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Magick, Wicca, Witchcraft, Christianity

So for a modern day Christian who is thinking of magick I would say if you are such a Free-Thinker then yes it is possible. Continue reading

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The Pentagram

…the Pentagram is quite exciting – it is a greater argument for Intelligent Design than a lot of the tripe put forward by Bible-bashing fundies. Continue reading

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The Equinox, Volume 2 *

* NB: There was no Equinox Volume 2! Continue reading

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Planetary Invocations #7 – Jupiter

I call upon you, master fo the gods, high thundering Zeus, sovereign Zeus, ADONAI, lord IAO OYEE… Continue reading

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Planetary Invocations #6 – Mercury

Hermes, lord of the world, who’re in the heart,
O Circle of Selene, spherical … Continue reading

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Planetary Invocations #5 – Mars

An Orphic Hymn. In the rubric it gives the suffumigation as Frankincense, although in modern terms this would be Dragon’s Blood. Mars Magnanimous, unconquer’d, boistrous Mars, In darts rejoicing, and in bloody wars Fierce and untam’d, whose mighty pow’r can … Continue reading

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Planetary Invocations #4 – The Moon

This is a ritual drawn again from the Greek Magical Papyri. I often use this in the context of Dream Divination. The invocation is adapted from a spell to invoke the Moon for the purposes of Divination. The rubric of … Continue reading

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Planetary Invocations #3 – The Sun

I also source ancient magical texts from a miscellaneous variety of places. The following – a solar invocation – I discovered from reading a novel called Master of the Temple by Eric Ericson. Despite being a work of fiction, the … Continue reading

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Planetary Invocations #2 – Saturn

Saturn, being a defeated god, is not an easy deity for which to find suitable invocations. In The Greek Magical Papyri, the only mention of him (i.e. Kronos) was not an invocation but an evocation, in which the magician assumes … Continue reading

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Planetary Invocations #1 – Venus

Today I shall begin the first in a series of Planetary invocations. These are all ones I use in my own magical practice. Venus One of my favourite sources for deriving traditional rituals is The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, … Continue reading

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