Tag: DoMagick
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Do Magick September ’17: Day 5 – When Is Here? Where Is Now?
All night long I dreamt of performing the ritual. Laying out the gear and saying the prayers. Raising the thin brown book and my hand while reciting incantations. Lowering of the amulet and raising the knife. At first, the scene was properly linear. First this, then that. The book is lifted before it can be…
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Do Magick September ’17: Day 4 – “You Are Capable”
I ran my thumb over the smoothest side of the small piece of amber, feeling the rippled surface. “Too bad I can’t smooth it with my rough hands alone.” I had originally discounted this particular piece because of its size in the store, but I remembered that the Book of Oberon, along with other grimoires,…
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Do Magick September ’17: Day 3 – Apophenia
Before I get to this morning’s shenanigans, allow me to distract you with a purchase made over a month ago. I had commissioned some canvas bags of a particular size to be made for the storage of particular things. The bags were made, paid for, shipped, and received without incident. Examination of the bags revealed…
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Do Magick September ’17: Day 2 – I Want To Believe
I have a vivid imagination. Visualization of fictional works comes very easy to me and all my senses join in on the fabrication. But no matter how deep or encompassing the experience, it is still set apart, still “not real”. Because of this, I like to think that I am not easily fooled by what…
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Do Magick September ’17: Day 1 – I Wasn’t Ready (But I Did It Anyway)
To get to the quick of it: The notebook wasn’t complete. What was originally envisioned as a dedicated note book became something else by the end of the last day of preparation. It had become a grimoire.
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Do Magick September ’17: A Finalization Most Necessary
When I last checked in, I had given an outline of the ritual I was putting together for my Patient Caller and noted where I felt secure and where I needed more work. I now have the wording complete and have begun the process of writing out the entire matter onto paper so I’ll have…
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Do Magick September ’17: Five Days and a Wakeup
The Objective: To use the Book of Oberon to summon and have communication (communion?) with a spirit that I have had dreams about for years. The Research: The Book of Oberon (Harm, Clark, & Peterson), Gordon White’s Rune Soup Grimoire Course, the Hygromanteia (Marathakis), Twilit Grotto: Archives of Western Esoterica, and the internet. Where I am…
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Do Magick September ’17: Ceci n’est pas un rapport
I have “stuff” for an update to the research phase of my Do Magick project. But it’s going to take me the day to express it in words that y’all will be able to understand. I’m self-taught, as in tied to a anchor and thrown in the deep blue sea kind of taught. I had no…
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Do Magick September ’17: Beginner’s Mind
I’m starting with only the latter third of the month of August left for my formal research period, though I’ve been poking at this topic since the end of June when I participated in a group exercise in summoning a grimoire spirit. It has taken me this long to make the determination to do this…