for the packing and shipping in early 2023 so they will start flying their way … Continue reading
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Tagged Josephine McCarthy, magic, magical teachers, Mystagogus, spirits, Tarot Interpretation
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Deck paintings at the teen angst phase – fighting names, and going out into the world
Well this has suddenly turned into a bronco ride! The website for the deck is finally up, the paintings are going up for sale in batches, the fundraiser for printing is launched, and meanwhile the images have turned into a … Continue reading
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Tagged divination deck, Josephine McCarthy, magic, Mystagogus, Quareia, Tarot
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Deck Process and Places
New deck – the process and places Continue reading
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Tagged divination deck, Josephine McCarthy, magic, Magical path, Magical training, Quareia, spirits, Tarot, Tarot Interpretation
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My latest podcast with GlitchBottle..Nov 2019
A podcast I recorded with Alex of Glitch Bottle has just gone public…. I am chatting with Alex about the environment, nature magic, working magically in service for the environment and how to approach it.. you can find the podcast … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth Magic, Environmental magic, Josephine McCarthy, spirits
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Talks and Podcasts
It has been a busy time for me lately, besides working with students, preparing new texts for the Quareia page, etc, I have been doing podcasts, lectures and have a masterclass coming up at The Magickal Womens Conference in London … Continue reading
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Tagged Glitch Bottle, Josephine McCarthy, magic, Magical podcast, Magickal Womens Conference, occult, Occult podcast, Podcast, Scottish Pagan Federation
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Magic, Power, Focus and Emotion
The journey of magic that touches real power is a long and convoluted road that triggers ever deepening awareness of inner powers, consciousness and our own inner spirit and outer body. That long journey takes us down many roads of … Continue reading
Quareia and Kabbalah, and the Curious case of not knowing…..
Recently it came to my attention that a pair of leaders of a commercial magical temple had put up a blog post on the stance of Quareia and Kabbalah. I found it sad, misleading, and it brought many things into … Continue reading
Approaching the Magical Book of Gates
I thought it timely to introduce the Book of Gates: the mystical initiatory text of the Underworld and stars from Ancient Egypt. The Book of Gates is a complex, enigmatic and coded book that acts as a signpost and guide … Continue reading
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Tagged Duat, Egyptian Underworld, Heka, Josephine McCarthy, Magic and Egypt, Michael Sheppard, Osiris mysteries, The Book of Gates
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Quareia training – when you hit the wall, don’t headbutt it
As some of you who are studying the Quareia magical course will have come to realise, there is a point (and often more than one point) when you hit an energetic wall. You cannot seem to make progress, you are … Continue reading
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Tagged burn out, hitting the wall, Quareia training
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