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  • Done with the skull, now get it out of here…


    Well, me hearties….

    I’m done with the crystal skull of the DEAD!!! bwahahahaha…

    I’m satisfied with the results, and I’m confident that the skull image and the spirit conjuration during the rite has successfully created a pretty powerful talisman that will cause strange dreams and visions for the owner.

    And now I’m ready for it to be out of the house.

    A friend from one of the lists sent me a pdf that talked about the “Black Dog” apparitions and mentioned Tezcatlipoca. If you get into the earliest recorded descriptions of the beliefs of the Aztecs in Mexico (as recorded by priests looking to have a record of native beliefs in case they made a resurgence that needed stamping out), you can see that Tezcatlipoca was among other things a manifestation of the “trickster” deities. He’s a lot like Coyote or Loki. Buy the stone and I’ll forward you the pdf.

    Anyway, anyone interested in buying the crystal skull should be into two things: necromancy in some form, and trickster deities in general.

    By necromancy, I mean anything having to do with communicating with dead spirits. It would make an excellent addition to a medium’s collection. If you’re a working Sorceror, like Moloch, this is the kind of thing I’d expect to find in your collection somewhere. Not only does it work to commune with specific dead people (I met with Agrippa), it also aids in seeing the shades of the dead that populate our life invisibly. It can get a little… creepy.

    If you’re one of the growing community of spiritual healers, like Nita Hickok at Astral Healer, this kind of tool would be very useful in dealing with spirits troubling your clients. It would aid in Exorcisms (via the Bune-spirit) or in dealing with Curses, Hexes, or other Crossed Conditions (via Tezcatlipoca).

    By being into the trickster deities, I mean that you should have an affinity for working with that particular kind of entity. Tezcatlipoca brings warnings, sends visions, and aids sorcerors in eliminating other sorcerors’ curses.

    He also is a bit of a prankster. Things have gone missing since I activated this particular spirit’s influence in the skull, electronics have gone somewhat haywire, and I’ve had a lot of peculiar dreams. I’ve “lost” my favorite pocket knife, and I’m hoping getting rid of this thing will result in its return.

    Also… Well, I’d be remiss in not mentioning it, but Tezcatlipoca doesn’t mesh well with a neo-platonic Christian environment. I wouldn’t call the skull “cursed” because nothing terrible has happened, but it is definitely not a particularly friendly entity towards the whole Judeo-Christian belief system.

    So I’m selling it.

    It’s $45, and is currently available on my Products and Services Page. That includes shipping to the US.

    First come first served.

  • That thing I meant to finish…

    A year and a half ago, I posted about making this little mini-altar kind of thing for my Genius. The original post is at this link for your reference.

    Today, I finished it. I’ve learned a lot more about my Genius since then, so it turned out a little different than planned. It’s basically an elemental hierarchy tool now. It’s got my Genius at the top, exalted. The Name is in gold leaf. There’s the Four Kings of the Corners of the World under that, followed by the Four Rulers of the Elements, the Four Princes of spirits, upon the four angels [angles] of the world, and it’s got the Four Princes of Devils opposed in the elements sealed up in lead in the base. It’s also got my Evil Daimon’s name sealed up in lead in the base.

    The lettering on the top and outside of the thing is done in gold leaf. The demonic names I had to improvise. I started by consecrating a sheet of steel to Mars and Kammael by carving the symbol of Mars and the name of Kammael on one side. Then I conjured Kammael in the hour of Mars on the day of Saturn to seal the spirits named on the reverse side of the seal, preventing them from bringing evil into my life. Then I carved the names of the Four Princes of Devils and the name of my Evil Daimon in the steel.

    I melted a 4 ounce lead weight purchased from Walmart, and poured roughly half of it into the base of the thing. Then I placed the steel into the base, and covered that with more lead. The steel tried to float to the top of the lead. The lead literally pulled away from the steel to reveal the names of the demons. It was like they were trying to get out, or at least keep a toe hold in this world. I hit the lead in the wood base with a blow torch, and when it melted, I had to press it down into the lead until it was sealed in nice and tight. I finished by engraving the seal of Saturn into the Lead and conjuring Tzaphqiel to keep them bound in the lead as well.

  • Calculating Goetic Correspondences from 777

    Bokonon23 left a comment that he wanted to know more about calculating the correct correspondences for Goetic entities, so here’s a little more detail on the subject.

    I used 777, the correspondence chart developed by Aleister Crowley (from Alan Bennet’s notes, probably) when he was still a member in good standing in the Golden Dawn. This correspondence chart was published in 1909, and reflects the Golden Dawn attributions to magickal subjects.

    To use 777 effectively, you must understand how information is presented in a spreadsheet or table. “Columns” are the vertical data sets, and “Rows” are the horizontal data sets. The first column is the “key scale,” the number that will provide the common reference point for all other columns of data in the table. There are 35 rows of data, and 183 columns of corresponding attributes, items, angels, god names, goetic entities, plants, perfumes, etc. This compendium of information is extremely useful to magicians of all types.

    To find the correspondences of a particular Goetic entity, first find the entity in the columns of goetic spirits (Columns CLV-CLXV, or pages 27-28 [printed page numbers] / 36-37 [pdf page numbers]). Bune/Bime is found to correspond to Key Scale 25.

    Knowing the spirit is associated with Key Scale 25, I then went through the other columns in the table to get an idea of what correspondences related to Bune. All the information in the row labeled 25 had some relation to Bune. Since I was making a physical pot, I paid special attention to the physical items associated with Key Scale 25, the plants, the incenses, and the magickal weapon. I also checked the color charts for selecting the appropriate colored candles to use as offerings for the spirit. Since I am primarily interested in physical results, I used the color charts associated with the material realm, Assiah, which is called the Empress Scale in the Golden Dawn.

  • Fuck George

    If I see one more email thread mentioning how wonderful George Carlin was, I’m gonna be sick. He was a self-righteous, lazy pompous arrogant windbag, and guess what? He personally hated you and everyone else that sends out all these “the world is a worse place without you, George” emails, as if he isn’t like, “Fuck you, I got out and you’re stuck in, and I made it without offing myself, by the skin of my teeth some nights when it was me and Jack Daniels in a seedy motel near the local gig that barely covered the motel and the gas, but I made it, and if I didn’t mention it, fuck you.”

    I want to grab everyone who loves George Carlin and take a fucking minute to remind you:

    EVERYTHING HE POINTED OUT THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE WORLD, HE BLAMED YOU PERSONALLY FOR BECAUSE HE SAID YOU WERE A STUPID FUCKTARD WHO DOESN’T DO SHIT TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

    And I agree. Why not? It’s a lot easier to sit around and declare the world a shitty place and blame everyone that’s just trying to get by until they die than it is to actually DO SOMETHING to make it a better place.

    George Carlin made a business out of saying things that every twenty-something has said at Perkins, Denny’s, or whatever 24 hour cafe that serves cheap coffee have said for years. He wasn’t original, or even particularly unique. He was a bitter asshole. And he’s dead. That’s the epitaph he deserves.

    Get over it.

  • Fuck George Carlin

    If I see one more email thread mentioning how wonderful George Carlin was, I’m gonna be sick. He was a self-righteous, lazy pompous arrogant windbag, and guess what? He personally hated you and everyone else that sends out all these “the world is a worse place without you, George” emails, as if he isn’t like, “Fuck you, I got out and you’re stuck in, and I made it without offing myself, by the skin of my teeth some nights when it was me and Jack Daniels in a seedy motel near the local gig that barely covered the motel and the gas, but I made it, and if I didn’t mention it, fuck you.”

    I want to grab everyone who loves George Carlin and take a fucking minute to remind you:

    EVERYTHING HE POINTED OUT THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE WORLD, HE BLAMED YOU PERSONALLY FOR BECAUSE HE SAID YOU WERE A STUPID FUCKTARD WHO DOESN’T DO SHIT TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

    And I agree. Why not? It’s a lot easier to sit around and declare the world a shitty place and blame everyone that’s just trying to get by until they die than it is to actually DO SOMETHING to make it a better place.

    George Carlin made a business out of saying things that every twenty-something has said at Perkins, Denny’s, or whatever 24 hour cafe that serves cheap coffee have said for years. He wasn’t original, or even particularly unique. He was a bitter asshole. And he’s dead. That’s the epitaph he deserves.

    Get over it.

  • This Just In…

    A friend and magician is visiting pagans in jail and providing spiritual support for them. He’s one of 3 chaplains in all of (where else but) California that perform any kind of prison ministry for heathen pagans damned to burn in hell for all eternity. Can’t imagine why.

    But! I respect him for that. And he’s in need of fundage to cover the expenses of his efforts. He made these cool “Wonder Wands,” or “Tumblers” (he really needs to work on the name) to perform geomancy with. He’s selling them to raise money. He’s a smart feller.

    So if you’re a pagan and you want to support turning criminal pagans into reformed, spiritually seeking pagans with a good balanced perspective on magic and social obligations… It’s a good cause. Check out his site. I’m going to see if he wants me to set up a page over on RufusOpus.com where he can sell stuff to fund his ministry, if he doesn’t already have site set up.

    For more info, see his blog:

    http://witchdoctorjoe.blogspot.com/2008/08/sortior-virgae.html

  • Crystal Skull Dreams

    Well, so far, so good. I’ve got a Legionairre from one of Bune’s hordes embedded in the matrix of the crystal now. In addition, there’s the physical link to Tezcatlipoca through the skull’s mask. As a result Ive been having interesting dreams, and I’ve visited the realms of the Aztec Underworld.

    Shockingly, as you may imagine, the dreams have been about… death. Not mine, but Death his own self, ye Grim Reaper has been wandering the dream realms with me. I haven’t done anything particularly lucid or purposed in the dreams yet, but I’m happy with the results so far.

    The end goal here is to have a talisman so potent from its associated entities that anyone who touches it, regardless of their training, has an immediate ability to communicate with the dead. I don’t know how this will manifest with any individuals, since everyone seems to have a unique way of working with things like this, but I imagine tarot, iching, divinations, crystal scryers, and clairvoyants would all have their abilities heightened. I haven’t done anything with it to contact a specific dead person yet, but it’s on my list of things to do.

    For now, I’m still performing conjurations, empowerments, and spending time each day tuning the crystal to the appropriate harmonies of the underworld.

  • Outgrowing the Goetia

    Someone mentioned on a list that “When you really know yourself, the Goetia is not needed any more.” Personally, I think that’s one of the more retarded, but also self-explanatory statements I’ve ever seen.

    I use the Goetia style of magic because it is an effective means to accomplish mundane Work. There are things you need to have done, and you need to have them done by spirits who are closer to the material realm than the Angels and Intelligences of the celestial spheres. When you “know yourself” as a magician, you also know what your role is in the manifestation and maintenance of creation. If someone hasn’t figured out that their role as a magician is going to require them to perform Goetic magic on occassion, then, well, ok then. There you have it.

    But why would someone think that? Once again, people have watered down Magic to include some really weak and stupid thoughts. If the nimrod that posted the above statement had spent more time studying where he came from and his celestial and material brothers and sisters, he’d know a lot more about himself than he does. But in “Knowing himself,” he hasn’t bothered to look beyond himself.

    You CANNOT “Know Yourself” if you do not look BEYOND your SELF.

    Bad news, narcisists, it’s not all about you.

  • New blog to add to my list of faves


    Jason Miller, author of Protection and Reversal Magick, has a new blog that specifically deals with magic and the practice thereof. Titled “Strategic Sorcery,” this promises to be one of the kinds of blogs that I love.

    Jason has spent time in Nepal training in Tantric Magic. He’s also a rootworker from Cat Yronwoode’s tradition, and a traditional ceremonial magician who works magic from the pages of Agrippa, Trithemius, and several popular grimoires I’m sure. The dude is pretty awesome.

    He’s one of those online treasures that get really emotionally and spiritually appreciated by millions of people who never think to thank him by giving him a couple bucks each.

    I believe he’s also teaching a series of workshops on Strategic Sorcery as well. I don’t have all the details, but I’m sure he’d be willing to pass them on to you at his earliest convenience, if you’re near enough to benefit.

  • New blog to add to my list of faves


    Jason Miller, author of Protection and Reversal Magick, has a new blog that specifically deals with magic and the practice thereof. Titled “Strategic Sorcery,” this promises to be one of the kinds of blogs that I love.

    Jason has spent time in Nepal training in Tantric Magic. He’s also a rootworker from Cat Yronwoode’s tradition, and a traditional ceremonial magician who works magic from the pages of Agrippa, Trithemius, and several popular grimoires I’m sure. The dude is pretty awesome.

    He’s one of those online treasures that get really emotionally and spiritually appreciated by millions of people who never think to thank him by giving him a couple bucks each.

    I believe he’s also teaching a series of workshops on Strategic Sorcery as well. I don’t have all the details, but I’m sure he’d be willing to pass them on to you at his earliest convenience, if you’re near enough to benefit.