The Magical Witch (Gleamings from the Golden Dawn)

"The accidental shooting of Jamie Gilt [shot by her own four-year old son who picked us the gun left by his mother on backseat of their...

Earlier today, I read a post on Facebook where someone was asking about whether Buckland's Big Blue Book was legit or not. And I realize...

Here is a good piece of advice I saw on Facebook today: "If you want to have a successful group, then show up. No matter if no one else...

Today's quote of the day is from Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert): "[Once] the Internet decides you are a holocaust-denying, crea...

This quote is from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn yahoo news/e-zine forum (the more evil non-Griffin one). "The Golden Dawn...

Xander Harris reveals the real reason to keep a secret. "The more people who the secret, the more it cheapens it for the rest of us...

"[The end of the hero's journey] is not to identify oneself with any of the figures or powers experienced. The Indian yogi, strivin...

[Note: The following quote does not neccessarily reflect the opinions of Morgan Drake Eckstein or the BIORC.] "[There] is one importa...

Here is a quote taken from a blog post talking about why polytheism is vital to paganism : Right now Goddess-worship, tarot, astrology, re...

Here is a taste of a post from the blog Aedicula Antinoi: A Small Shrine of Antinous that kicks around the idea that for many modern pagans...

The following is a biased conclusion drawn from a treasury report of the Keystone Lodge (no. 639) presented in 1870 and used in Ronayne'...

There are days that I think that the following quote is a good summary of the interaction between various Golden Dawn students and groups. ...

Here are three quotes from things that I have been reading on the web today. First up is Rufus Opus, who is talking about his unwillingnes...

Actually, this should be quotes of the day, but it would just be confusing to have a label like that. Yes, I am guilty of reading the latest...

Rufus just wrote a pro-home ownership post on his blog that included the following gem : "Jesus, did you know that plumbers just basi...

The following quote is from Ananael Qaa , who does the Augoeides blog (which I read regularly because he finds news items that I completely ...

The "unknown unknowns" leave us unable to really do the magic the way they were doing it back then, if it was ever done that way a...

I am lucky to live in a part of the world where we place the highest monetary value on blind faith, youth, beauty, unremarkable ability (rat...

Currently reading Armand Barbault's alchemy book, "Gold of a Thousand Mornings" (1975) ["L'or du Millieme Matin"...

It is high time that activities such as astrology and alchemy, which are wrongly termed 'occult', provoked some reaction other than ...