I was just in the middle of writing up the next part of the Tale of Bear’s Son when I came across RO’s recent post on the HGA and the Celestials. Now, for anyone who is following both of our blogs it is obvious that we are taking pretty different stances on ritual magic. This is not so much in the means we apply to our practice nor the largely hermetic paradigm we work in. Yet the difference lies in the ends both of us are trying to achieve through our practice. And this is why I feel it might be helpful to share a few thoughts on his post here.
Read More(...) During his long walks on the land Bearson found three friends. In the woods he found the Treeman. The Treeman was busy most of the day and sometimes even busy during the night. He walked the woods and made the curved trunks straight and the straight ones curved. He levelled out the growth of the oaks, raising the small ones and lowering the tall ones.
Read MoreThis post is part of a project to rediscover the Myth in Ritual Magic. Should you wonder what the Tale of the Bear's Son has to do with ritual or visionary magic you might want to read this introduction first. Otherwise go ahead and jump right in... But be careful - you might just fall in love with Bear's Son like I did.
Read MoreFor a blog dedicated to ritual and visionary magic the project we are about to embark on might seem pretty crazy. Or just plain off-topic. Well, I suggest it isn't - but quite the opposite: I claim there is treasure chest, half-buried in the ground, that magicians have walked by not noticing it for centuries. Yet, this treasure chest might prove as rich and rewarding to our magical practice as the Grimoires did over recent years. In order to stop, kneel, unbury and open it, I need you to follow me for a while - and trust if I you can.
Read MoreMy wife and I currently are on a short vacation to Freiburg, the most south-west city of Germany. This is the place where we got together 14 years ago and neither of us had come back ever since. So it's a trip full of memories and rediscoveries. Yet as it turned out it is also a trip full of adventures...
Read MoreWriting about the Myth in Ritual Magic I often had to think of two stories I heard during my time at university. Back then I studied Intercultural Communication and discovered a lot about what each culture teaches its members and how this process works. I also learned a lot about the often highly specialized skills acquired and passed on during socialization. Many of these cultural skills are taken for granted or even assumed to be universal by its members - whereas in reality they aren't. In fact it is these skills that often shape and limit the worldview of any culture's members.
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