Reincarnation and the Qabalah
Discussions can occur at the most unexpected times, and with the most unexpected people!  When Sorita and I went with our little boy to the local library, we got into discussion with the very nice American woman who was the librarian.  When asked why she had ended up there, she replied that she had been a Roman soldier in a past life, stationed in the village, and she liked it there returning to her (ancient) roots!  This then led to a discussion on reincarnation, something which has been on my mind due to the research we had done for our most recent book, Practical Qaba

Prayer
Having recently been in a very near miss where a car missed causing an accident by inches, I have been pondering how people often say they prayed in bad situations, or offered up a prayer afterwards when they were ok.  Has prayer become something we only do when we are grateful to be in one piece, and what do we mean by it?  When Sorita and I were writing Practical Qabalah Magick, the topic of prayer was one we discussed, as it is a magickal technique with a very long history, which has never gone out of style in the major religions. Prayer is often a giving of

The Four Worlds
One of the most significant aspects of the Tree of Life is the idea of the Four Worlds.  There are different models of this, but in the Western Mystery Tradition the common model is for each of the triads moving down the Tree to correspond to a World.  Thus Atziluth (the Archetypal World) contains the Supernal Triad of Kether, Chokmah and Binah.  Briah (the Creative World) contains the Ethical Triad

Practical Qabalah Magick – now available!
I am delighted to announce that my latest work with Sorita d’Este, Practical Qabalah Magick, is now available from Avalonia Books.  This book is the third in the Practical Magick series, following on from Practical Planetary Magick and Practical Elemental Magick.  All three books look at these key areas of the Weste

Interview today on Witchtalk
Just a reminder that I am bein g interviewed by Karagan today on Witchtalk: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/witchtalk This will be at 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT, 9pm GMT