2024-01-26 19:04
One of the things that was hardest for me when I was first learning my way around magical practice was learning how to get the spell to where it needed to go. It's on one hand very simple… Read More
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2024-01-14 00:39
There are a lot of things that go into sucessful results oriented magic. Folks will talk often about "backing the Work", heck, I've talked about it before. That is great stuff, and I think… Read More
2023-12-14 02:03
So, this has been a big topic over on my Twitch channel. I was lucky enough to stumble into a couple of mentors in my spiritual career, that ended up being great for my progress. Now, I do… Read More
2023-08-16 17:48
In Ceremonial magic circles, the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram is the “King” of banishing rituals. It’s considered to have everything that you need in it, a… Read More
2023-06-21 15:47
When folks come to magical practice, one of the first things that can make their head spin is all the fancy language. There's new terms and buzzwords for everything. It can take quite a whil… Read More
2023-06-11 16:09
OK, so you've decided you need help with your situation. You've found someone you trust, and you've made as sure as you can that they're not a scammer . Now what? The truth is, I see a lot o… Read More
2023-05-31 20:26
So last time we talked about what you get from crafting your own things. It makes sense to me to take a look then at the things that we actually NEED to do our magic. There's 2 historical st… Read More
2023-05-28 14:22
I've been working more on my physical product lines, both here in the shop and on my etsy . I've always made as much of the things for my practice as I could, but it's been a long time since… Read More
2023-05-16 13:04
When I first started magical practice, I was still in high school. I had some disposable income, and my basics were covered. I did however have to hide my practice in many ways. My mom wasn'… Read More
2023-04-20 16:03
The Walk is in it's own way sacred
One of the important things for me has always been how to set aside real time and space for ritual things. Years ago, I was in a place where I couldn't exa… Read More
2023-04-16 11:52
So I've talked before about living your magic, this idea of symbolic or almost ritual actions regularly being more effective than big ritual things. I wanted to touch more on what that actua… Read More
2023-04-07 12:50
In magical practice, a lot of weight is put on things that feel strange or exotic. It feels like we have to have something that feels different to us, in order to have something that's effec… Read More
2023-03-26 13:59
I knew for a while that I wanted to write this one, and then I sat down to do it. I struggle with this myself, and I knew exactly what this feels like, but I had days of trouble putting it… Read More
2023-03-21 12:59
As a professional reader and consultant, 90 percent of what I deal with is love work, specifically reconnection with ex romantic relationships. I see many people succeed sure, but I also s… Read More
2023-02-20 18:31
Finding the right psychic or card reader for you is a whole thing. We get one reading from so many other folks, make sure they're not running a scam on us, and spend time building trust… Read More
2023-01-26 13:09
I love magical practice. It gives me power and control over areas of my life that I otherwise wouldn't. Magical practice has taught me things that improve my approach to life as well. It'… Read More
2023-01-20 15:21
I've seen a lot of focus on this since I've been paying attention to Facebook more. Feel free to swing by my Facebook page by the way, I'm working on building it up. Anyway, I've seen this f… Read More
2023-01-18 13:05
When I first started magical practice, I was a huge nerd. I played a card game called Magic: The Gathering. Players step into the role of powerful wizards that summon creatures and cast spel… Read More
2023-01-14 16:17
I wrote a while back about what a scammer in the psychic space looks like. You also know the basic things like checking reviews and such. I trust you all to see what's good when you're prep… Read More
2023-01-08 13:53
Let's talk about this idea of the "witchy aesthetic". I mean, yes, many of the things we do as magical practitioners can look cool. I mean, I'm a big fan of this robe and cauldron deal myse… Read More
2023-01-05 15:29
Alright folks, I get it. When it comes down to it, this is why you're all here. You want to know how to get your most powerful spells. The ones that are going to get the girl/guy back, l… Read More
2022-12-31 16:43
I've seen many folks asking about magical practice or rituals for the new year. While you certainly can design something specifically for the new year, many of us have traditions that bake… Read More
2022-12-29 17:20
Candles are one of the places that I see folks new to magical practice do all the time. For some folks, candle magic is the "basic" spell. There's almost this thought that the candle by it… Read More
2022-12-26 16:57
As you all have likely noticed, I've been hard at work over my break getting the website transferred over. This is a part of getting myself around to be more deliberate and intentional with… Read More
2022-12-18 13:25
Spell bags are one of my favorite types of spellwork, but I’ll admit to having put this off. Mostly because this has some very important and specialized meanings in Hoodoo, which while… Read More
2022-12-14 13:18
This is a hard one to write. Not because I don’t know what I do, not even because I don’t think about safety. This is hard because I don’t want to lead anybody astray on so… Read More
2022-12-13 08:00
Career magic seems like it would be the kind of thing that comes out of money work. The truth is, that money is only part of your career, and straight money work isn’t always the right… Read More
2022-12-11 18:36
This is something that I'm actually fairly passionate about. So many times, folks turn to magick when they think that there's no mundane options. Magick is a last ditch effort to succeed, wh… Read More
2022-12-07 23:24
Money protection is often overlooked when we're trying to magically sort our money. I can focus on the need for more income, and work that kind of thing almost exclusively. You might notice… Read More
2022-12-04 05:00
This came up in a discussion with a client recently. A cigar box altar specifically are fairly well rooted in traditions of Dia de los Muertos. Here is some information on the more tradition… Read More
2022-11-30 05:00
I was asked about poppet magic a while ago, and I’ll admit to having put this off a little bit. I mean… I’ll cut a pattern, and slip stitch something, and it works just fi… Read More
2022-11-22 05:00
Probably a larger number of my new clients than most readers have never had a reading before. I get the question all the time of “I’ve never done this before, what do you need? … Read More
2022-11-19 05:00
Magical circles are something that I’ve kind of followed the trend of using them less and less. Circle casting comes from Ceremonial magic, and was absorbed into Wicca from the influen… Read More
2022-11-11 05:00
I’ve seen this come up a couple of times in the last week. I figure it’s time to address it. There’s a lot of misconceptions about where energy for spellwork comes from. Pe… Read More
2022-11-08 05:00
There’s a lot of confusion sometimes over magickal record keeping. Many different types of record keeping end up lumped into one thing. It’s so twisted up that everyone uses diff… Read More
2022-11-03 04:00
A lot of importance is made in writings and talks and such on magick on things that we DO. Magickal practice is just that, a practice. It’s about the things that we DO in many ways. Wh… Read More
2022-10-29 20:07
With the holiday coming up, I thought I would look at how to actually call up a spirit of ghost. The basics of things like this are for the most part referenced as evocation in most of the o… Read More
2022-10-22 20:04
This is a natural progression from the cleansing bath that I’ve given you in the past. Let’s be honest, you can cleanse yourself all you want, and if you don’t keep your en… Read More
2022-10-11 11:12
There's a lot of metaphysical or psychic scammers. There are absolutely people who are perfectly good at what they do, but there are at least as many who will take your money and do nothing… Read More
2022-10-09 19:16
Spirit work is something that people make a big deal out of. To many people, spirits, especially anything we think of as gods, hold this high place. The biggest thing with spirit work that… Read More
2022-10-05 16:05
Scrying is something I do a lot with in my practice. It's kind of a fundamental part of many folks magical practice, with an incredibly long history. It's really just using a vaguely reflect… Read More
2022-10-03 02:13
Trance induction or meditation or whatever you want to call it, is considered a cornerstone of magical practice, and with good reason. The shift in consciousness that comes with proper tranc… Read More
2022-10-01 13:00
Method 1: Solar infusion
This is my preferred method for herbal infusions, it’s gentle and charges things well. That said, it’s a 2-3 week process, and many of you won’t ha… Read More
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