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You probably stink. Take a bath.
Towards the end of last year, I visited some friends up in New England, one of whom is a Tata Quimbanda, or a Quimbandero priest. It was fascinating to see how he worked, and the tradition of...
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A Correction on Terminology: On “Omieros”
In the last post, I described my method of a general spiritual bath for purification and the removal of spiritual impurities, and in the process used the term “omiero”, which has caused a minor stir...
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On Supporting People Spiritually
Note: this post was written a few months ago during a bit of a chaotic period in my life. I was angry and hurt, as were several others around me, and I don’t consider that to be the best time to...
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Search Term Shoot Back, January 2015
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Practical Arbatel: Conjuration of the Olympic Spirit
So, when do we conjure the Olympic Spirits? I mentioned a while back about working with the Olympic Spirits in a slightly more Greekish framework, and I haven’t forgotten about it or my Arbatel...
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Beginner’s Practices
Recently, I’ve been getting more requests for consultations, which I’m happy to do for people. (Yes, I charge, and you can find my rates on my Services page.) Normally, people book a consultation for...
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Broke but not Cheap: Supplies and Tools
The style of magic I’m known for, western Renaissance Hermetic magic which is sometimes known generally as ceremonial magic, is often called complex, flashy, glamorous, and outright gaudy at times....
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Broke but not Cheap: Altars and Shrines
The last post I wrote on doing magic “broke but not cheap”, which is to say doing magic for as little a cost as possible, focused on magical goods and supplies, like oils and tools and the like. This...
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Broke but not Cheap: Works and Operations
So, in the last two posts, I’ve described how to get by on the cheap stuff and the free stuff in order to set yourself up as a magician. The important thing to remember is to make do with what you...
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Search Term Shoot Back, February 2015
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On Maintaining Tradition
Not too long ago, I read on one of my friends’ Facebook walls a particular quote that I find profound and worthy of committing to memory: Tradition means giving a vote to most obscure of all classes,...
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Workplace Magic
Most people spend their time in two places: at home or at work. Not everyone, of course; some of us aren’t employed, and some of us work out of our own homes. Sadly, the number of people in...
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Occult Desert Bookshelf
Not that long ago, I was asked a simple question: if I were stranded on a desert island and could only have three occult books to keep with me, which ones would that be? Hoo boy. Asking this to most...
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A Brief Note on Reading Geomantic Charts
So, recently, I’ve been teaching geomancy in one-on-one classes with a friend. (No, I don’t plan to do this very often, and if I do, I won’t be taking on more than one student at a time. I’m still...
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On the Geomantic Triads
Western geomancy, as a whole, can often be described as astrological. This isn’t to say that geomancy comes from astrology or vice versa (although some authors might disagree, like Cornelius Agrippa),...
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The Spiritual Origin of Geomancy
It occurs to me that I talk a fair bit about geomancy, and on occasion have briefly described the factual history of the art. Geomancy, as it is understood by scholars and historians, has no...
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Elements in the Geomantic Shield Chart
In the last post on technique, I went over a technique that’s mostly been underdeveloped and underused in Western geomancy, the technique of reading the triads in the Shield Chart, which is basically...
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On the Meanings of the Geomantic Houses
Probably the most confusing thing about the Shield Chart in geomancy that people go right to the House Chart for is that, with the House Chart, we have clear delineations of what figure applies to what...
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Search Term Shoot Back, March 2015
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On Geomantic Figures, Zodiac Signs, and Lunar Mansions
Geomantic figures mean a lot of things; after all, we only have these 16 symbols to represent the entire rest of the universe, or, as a Taoist might call it, the “ten-thousand things”. This is no easy...
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