‘The nature of Saturn is far more evil than that of Herschel [Uranus]: he is called the Greater Infortune, and he is undoubtedly the cause (subservient to the will of Providence) of the greater portion of human suffering. When he is rising or setting at birth, the person born will suffer much lingering sickness, and […]
Keywords for the Planets in Astrology
Here is an excellent guide to the planets in astrology (and the relevant keywords) by my old friend, astrologer and magician Bob Makransky. I: Keywords for Transiting Planets Sun: DECISIVE – Calls for an exercise of will in which you have to follow your heart and stay your course; do what you feel is right. […]
True Mindfulness And Meditation – Part Two: A Guide to Soulful Living
As we said in part one, Mindfulness requires that you have done with thinking. To stop living only in your head. Stop analysing things to death! Stop scrutinising, and trying to ‘work things out’, so to speak. Being rational is fine – but it doesn’t always give us the actual answers we need. Life isn’t […]
A Brief Guide to Creative Visualisation and the Sri Yantra
What is Creative Visualisation? Have you ever tried it? Done right, it’s exceedingly powerful. Essentially it’s the basis of all modern magic, and the so-called Law of Attraction, but maybe you need a little practice first – here’s a guide to getting started. Before any creative visualisation work, you should make sure you’re as relaxed […]
THE GREAT MINDS ON POSITIVE THINKING
What do the Great Minds of history have to say that is relevant to Positive Thinking and the Law of Attraction? Read on: Ask for what is great and what is small shall be given to you as well. – Clement of Alexandria Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can […]
AN INDISPENSABLE COLLECTION OF QUOTES ON MAGIC
The purpose here is not to provide a handy list of soundbites, but to give you something deeper to ponder on. All the magical quotes below have been carefully selected for their profundity – do give them some real thought (and yes, there are a couple of mine from Applied Visualisation.) Sacred nature […]
The Propaganda Files (part two): Beware of Fake News!
Fake News is everywhere these days. Some of us, unfortunately, aren’t really paying attention and are just too ready to believe what we read, or what we’ve heard. There is a Paradigm at work, caused by a miasma of Propaganda (and, yes, Fake News) filtered via popular media like television, magazines, newspapers and the Internet. […]
Pluto on the Birth Chart – Your Power Trip
Thou art Kāli, the original form of all things, and because Thou art the Origin of and devourest all things Thou art called the Adya [the Primordial One]. Re-assuming after Dissolution Thine own form, dark and formless, Thou alone remainest as One ineffable and inconceivable. Though having a form, yet art Thou formless; though Thyself […]
Are We Still in the Age of Pisces?
We all heard the joyous proclamation – in the 1960’s musical Hair – that ‘This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius’. For those looking and watching, people around the world were supposed to transform into a universal brotherhood built on sharing, on common values and recognition of each other’s basic humanity. War would […]
The Propaganda Files (part one): Avoiding the Narrative
The Propaganda war is as old as the hills, and it’s easily lost. All you need to do is believe everything you hear. Of course, no one wants to think they’re being persuaded what to think or feel, even though that’s the precise objective of modern political spin doctors, advertisers and media barons. However, the […]