Politics and Religion in Thelema – Standing Up for Freedom
On a day when many of my friends in Ordo Templi Orientis were showering each other with love at our biannual convention NOTOCON, a neo-Nazi killed protestor Heather Heyer. A…
Secrets of Magic 25: Earth supports
The elements of air, fire, and water all share the quality of movement. When we think of earth, we think of it as the place where we walk, and the…
The Thelemic Guide to Surviving the Dominionist Theocracy
The Thelemic Guide to Surviving the Dominionist Theocracy An extreme Christian minority has taken control of administration. How did this happen, and what does this mean for Thelemites? Whatever Candidate…
Secrets of Magic 24: Water purifies
Like air, we interact with water every day of our lives. Where fire in the wild inspires awe and fear, water sometimes annoys and often delights us. Rain, which is…
Antennae_Galaxies from Wikimedia
How to save the future
Recently I had a wonderful conversation with some friends. One of them challenged me to articulate how to change the future. Western magicians have ceded our ability to change the…
Secrets of Magic 23: Fire transforms
Air revives us gently. Fire changes too, in a much more dramatic and permanent way. Where air renews, literally making new again, fire transforms, burning away the old to make…
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Ritual to preserve Ma’at
Imagine yourself holding a small image of Ma'at in your palm. Say out loud: I offer Ma’at to Ma’at that Ma’at may be preserved. How it works: There are…
House of Mars and Venus in Pompei by Carole Raddato via Wikimedia Commons
The Disputation of Reason and Love
For Harper. Love came to Reason like a Greek god with oiled hair and a handsome peplos. "You need me," Love said. Reason answered Love like Grace Hopper in a…
Secrets of Magic 22: Air renews
The element of air surrounds us continuously. We move around in the atmosphere as fish swim in the ocean. Air carries sound to our ears and scent to our noses.…
Secrets of Magic: The Elements
Today science recognizes many elements which make up the basic building blocks of matter. Ancient scientists looked at the world as being composed of four elements: air, fire, water, and…
Secrets of Magic 21: Honor the stages of life
The year moves around in the cycle of the seasons that starts with spring, moves through summer and fall, ends in winter, and begins with spring again. The seasons teach…
Secrets of Magic 20: Remember your Ancestors
Each of us has a physical mother and a physical father. Even if we do not know them, they have provided us with our physical bodies. Their mothers and fathers…