Month: August 2016

theskaldspeaks:

You know what I want to see more of? Images of our gods in the modern age. They’re not just our ancestors’ gods, they’re ours too.

I want to see Freyr blessing migrant farmer laborers. I want to see Freyja watching over sex workers. I want to see Odin camped out under an overpass, swapping stories. I want Tyr marching with protesters and Thor fighting tyrants. I want Frigga as a high powered lady executive or attorney, Eir as a nurse in an overcrowded and underfunded inner city hospital

Our gods our more than gleaming steel and mead halls. Humanity has grown and changed, and of course the gods have come along with us!

scrollofthoth:

I will set up an altar for your reading. I will cleanse
everything with florida water. I light incense to attract the ancestors. The
glass skull you see on the altar is personal link I have with a powerful witch
that has moved beyond the veil. The bottle is filled with dirt from the spot
where she passed.

I will draw the three cards, give you an in-depth analysis
of each card and how they link together.

I may also draw a card from the Portals of Chaos to help you
with what you need.

All this for a small donation of $15 made using the paypal
button at scrollofthoth.com.

Readings can be kept private if you prefer. Just contact me
via Ask with your question.

niaskotl:

niaskotl:

Where did this notion come from?

As I learned, and going back to Austin Spare seems the same message, burning the sigil is merely a convenient method of disposing of the sigil if it were written upon paper.

The charging and activation of the sigil is done by achieving a state of gnosis and so planting the sigil into the unconscious. The classic method is to achieve gnosis through excitation by masturbation. Other methods of excitation or trance that bring the mind to single focus are also used. The “death posture” is another common technique. 

Whatever the technique, charging involves an act of spiritual/psychological exertion. That is the method as I’ve learned it.

As an aside, charging and activating are usually a single act. That is, a charged sigil normally is immediately active unless you setup the sigil to activate at a later time or by a specific trigger.

This idea of simply draw the sigil and then burn it seems like someone for some reason dropped the key step from the process. It feels like someone decided to hold back the achievement of gnosis as an initiatory secret.

So… am I off base here? From whence came the practice of only using fire alone to charge sigils?

Either that or someone dropped discussion of charging sigils out prudishness about masturbation?

A few years ago I tried to start teaching a course on chaos magick at my local occult shop. It did not go over well. I asked the owner why they thought I wasn’t attracting participants, and they flat out said, “no one wants to do the work. You should just do spells for money.” (I did not go that route.)

In answer to your question, applying Occum’s Razor says it gets left out because it’s the hard part. Few people actually want to do the work. They see magick as a way to get things the easy way.

They are the Tarot of Ceremonial Magick by the wise and talented Lon Milo DuQuette.

No more tarot tonight folks. Remember, those who donate always get first in line.

scrollofthoth:

I will set up an altar for your reading. I will cleanse
everything with florida water. I light incense to attract the ancestors. The
glass skull you see on the altar is personal link I have with a powerful witch
that has moved beyond the veil. The bottle is filled with dirt from the spot
where she passed.

I will draw the three cards, give you an in-depth analysis
of each card and how they link together.

I may also draw a card from the Portals of Chaos to help you
with what you need.

All this for a small donation of $15 made using the paypal
button at scrollofthoth.com.

Readings can be kept private if you prefer. Just contact me
via Ask with your question.

Don’t you love it when you seem to have a never ending bowl. No matter how many times you hit it, it doesn’t cash out.

Knight of Cups

Your emotions keep getting in the way. Don’t let some false
sense of honor keep you from getting enough to get by. You will need to seize
opportunities.

A lot of major arcana tonight….

II High Priestess

You will need to develop your intuition and start making
decisions about how to handle things. You can take control. Someone from your
past will also step up and give you a hand when you most need it. But you are
still going to have to depend on yourself.