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September 2025

September 05, 2025

Witchcraft is the flower of the Western Magical Tradition

I’m a Witch and a magician. Can I be both? If so what do I...

May 2023

May 11, 2023

Surprise and Consent in Initiation

I’m not a big fan of surprise. I’ve developed a particular dislike of surprises in...

November 2022

November 30, 2022

Rethinking Initiatory Oaths

When I resigned from Ordo Templi Orientis I promised myself I would keep all my...

November 19, 2022

Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick

Have you got your copy of the Big Purple yet? Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Ceremonial...

December 2020

December 28, 2020

The Blessing of Uncertainty in the New Year

In 2020 uncertainty developed into a dangerous threat. At the end of the year I...

September 2019

September 26, 2019

A Thelemic Pilgrimage to India

There are three pilgrimages a Thelemite can make: Scotland, Egypt, and India. This week I'm...

July 2019

July 18, 2019

The Black Goddess Nuit

I sing of the Black Goddess Nuit. I sing of the limitless velvet expanse of...

July 08, 2019

What Witches and Magicians Can Learn from Jewish People

In the era when I converted to Witchcraft my religion could endanger my my place...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

Creating the Magical Womb

What is the benefit to creating a magical womb? This operation renews the body and...

April 2019

April 10, 2019

I will give you a war engine

Ra-Hoor-Khuit speaks: "I will give you a war-engine." It is the high holy days for...

April 09, 2019

Existence is pure joy

Hadit speaks: "Remember all ye that existence is pure joy." It is the high holy...

April 08, 2019

Every man and every woman is a star

Nuit speaks: "Every man and every woman is a star. " It is the high...

February 2019

February 06, 2019

The Value of Diversity in Thelema

At Pantheacon a few years ago I ran a discussion on diversity in Thelema. We...

May 2018

May 14, 2018

Is the Term Black Magic Racist?

White light is good. Black magic is evil. We use these terms routinely in everyday...

March 2018

March 08, 2018

Respect the no in O.T.O.

Today members of the Ordo Templi Orientis band together to support our sisters in Thelema,...

August 2016

August 15, 2016

Six things I learned from the O.T.O. Women’s Symposium

One: We need a women’s symposium.

November 2015

November 01, 2015

When the veil of life falls

How do you remember the people you have lost? How do you prepare for your...

April 2015

April 01, 2015

Going Clear: is O.T.O. a “black magic cult”?

In the documentary "Going Clear" author Lawrence Wright called Parsons "the head honcho in this...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

L. Ron Hubbard the Magickian?

L. Ron Hubbard studied magick. How good was he at it?

March 30, 2015

L. Ron Hubbard and the O.T.O.

Lawrence Wright touched on the early connection between Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Jack...