A while back John Halstead wrotre very excellent post about generational differences in the neopagan community. In particular, it addressed something that is I have been becoming more and more aware of, and that seems to be discussed more openly in the pagan community: the status of elders in the community. I remain deaf to […]
Category Archives: Blacklight Metaphysics
Investigation Protocols
Quite a very long time ago, one of my Tumblr followers suggested I write about the need of paranormal investigators to bring along a practitioner, psychic, or sensitive. (I didn’t because I’ve been lazy for a very long time. Sorry.) I’ve decided to tackle this now because 1) I’m finally getting around to writing about […]
Love the One You’re With
If you’re down and confused And you can’t remember who you’re talkin’ to Concentration slips away ‘Cuz your baby is so far away About two decades ago, I was emotionally involved with a girl that I call Jewel. She was the first person that I ever fell in love with. She was also the first […]
Confidence and Decisive Action
I hung out with Sapphire last night, and over Mexican take out, we talked about relationships. (It’s very reminiscent of where we were both at the same time last year, with her having just broken up with someone and me feeling lonely and being too concerned with a potential connection with someone that is not […]
The Land of Birth-Starved Babes
My old Mentor used to teach classes on the Kabbalah. His interpretation of it was a little different than some of the other sources I have since been exposed to, even though he did give me some insight into some things that were already covered by Israel Regardie or Aleister Crowley or the like. I’m […]
Spellcrafting
So I was asked a while back what components are necessary for successful spellcrafting. Spell can be very elaborate. They can involve numerous ingredients, representations, candles, accessories, incenses, chants, motions, and all manner of things. But I’m a chaos magician. I usually like to keep things simple. What do you need to cast a spell? […]
July 2014
My blogging has been pretty pathetic this year. My keeping track of my goals hasn’t been very good either. But I’m trying to break them down more into more manageable bench-markers, and the beginning or a new month is as good a time as any to see where I’m at and what I want to […]
Derailed
Many years ago I was in graduate school. I had aspirations to be a college professor, and was working toward that goal. I had become frustrated by my career in the restaurant industry, and wanted to do something that was a better use of my innate talents. I got burnt out, for many reasons. Some […]
Journeywork
I’ve done a few different types of what I call generically “journeywork.” There are a lot of different techniques that I have read, learned, and practice for these experiences (“accident” is perfectly valid, by the way), and many of those techniques can be path specific and rather complicated and time consuming. So I’m not going […]
Closing the Sale
So I had a job interview. I had a second interview for the same job. This is a good sign. It is a sales position. I’m not normally enthusiastic about sales positions. I’m not generally suited for aggressive sales. That kind of high energy persuasion wears me out quickly. But the nature of this job […]