Tagged with Magic

Money is magic, a highly symbolic artifact woven together by the massive intentions of the collective human psyche. It is a signifier of stored energy, as much as a battery or a gas tank, an ability to do work, to do magic, to make things happen. (more)

This article details the various herbs, recipes and potions available to those seeking to modify their reality. I will skip the standard drugs such as pot, coke, LSD, etc. not because they don't belong here but because volumes have already been written on those subjects. We will focus instead on drugs of a more subtle variety, but also perhaps less familiar. (more)

A system is a construct, not an innate organism, and it seems that psi phenomena can act as agents of change and growth within a system when it gets too close to stasis. Mysterious events are cracks in the wall that let the light shine through. One must realize, though, that the light can be blinding. (more)

Magic, shamanic trance, lucid dreaming, meditation, psychotropic plant use, and writing are all ways to remember how we tricked ourselves into getting lost in a language-based reality construct. By adapting our consciousness to accomodate unfamiliar brain states, we can "write" a more cohesive narrative of reality. (more)

[The Ayahuasca Monologues] • During the ceremony, after some time had passed, a figure began to appear, recognizable but as flimsy as the ether. It was my mother. (more)

We decided to create a networker spiritual entity. While the stereotypical image of a networker is a person holding a business card in one hand and a drink in the other, a networker is really someone who fosters quality relationships between people, finding out what each person needs, and matching him/her up with someone who can meet that need. (more)

Although there seems to be evidence emerging for an essentially constant and unconscious psychic awareness in all people, there seems to be little indication that the desire to buy a specific product can be psychically "planted" in one's unconscious mind. The bad news is that in principal such "psiverts" are completely feasible and resemble much of the work that has occurred in parapsychology over the years. (more)

Water In Her Eyes briefly danced with me, and for a moment there was a balance. I then played my Cree flute as the winds became stronger and the electrical grid system was knocked out. All the T.V.s were off. People were out talking to their neighbors. They were all helping each other out. From the old, to the young, I never had seen such a beautiful sight. (more)

Synchronicity, the sensation that something magical has just occurred, is but an artifact of our limited technology of mind. It is only astounding when we persist in the delusion that we are distinct from the all and everything. Expanding consciousness beyond the limited point of view of oneself -- this is the technology of magic. (more)

What if the Apocalypse has already happened? How should we live in a post-Apocalyptic world, when all of the values of the previous one have been destroyed? Aleister Crowley had an answer. (more)

Finances are an inevitable part of survival, but mixing money with spirituality can be fraught with negative emotions. Learning how money works and meditating on our attitudes about wealth can be transformational. (more)

The occult subculture faces cultural stigmata associated with the term "magic," and seems unable to explain or demonstrate the benefits of including a practice of magic in one's life. So what are the real benefits of magic? (more)

While I don't think it's necessary for magicians to have identity crises, I do think a more explicit exploration of identity in magic is in order. One reason that this hasn't occurred is that the definition of magic that is usually relied upon is hopelessly outmoded. (more)