If you are sick of the same xmas tunes being piped out of speakers in shops already....
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Chaos Star Tarot Spread
A while ago now I had been thinking of how to use the chaos star, with it's eight colours, for the basis of a tarot spread. I came across a discussion forum post with some other magicians also discussing this, so I thought this was a good idea for a tarot spread as each of the eight colours can be used to gain insight into a particular area of your life. So, what follows is my own version of a chaos star spread, which I have been using successfully for a while now, to give me a weekly "snapshot" of my life. I would be very interested to receive feedback from anyone who adapts this for their own use. I can't see any reason why you couldn't also use this for runes, just using eight runes instead of eight tarot cards.
Select eight cards from your shuffled pack.
Lay them out as in the diagram above. Here is what the position of each card can be used to represent:
1 - (Red) External Conflicts
2 - (Orange) Mental State
3 - (Purple) Sex/Passion
4 - (Yellow) Ego/Self Confidence
5 - (Green) Love/Relationships
6 - (Blue) Wealth
7 - (Black) Self Destructive Habits
8 - (Octarine) Your "Magical Self" (this would be "luck" if reading for a non-magician)
Select eight cards from your shuffled pack.
Lay them out as in the diagram above. Here is what the position of each card can be used to represent:
1 - (Red) External Conflicts
2 - (Orange) Mental State
3 - (Purple) Sex/Passion
4 - (Yellow) Ego/Self Confidence
5 - (Green) Love/Relationships
6 - (Blue) Wealth
7 - (Black) Self Destructive Habits
8 - (Octarine) Your "Magical Self" (this would be "luck" if reading for a non-magician)
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Invocation of Dr Who
Copyright Notice: Dr Who and the TARDIS device is copyright of the BBC, I make no claims on the characters or plot devices etc. The Daleks are copyright BBC and Terry Nation. This ritual is in no way linked with any of these. It makes no use of copyrighted material or images.
With all the legal rubbish over with, on with the show!
The aim of this ritual is to invoke the Ancient Timelord simply known as "The Doctor". It is probably not much use to anyone who has never watched Dr Who or taken any interest in it. You also need to know about the doctors current magical word "Allons-y!", which is actually french for "Let's Go"! There is also a warning that needs to be given here, this ritual is not for the faint hearted, the results can be quite effective and slightly disorientating, probably due to the "cult" status of Dr Who which has caused him to actually become a modern "god" just as real as any of the ancient gods to many people (compare this to the Lovecraftian "Old Ones" who though may be of purely fictional nature lifted straight from the pages of his stories, are no less effective). The energy channeled also needs to be put to some good use I think, for example to charge a sigil or a talisman of some kind.
Set Up
Dr Who figures such as the Doctor and Daleks, and any other figures available should be placed on the altar.
Instead of your normal wand, it would be a good idea to instead use the sonic screwdriver, switching on the laser effect when necessary!
Make sure you have the Dr Who theme tune ready to play, or get an assistant to press play.
Procedure
1. Banish the temple using your preferred banishing method (I used the G.P.R in Liber Kaos) with the sonic screwdriver.
2. Read aloud:
3. Play the Dr Who theme.
4. Charge any sigils or talismans by chanting the mantra "Allons-y!" and pointing the sonic screwdriver at the sigil or talisman. Continue until the music ends.
5. Banish with laughter.
Burn any sigils you have charged, this seemed to work particularly well with this ritual. This ritual worked as well for me as any complicated Ceremonial stuff I have ever done.
To The Great Work!
With all the legal rubbish over with, on with the show!
The aim of this ritual is to invoke the Ancient Timelord simply known as "The Doctor". It is probably not much use to anyone who has never watched Dr Who or taken any interest in it. You also need to know about the doctors current magical word "Allons-y!", which is actually french for "Let's Go"! There is also a warning that needs to be given here, this ritual is not for the faint hearted, the results can be quite effective and slightly disorientating, probably due to the "cult" status of Dr Who which has caused him to actually become a modern "god" just as real as any of the ancient gods to many people (compare this to the Lovecraftian "Old Ones" who though may be of purely fictional nature lifted straight from the pages of his stories, are no less effective). The energy channeled also needs to be put to some good use I think, for example to charge a sigil or a talisman of some kind.
Set Up
Dr Who figures such as the Doctor and Daleks, and any other figures available should be placed on the altar.
Instead of your normal wand, it would be a good idea to instead use the sonic screwdriver, switching on the laser effect when necessary!
Make sure you have the Dr Who theme tune ready to play, or get an assistant to press play.
Procedure
1. Banish the temple using your preferred banishing method (I used the G.P.R in Liber Kaos) with the sonic screwdriver.
2. Read aloud:
"The Litany of the Timelord"
You who were rejected and persecuted by the High Council:
You I invoke!
You who have destroyed the Daleks, but are not without pity:
You I invoke!
You who travel in the TARDIS to distant galaxies, to come to the aid of those who suffer:
You I invoke!
I invoke you mighty Timelord, Come Doctor, through the vortex now!
3. Play the Dr Who theme.
4. Charge any sigils or talismans by chanting the mantra "Allons-y!" and pointing the sonic screwdriver at the sigil or talisman. Continue until the music ends.
5. Banish with laughter.
Burn any sigils you have charged, this seemed to work particularly well with this ritual. This ritual worked as well for me as any complicated Ceremonial stuff I have ever done.
To The Great Work!
Thursday, 5 November 2009
A Magic(k)al Joke!
Use it as a form of banishing, if you want. If like me you have spent too many hours lately reading magical texts and not enough enjoying the absurdity of life in a world where our banks control the government!
Q: "How many Thelemites does it take to change a lightbulb"?
A: Well....93 of course!
Q: "How many Thelemites does it take to change a lightbulb"?
A: Well....93 of course!
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