Grace and Beauty
How important is it for a magician to be a graceful, and be aware of the beauty of that which surrounds him or her in the physical world?   Can beauty really be found in all things?  Today is Friday,  which is of course the day of Venus – and with that it is a day for Works of Beauty.  Concepts such as attraction, art, beauty, culture, grace, inspiration, love, passion, pleasure, self-confidence, sensuality, sexuality and sociability are all associated w

Hymn to Mars
TO MARS The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. Magnanimous, unconquer’d, boistrous Mars, In darts rejoicing, and in bloody wars Fierce and untam’d, whose mighty pow’r can make The strongest walls from their foundations shake: Mortal destroying king, defil’d with gore, 5 Pleas’d with war’s dreadful and tumultuous roar: Thee, human blood, and swords, and spears delight, And the dire ruin of mad savage fight. Stay, furious contests, and avenging strife, Whose works

How to Burn Incense Grains!
There are always questions which people are reluctant to ask about, after all it might seem that it is a pretty straightforward and easy thing to do and that everyone should know!   One of those questions which seem to shyly surface every now and then is “how to burn grain incense”.  The following is a reproduction of an article I wrote for avalonia.co.uk and which was subsequently reproduced in a couple of books and in magazines over the years.  I hope that it helps those of you who have been pondering this rather simple, but highly arousing and sublime practice with fear! ———–

Introduction to the Qabalah
With my latest book, Practical Qabalah Magick due out this week, I thought it might be a good thing to reproduce this introductory article on the Qabalah which I originally wrote a few years ago for my original “avalonia.co.uk” website here.  For those readers unfamiliar with the Qabalah it should serve as a good introduction to the subject from a magical perspective. What is Qabalah?  (Written by Sorita d’Este for avalonia.co.uk, 2006) The Qabalah is a vital and dynamic system of spiritual growth which is used widely within the Western Mystery Tradition today from the Golden Dawn

The Key of Solomon, The Lemegeton – and some Clarification!
On a regular basis I seem to be contacted with questions about, and confronted by situations where there aer confusions about what the Key of Solomon is, and what the difference is between the so called “Lesser” and “Greater” keys of solomon, the Goetia and the Lemegeton.   There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about it, and I thought I would reproduce a blog written by David Rankine on this subject here on my blog too, to help clarify this issue amongst both occultists and pagans.  The Key of Solomon and the Lemegeton are both hugely influential texts, their essence and practices derived from them, influenced the early development of Wicca and today pract