Do what thou will shall be the whole of the Law! Equinox greetings, sisters and brothers! This morning, Frater Sabazius shared the following quote on his Facebook page: While the whole thing is cool to see, the part that jumped… Continue Reading
Wow, Frater Ararita 418 of William Blake Lodge in Baltimore is on fire lately! Check out this post on Lent, the HGA and the Calcination of Failure! And then scope out his other recent posts. He and I have been… Continue Reading
It occurs to me that often the things that really irritate me in life are based on other people failing to understand “How to do a thing.” I have spent literally decades studying magick, the occult, paganism, old tomes, translations… Continue Reading
The Alchemical Great Work is a process that reduces a given thing to its constituent parts, purifies them, and then brings them back together to create “The Philosopher’s Stone.” While this is a grossly oversimplified explanation of a topic that… Continue Reading
On the public OTO website, we have a link to Initiation, which discusses the various degree titles and provides a 30,000 foot view of some of the things that happen as we go through initiations within the Order. There are three “Triads”… Continue Reading
(A poem. Sorta.) Nobody talks about it much. At least, if they do, not to me. But it’s weird… being dead. The floor is cold and hard beneath my bare feet. I’m standing, propped up by a spear of some… Continue Reading
Many Thelemites are also Magicians, though whether that’s necessary or not is a matter of debate. Certainly one cannot avoid becoming a Magician if one pursues the degrees of the Man of Earth Triad within the OTO, but whether that… Continue Reading
Frater Ararita 418 is a long time friend of mine, and he’s one of the reasons I joined both the A.’.A.’. and the O.T.O. Within the community of grimoire-based magicians to which I belonged, the general opinion of Ceremonial Magicians… Continue Reading
In the previous posts in this series, I’ve gone over some really simple magick that anyone can do with little training and a few internet links to change the foundations of most people’s lives. Money, love, the means to overcome… Continue Reading
When I started this series of posts, I wanted to cover the basic needs that people face universally. We all need money and favor to get by in society. We almost all want to love and to be loved, in… Continue Reading