The Purpose of Ritual, Meditation, and Other Practices in Thelema

When doing some practice or ritual, if one is a Thelemite then one must always ask this question: How does this help the fulfillment of my Will? Too many times do Thelemites perform ceremonial rituals and yoga practices for some aim other than the fulfillment of their Wills. Thelema often speaks of Initiation, the Great Work, Knowledge and [...]

Poetic Journeys – Kali as The Devil

      Use any preliminary ritual you like — Banish, Create a Circle, Meditate.   By the light of a dark indigo candle place The Devil Card of any tarot (The Thoth Deck is recommended) in the Center of your altar. There should also be tokens of Kali — a simple inverted triangle, a cup of dark wine, dark incense… etc. Sit in ½ lotus upon [...]

Occult Author Spotlight – Bill Whitcomb

Note: This is my last column for the Occult Author Spotlight. While there are many other authors to discuss and I hope someone will take over and write about those authors, the demands of several of my own ventures as well as some changes in my spiritual life prohibit me from continuing. I was first introduced [...]

The Study of Magick: It All Started in a Cave

I’m pleased to offer myself as a regular columnist on these august though entirely electronic pages. As those who have read my books or know me personally know, I’m an academic through and through, and so my conversations have a tendency to turn to lectures, and my dinner parties often become seminars. This column therefore [...]

The Inner Storyteller: Experiments in Active Imagination

I intend to describe in this article a fundamental technique of Hermetic Theurgy that I have developed over the last 20 years, and with any luck the reader will find in my words something of value for themselves. It’s probably best to describe it as “active imagination” as Carl Jung coined the term. [...]

The Poor Pagan

Ever heard of the stereotypical “poor Pagan”? The one who barely lives paycheck to paycheck, drives a hunk o’ junk around because s/he has no credit, and never seems to get ahead? This stereotype, when it comes to money, is justified by the idea that being poor is virtuous. The rationalization is that [...]

Training the Observer

Meditation in Theory Meditation is the foundation of all magical and mystical systems of all cultures. It may seem a bit beginnerish to spend an entire article on the subject, but I believe this topic to be important enough to cover over and over again. I don’t think that I’ll have to do that [...]