I had listed out several long and short term goals for 2014. And since we’re about a week into February, I figured a status check on how I did through January was in order. Develop a workable plan to complete college degree. Complete by End of January. [This will require money and reaching out to […]
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Pagan Blog Project: Counting Coup
For my first (late) offering to the Pagan Blog Project, I talk about Phil Hine’s application of counting coup to magical training.Filed under: Pagan Blog Project, Technique Tagged: chaos magick, counting coup, magical training, magick, pagan vlog project, Phil Hine
Old Dog, New Tricks
I have been reading tarot since 1995. That’s quite a while. My first deck was the Dragon Tarot. I then purchased a copy of the Rider-Waite for Walter’s class, followed by my Thoth deck, which I picked up on Walter and Jack’s recommendations and wasn’t able to make sense of for several years. I learned […]
Precision and Links
I came across this transcript on Spiral Nature (because Psyche tweeted it). It talks about magical precision, and I thought that was interesting, because I try to be as precise as possible with my magical work. The question came up because someone was having trouble localizing the effects of their spells. They would do a […]
New Beginning
When I was a child, we didn’t have much of a New Year’s tradition. My parents let me stay up late and there was usually a tray of veggies, crackers, and cheeses. Being from New York, my parents watched the Ball drop on tv and then called it a night. On New Year’s Day we […]
Stepping Aside
A while back I did tarot reading at a psychic fair. It was a three day event put on by a local group for the express purpose of raising money for that group to do “research,” whatever that happens to be. They used to do them twice a year but now only do one. The […]
Seeing Both Sides
As far as I know, there are only two professions that are legally able to represent two parties to a contract without a conflict of interest. These are auctioneers and notaries public. The very nature of what they do is to affirm that two parties have made an agreement and attest to this fact should […]
Hello 2014
I keep saying that New Year’s resolutions are wasted effort. Because for a lot of people they are. I think a lot of that is because they are vague and poorly planned out. Most of us don’t set goals or consider the steps to achieve those resolutions. What counts as success? What is your time […]
Hiatus
Blacklight Metaphysics will be taking a hiatus for the holiday season. Next week I am moving. Again. I do not know when I will have internet service up. And the travails of settling in to a new home will take their toll upon me as well. So I will be taking a break from this […]
Knowing Your Limits
“Wax. That was his problem. Not hubris. Wax.” – Mark Harmon as Lucas Davenport A recent discussion with someone brought back some thoughts on the Icarus myth. We all know the basics of the story. Icarus and Daedalus escaped from a tower with wings of feathers and wax. Daedalus warned Icarus that if he flew […]