The Sunday Prayer:
The sun of my heart
reaches out to the sun of the skies.
Mirrors of light. Twin flames. Lovers.
Explode and burn.
Destroy and disintegrate.
Turn them into ashes,
the things I offer you.
As you explode and burn, give life.
As you destroy and disintegrate, revitalize.
From the ashes I offer,
from the glowing embers
sprout chrysanthemums of glory
gilded with victorious light
with petals of grace and richness.
Scent of joy, strength, and abundance.
I bow down in the white temple.
Your golden helmet gleams
and it burns my eyes deliciously,
and straight to my center.
Oh yes I hear it now,
your wisdom in tongues of flame that do not burn
but nourish.
I am undying and from this undeath may your eternal light warm the sadness of this earth,
and most importantly,
the sun of my heart.
A Charm Bag for Protection from Curses, Evill Spirits, and Ill Luck
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Traditional Witchcraft:
A Cornish Book of Ways
—by Gemma Gary
An uttered prayer at 10:31pm:
I pray to the one both hidden and unseen,
both found and unfound.
I reach out beyond and within myself,
and conjure your presence.
My will is your will.
Your will is my will.
mine.
yours.
mine.
yours.
From your white hovering sphere above,
I reach out to to pluck out a vague mystical thought,
and draw a lighting stroke swift and transcendent.
I command
you
to fall through the branches of the tree.
The formless fire beyone your heaven I bring down through the ninth lavender gate
into the ebony
of the sphere below.
Crystallize.
I am transformed and I remain solidified,
formed from beyond, that is nothing.
From above
to below.
From below
to above.
I am a vessel, now upturned.
I smell the earth.
I feel the crumbling of the mountains,
and the rocks shuddering in awe.
Hear me.
Note To Self:
When deepely immersed in your occult studies… and when you come across something (a method/technique/piece of wisdom/advice) that immediately connects and resonates with you. REMEMBER IT, WRITE IT DOWN, MEDITATE ON IT.
It’s these simple moments that water and nourish the fertile soil of our spiritual and magical growth.
When performing tarot readings, you should always take a look at how the cards are interacting with each other in order to give you a more in depth analysis of your answer.
- Figures that face to the left are passive, and relate to the past.
- Figures that face you directly are present, and are asking for your immediate attention.
- Figures that face to the right are moving forwards, and relate to the future.
- If two tarot cards are facing each other (Card I looking towards the right, with Card II looking towards the left) then they are directly connected.
- Tarot cards that have multiple figures facing in different directions often represent an active situation.
random note to my lower self: spiritual/esoteric knowledge is so easily accessible nowadays to the point of inducing an overwhelming 7 of cups rider waite moment. Pick what you need, weed out the useless, and let yourself grow.
“Man is the microcosm or little world, and according to the doctrine of analogies, whatsoever is in the great world is reproduced in the small. Hence we have three centres of fluidic attraction and projection- the brain, the heart or epigastric region and the genital organ. Each of this instruments is one and twofold- in other words, we find the suggestion of the triad therein. Each attracts on one side and repels on the other. It is by means of such apparatus that we place ourselves in communication with the universal fluid supplied to us by the nervous system”— Èliphas Lèvi
The Mirror Obsidian ~ Top to Bottom
Austin Osman Spare
Krishnamurti
Coil
Gerald Gardener
illustrated by Andy Paciorek
Just some of the many portraits to be featured in the book in progress
The Mirror Obsidian: Visionaries. Cultists. Witches. Occultists
by Andy Paciorek. Darren Charles + Gary Parsons.