When thinking about secrets and mysteries in practice, I’ve long tossed about the idea of a difference between secret societies, societies with secrets and a society without spoilers. Especially in this day when so much is being made available online, but that really is just a matter of scale when there are plenty of historical… Continue reading Secret societies, societies with secrets, and societies with spoilers
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Sacred Sex Magic workshop series in Portland starting Jun 5th
(At first, when I tried to write “workshop” I ended up with “workship” and, although a typo, a mixture of workshop and worship seems to me on the right path given the topic.) Dawn Isidora and Ravyn Stanfield are offering “Sacred Sex Magic” in Portland. There will be three weekend classes as part of the… Continue reading Sacred Sex Magic workshop series in Portland starting Jun 5th
Therioi
I’m not sure but it’s most certainly earlier that I started being interested in etymology, but I definitely recall the effect of my meager semester of Latin from freshman year of high school. I know without a doubt that I got a couple extra answers correct on my S.A.T. because of that class. I find… Continue reading Therioi
Alchemy and Magic at Common Ground on Oct 24-25th
My friend Gerri Ravyn Stanfield is doing a class on Alchemy and Magic on the weekend of Oct 24-25th. I’ve known Ravyn for years and have a lot of respect for Ravyn’s work. Ravyn is hard at work on co-authoring a book about Sex Magic as well, which I’ll be sure to say something about… Continue reading Alchemy and Magic at Common Ground on Oct 24-25th
T. Thorn Coyle event flyer available for download
I posted before about the T. Thorn Coyle lecture and book signing at Sekhet-Maat Lodge on Jun 12th at 7:30pm. And now there’s a downloadable PDF flyer for the event which I just added to the event’s page. You can check out Self Possession and Drawning Down the ‘I am’ and download the flyer PDF… Continue reading T. Thorn Coyle event flyer available for download
T. Thorn Coyle Workshop on June 13th & 14th in Portland
In addition to the book signing and lecture I already posted about, T. Thorn Coyle will be doing a weekend workshop in Portland on the same topic. This would be an opportunity to do more work with Thorn and with the ideas in the lecture and book. T. Thorn Coyle workshop Self-Possession: Activating the “I… Continue reading T. Thorn Coyle Workshop on June 13th & 14th in Portland
T. Thorn Coyle at Sekhet-Maat on Jun 12th at 7:30pm
T. Thorn Coyle is going to be in town for a lecture and book signing at Sekhet-Maat Lodge on Jun 12th at 7:30pm. T. Thorn Coyle Self Possession and Drawing Down the ‘I am’ Lecture and Book Signing Friday, June 12, 2009 ev, 7:30pm 1409 SE Stark St., PDX No Advance Registration Arrive Early! Doors… Continue reading T. Thorn Coyle at Sekhet-Maat on Jun 12th at 7:30pm
Pentacle of iron for thelemites
In “The Pentacles and the Tree: Are There Crowleyian Influences on Feri Lore?” [see], Valerie Walker makes connections between the various pentacles of Feri with the Tree of Life, mapping some correspondences between sepherot to the points of the pentacles. Beginning there, as background, I’d add that I was struck by the following fragment from… Continue reading Pentacle of iron for thelemites