I thought I would switch focus this week and go back to a thread that I had begun a while back in which I discuss my thoughts about magic. Specifically, magic from my point of view. I am sure that I will offend all sorts of other people, but then, that is what makes magic so much fun! Magic, in general, is a very personal thing, despite what mass produced occult literature might have you believe. If you have read much of what I write (I know there must be about two of you), you will understand that I am disinclined to believe you can simply open up the latest paperback occult tome, light a candle, chant some pithy poem and then expect fortune to smile down upon you and drop your Amazon wish list at your front door courtesy of this new super-hot FedEx guy/girl who asks you out on a dinner date (though, in my imagination, I get the guy AND the girl). Nevertheless, I wholly endorse a magical path through life, difficult as it may be, because I believe it makes you, not necessarily a better person, but certainly a deeper, more thoughtful, and focused one. To that end, I thought I would present some additional thoughts on magical practice with our guide, Mr. Dean R. Koontz who happened to provide some interesting quotes from his latest novel, Ashley Bell, which was the genesis for this post.
I thought I would switch focus this week and go back to a thread that I had begun a while back in which I discuss my thoughts about magic. Specifically, magic from my point of view. I am sure that I will offend all sorts of other people, but then, that is what makes magic so much fun! Magic, in general, is a very personal thing, despite what mass produced occult literature might have you believe. If you have read much of what I write (I know there must be about two of you), you will understand that I am disinclined to believe you can simply open up the latest paperback occult tome, light a candle, chant some pithy poem and then expect fortune to smile down upon you and drop your Amazon wish list at your front door courtesy of this new super-hot FedEx guy/girl who asks you out on a dinner date (though, in my imagination, I get the guy AND the girl). Nevertheless, I wholly endorse a magical path through life, difficult as it may be, because I believe it makes you, not necessarily a better person, but certainly a deeper, more thoughtful, and focused one. To that end, I thought I would present some additional thoughts on magical practice with our guide, Mr. Dean R. Koontz who happened to provide some interesting quotes from his latest novel, Ashley Bell, which was the genesis for this post.
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It has been a rather long while since I addressed anything vampyric in nature. I suppose I ought not to short change that part of my blog title. So, I thought I might combine a couple of practices that I love to study; necromancy and vampyrism. Necromantic practice has seen something of a minor renaissance in recent years. I believe much of this can be attributed to a general increase in the interest and acceptance of occult practices. The rise in interest has created a corresponding interest in the myths and gods of old to include many of the chthonic deities such as Hecate, Annubis, Ereshkigal, as well as historical and mythological necromancers like Circe.
There is a strange power hidden within the realm of dreams. I don’t know what it is about them (well, that’s not entirely true) that causes even the most straight laced rational individual to get a little mystical. That creative impulse finds its resource in dream, lives change there. Reality is bent, broken, and then recreated in the land of Morpheus. When we perform magic, we strive to enter that altered state of reality, which, truth be told, is an act of working our way to the dream state. It kind of makes you go, hmmm. Most people will dismiss it as part of the natural course of existence, which it is. For the practicing magician, it is a dimension that needs to be tapped.
I write a lot of what seems to be angst riddled posts. I don’t want to give the impression that my life sucks. My life is hard, at least right now. There is a lot I am dealing with and it is certainly going to be rough sailing going forward. Yet, overall I would put my life more in the category of “interesting”. It has meandered down some very intriguing paths that I never saw coming. I am not in danger of walking through life “asleep” nor have the typical white picket fence and 2.5 children type of life. Speaking of 2.5, who the heck decided not to round that number? Yeah, I would like a half a kid please. The tough choice being, do I slice lengthwise or widthwise? At any rate, I was thinking about my past and up wandered the first time I really tried to work magic.
I was corresponding with a friend of mine who I recently gave the url to my blog. Her reaction was interesting. She found it kind of heartbreaking. That gave me pause. I know in my about me section I explain a little of the purpose of the existence of this, but maybe I should elaborate a bit more. Thus, this piece is about the blogs purpose and will touch pretty heavily on my experience as a transgendered female.
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Lasciel AnnwynnI am one of those. Yes, that kind. I poke around in the corners and lesser explored paths of life looking for it's mysteries. There is so much magic in the world when you open your perception to it. Look with eyes of wonder. Archives
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