Where were you at this time of year two years ago? I remember February 2020 as that precious, ignorant, time when we were just on the cusp of everything changing. I think we had an idea that it was coming, but no idea that it would last THIS long. This was the time of Blood…
On Sunday Oct 3rd at 14:00 pm I’ll be welcoming Dr. Peter Duchemin for a live Q&A to discuss The Venus Calendar and Living in Tarot Time. (zoom link below) Access the talk via Zoom here: Topic: Dr. Peter Duchemin – Living In Tarot TimeTime: Oct 3, 2021 02:00 PM London Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89122840788?pwd=WVBoZnlsT2QxODc1SGlPTDd2MFY4Zz09 Meeting…
The cards are watercolour monoprints, first painted on glass and then printed onto A5 handmade cotton-rag paper. As I worked, additional items were used to print shapes and textures, including particularly potent materia magicae. The creation took place defintely in an intense state of altered consciousness, fuelled by the essential materia included in the creative…
Below is a simple prayer I have used for many years in my ancestor venerations. It is important to me in my devotional and magical work to ground myself at the centre of the compass. This simple and beautiful prayer just does that, with a nod to the energies and protectors of each of each…
We’ve got it wrong when we talk about the Madonna/Whore complex, that feminine polarity of self sacrifice vs self serving. There is no polarity there at all. The two are only on the same scale, even archetypically, in so far as some whores are mothers and vice versa. Playing to this dynamic – in ritual,…
The tree rises up from the middle of the swamp, a still and silent pole around which the dark mumblings of the currents flow. The tree is dry and still, the waters are the opposite – although their motion in this instance is barely detectable. The tree is the anchor and the fulcrum for the…
The postman was kind today. I’m in love with my new Joan Dodal by Sullivan Hismans at Tarot Sheet Revival. First question, a propos of nothing at all: How do I know when magic is actual magic?
Solanum Ducamara. A lesson in asking for what you need The thing about spellwork, whether delivered from the book, from divine instruction or from your own inspiration is that you often find yourself in need of something very specific and not exactly easy to find. In this case, I’m creating a powerful talisman for dreamwork,…
Need a little boost sketching out some resolutions and goals for the New Year? This spread puts you at the centre, connects you to the Above and the Below and gives an indication of what elemental influences you’ll be working with over the next year. To get the most from this spread you’ll want to…
It’s always darkest before the dawn. Welcome to the longest night of the year and our very last day of Magic Snacks! We can all go to bed tonight, or stay up till dawn, safe in the knowledge that there will be no nights as long as this, no darkness as dark as this again,…