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Quick note on magic and the view of the past
Just a quick note to re-state and amplify something I have mentioned before on MOTO, and obliquely touched upon in the last post. Let’s start with David Lodge’s witty novel, Small World. In this novel...
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A quick note on advanced practices
In my callow youth I was very much focused on the practical aspects of magic and spirituality. I would scrutinise any potential literary purchases with a careful eye – those that did not contain...
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Book review: The Old Sod: – the odd life and inner work of William G. Gray
In Julian May’s wonderful mystic-SF series, The Galactic Milieu the fictional bookseller Rogi makes the following observation: As a bookseller I have noticed a curious thing: There are certain...
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Quick ponderings on the use of names and language in modern magical discourse
Over at the Llewellyn blog Donald Michael Kraig has a wonderful post, Finding Truth – The Path of the Real Magician. Coming at things from a different angle, Don’s post dovetails into our previous post...
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By Names and Images Book Celebration and Launch
Today we held the “By Names and Images Book Celebration and Launch” in Perth. It was an amazing and wonderful day, full of magic, love and beauty. Lots of lovely people showed up, opened their minds...
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Boundaries, Outer and Inner
These are notes from a course we ran several years ago now, touching on a topic I feel is far too under-explored in contemporary magical and Neo-Pagan circles. Hope they are of some use. Most esoteric...
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Book Review: the Magical Battle of Britain
There is so much practical magical and esoteric wisdom in this book, I am unclear where to start. So I will start with Dion Fortune herself, who remains a living force and presence within modern...
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Discrimination and teachers in magic
Modern magical training at the apprentice level often includes the need for discrimination and discernment – the virtue of the basal Sephira, Malkuth, on the Tree of Life. I’ve discussed this...
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So long as it works – praxis, synthesis and eclecticism in magic
One of the most common invisible beliefs within the contemporary magical and Pagan communities is that practices and methods are good and effective “so long as they work”. This often sits side by side...
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Interview with Gareth Knight via Skylight Press
I do not normally use MOTO to simply link to other sites. But this interview with THE living public elder of the western traditions is an exception. Gareth’s influence extends into many areas and many...
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Book Review – Dion Fortune’s Rites of Isis and of Pan
I first read Dion Fortune during a strange weekend as a teenager after getting my hands on a Witch’s old book collection (as described in this post). One of the first things I noticed was that her...
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Book Review – Christ & Qabalah by Gareth Knight with Anthony Duncan
I was lucky enough to read the main subject of this book, the late Rev. Anthony Duncan, way back in the day, when I first started out on this esoteric caper – in fact before I read any Gareth Knight....
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