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Don’t worry what others think of you. You will never please them all so don’t waste energy trying. Do what you enjoy, find likeminded. Be kind but not foolish. Many trends and teachings perpetuate the idea of bending your will to others wishes. Wear your…

If nothing was bored enough to create everything, then everything wanted it all, until there was nothing more to desire. Where does that leave us Mortals? In a right pile of Ontological Diarrhoea, is probably a close answer. A world where simplicity is o…

Pathways in Modern Western Magic is Concrescent Press’s reply to the conditions of contemporary academic publishing—an activity that, especially for scholars of area studies, is at best difficult and at worst, financially untenable. The book is the first …

What brought you here? Why in this very moment when you could be anywhere doing anything, is it that you have found yourself on this blog? Chances are that you saw the image and it made sense to you! Do you see 11:11? Does it boggle your mind and at times…

Sunlight = Set out on a bright sunny day and let the sun do the work (Notes) Some crystals like (Ametrine, Aventurine, Apatite, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Beryl, Citrine, Calcite, Celestite, Chrysoprase, Kunzite, Sapphire, Fluorite, Rose Quartz, and Smokey Qu…

Ever wondered what Vampires are talking about? Every community has its own lingo and this is the terminology most commonly used terms within the “Vampire Community” or “VC” and the Vampire Subculture. Ambient Feeding - The most basic of all energy feedin…

Chaos magic is difficult to define because definitions are comprised of common components, and by definition chaos magic has none. In short, chaos magic is about using whatever ideas and practices are helpful to you at the moment, even if they contradict …

Welcome to the season of the witch. Recently, the Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted a Witches Brew film festival, which included the acclaimed new film “The Witch.” Lately it isn’t uncommon to see glossy magazines like Nylon with headlines that start “The …

Here’s a simple exercise which will expand your knowledge of the Tarot and channel the accurate and visionary wisdom of the Tarot at the same time! The reason I love this technique so much is that it uses the principles of Quantum physics – but don’t worr…

“Everything is connected to everything else.” – Leonardo DaVinci Benoit B. Mandelbrot was just a boy when he discovered that he had a talent for Math. However, it didn’t take a while until he discovered that his talent was something else entirely than ju…

A unified reality in which there are “not two” or there is “nothing apart” surely confirms the illusory nature of separation. If separation is illusory, then any attempt to not be separate is rooted in a dualistic perspective. So the basic principle of …

If you were an art student in Britain in the last decades of the 20th century, you would have been extremely fortunate to learn of the existence of Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956), “one of the greatest living draughtsmen” as he was described within his lif…

Ideological ossification is a challenge right across the magical spectrum but it is potentially more of a concern with chaos magic because there is a tendency to believe its own hype, or to parrot ‘cutting edge’ notions that are now entering their third d…