Rufus Opus

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  • War Wood

    This morning I went for a drive to survey the damage from the hurricane. Whatsername. Ilene, Irene, I can’t remember which is the song and which is the storm right now.
    I’m writing from my phone because the power’s out. They won’t start fixing that until the winds die down. So I was awake, the family were asleep, my phone was dying and I needed to charge it in the car anyway, so I went for a drive.
    I took a lot of pictures as I went. Lots of downed trees, a couple of closed roads, but overall not too bad. Except one person in town was killed by a falling tree.
    I was  driving by an old lutheran graveyard when I saw this tree had split and fallen. I parked and collected a bunch of the wood for magical purposes. “War wood.”
    I’m doing some work on it  with saturn and mars, and the elements. I can think of a few ways to use it. I gave lots of little slivers that will fit nicely into a mojo bag. I gathered the wood, bark, leaves, and branches. Some of it has mud on it from where it struck the earth.
    One chunk is the perfect size to make an elemental blasting rod. That’s going to be fun to make.

  • Getting the Million Dollar Idea

    Jason Miller posted a field report yesterday, and the client who wrote it closed with “I haven’t gotten the million dollar idea yet or won the lottery, but these developements are all welcome.”

    The million dollar idea. 
    I have a million dollar aspiration, but I don’t have the capital to execute a million dollar idea yet. I will, soon enough though, because I’m not hung up on waiting for the million dollar idea.* I’ve got a few thousand dollar ideas I’m working on. Over time, they’ll be the framework for the million dollar ideas, and those in turn will lead to the billion dollar ideas, if necessary. I think I’ll quit around $5 million. That really should be enough and then some.
    Thousand dollar ideas are great though. Gordon’s recent post about how he shouldn’t have gotten a degree in film got me thinking about it. He uses the phrase “Everyone can make an extra $1k” and links to a web site I haven’t checked out in detail, but I think the phrase itself is one of the most valuable things I’ve seen stated in black and white, clear as day, in a long long time.
    Anyone can make an extra $1k. I made $3,200 between October and January delivering pizzas three nights a week and all day Sunday. It took about five and a half weeks to make a thousand dollars. It wasn’t “an extra” thousand because I took the job to work off a specific debt, but it was something anyone can do, even if they already have a day job. And it doesn’t take long, five weeks is nothing.
    A thousand dollars is huge. With a thousand dollars, you can open five one-hundred-dollar businesses and have enough left over to put into advertising the ones that get the most interest. Start those revenue streams, and pretty soon you’ll have enough coming in to be able to make your million dollar idea a reality.
    The most important thing to remember is that you can always get started on the path to the million dollar reality wherever you’re at right now. You don’t have to wait. If a million dollar goal is out of your reach, build yourself a thousand dollar ladder. Make it a small goal, see how easy it is to accomplish it, and then you’ll know you can get to the million dollar mark just as easily. 
    Magic-ing up a Million Dollar Idea
    People who have million dollar ideas are geniuses. Ok, that’s probably arguable. A lot of them are really smart fellows, but they’re also lucky, connected, and have access to funding that most people don’t have. Steve Jobs got invested in early. So did Zuckerberg, and Gates. But you’ve got better connections iwth the spirits, and we’ll talk about that later.
    I’m not a genius. In a few years, people will say I am because I’m going to be really wealthy and I’ll carry myself as if I were a genius, and they’ll let me because they’re sycophants, and in fact their job security will likely be directly tied to whether or not they play along with it, but the fact is this: I’m subgenius. I have test scores to prove it. Tickle test scores, even, so you know it’s for reals.
    Still, I’m not worried about getting that million dollar idea. I don’t have to be a genius, I already have a Genius.
    I get a lot of questions about how to Work with the Genius of the Nativity. I don’t answer them often, because they’re just hard to talk about. I’ve sat down to write up an advanced ebook on the subject a couple of times, and it just doesn’t happen. The time is not yet, I figure, and focus on what I can write instead. It’s kind of how I deal with things.
    But for million dollar ideas and “Strokes of Genius,” there’s no better spirit than your natal Genius. This is the spirit whose role and function in classical Greece was the basis for what we use the word for now. They are the muse, the spirit of inspiration that we honor in people who we say are geniuses.

    Figuring out the name is the hardest part. Actually, getting the prenatal syzygy is the hardest part, but once that’s done you’re all set. When you have the name, you write it on a lamen from the Modern Angelic Grimoire and conjure it using the rites of Trithemius. And then you ask it for inspirational ideas to make money.

    And don’t get hung up on the million dollar idea. Go with what they give you. Trust that it will at least pave the way for the million dollar idea if it’s a thousand dollar idea to start with.

    Magic-ing up Success

    Once you’ve got your business structure in place, a web site, products to sell, paypal or google checkout buttons set up to process credit cards, once all that mundane stuff is in place, it’s time to play the trump card.

    Bless the fuck out of your business. Put your logo on your cash box. Use the Gates Rites**  to supercharge your business, balance your life, and master your Kingdom. Hire me to do it for you if you don’t feel comfortable doing it yourself, I’m really good at money magic for people. It’s the easiest kind of magic to do and track, imo.

    But you aren’t stuck with me. Jason’s got Dzambhala/White Mahakla talismans available right now. Chris Warnock sells astrological wealth talismans. Michael Cecchetelli can probably be talked into making you a Jupiter Talisman using his latest Marduk experiments to strong effect. Dhr. Balthazar and Fr. AIT and Mr. Valentine are available for the hoodoo.

    Or do it yourself. Every planetary Intelligence can help you get money, whether it’s plutonic wealth of Saturn to finding hidden treasure on the Astral planes of the Moon. You’ve got a Threefold Keeper, according to Agrippa, and the Genius is a third of it. Another third of it is the Daimon of Profession who has all kinds of good information to provide you. You conjure the Genius and ask to speak to your personal Daimon of Profession. It’s that simple. Every elemental spirit can help get you money. Your ancestor spirits can bring in cash. Hell, you probably have enough wandering ghosts in your house right now that you don’t even know about who could be tapped and asked for help. Your local Genius Loci*** know more ways to profit in your neighborhood than you ever will on your own.

    Put these spirit resources to work bringing your business success. My favorite method is a Jupiter-Mercury rite, but the most effective thing I’ve seen is the whole Gates series, it builds up the momentum nicely.

    Seriously, just try it. Get a job somewhere for a week delivering pizzas or waiting tables, and take the couple hundred dollars you make and start a business and do some magic.

    * Neither is the field reporter, that’s obvious, but I just want to make sure I acknowledge that before any wires get crossed. Mercury goes direct tomorrow.

    ** The complete set comes to $83.65, a relatively modest investment, and you can buy it incrementally as you need it.

    *** By the way, I consider the Fae to be specific classes of Genius Loci, and I honor them in my local area all the time. That last post was a total joke, an offering to Mercury in gratitude for getting me through the Rx in style.

  • Recipes for the Fey

    Knowing how to prepare for dinner with the fey can be very difficult. There simply aren’t a lot of surviving cookbooks that address the finer points of fey-cuisine.

    Fortunately, they’re a versatile bunch, and seem to go well with just about any combination of flavors. Mexican spices are as pleasing as lemon pepper, or garlic and shallots with a light sherry sauce. My favorite is butter and garlic with tarragon, liberally applied.

    Personally, when cooking with the fey, I’ve found that just about any recipe for shrimp works really well. Beginning at 2:25:

    I was originally concerned about their bones, and perhaps the scarcity of meat, but the bones seem to soften right up. You must be careful though, overcooking your fairies turns them tough and rubbery. I prefer them with the wings removed. Some have suggested setting the wings aside and using them as garnish, but they look too much like cecaida wings to me, and they put me right off my appetite.

    “Gosh, honey, Daddy sure HOPES
    the tooth fairy comes tonight!”

    Once you get the hang of it, you’ll find the hardest part is catching them in the first place. Word of your taste will soon spread throughout their realm, and they’ll rarely come within reach. Clever strategies can be devised, however, that play on their overriding instincts.

  • Oil of Abramelin Instructions (with Pictures)

    Aaron Letich has provided an excellent post on methods of making your own Oil of Abramelin.

    I use this oil in just about every single rite I do. It has consecrated all my tools, the candles I use to represent the Light of God, and myself. I bought mine from Soma Luna years ago. I got two ounces, and I don’t think I’ve used a single ounce yet. A little goes a LONG way.

  • Bikes with High Handlebars

    At some point in my blogging career, I must have mentioned something about “bikes with high handlebars.” Because people are finding my blog through Google using that particular phrase. I put it in Google to see where I turned up, but I didn’t see me there. It doesn’t make sense.

    So in honor of those people who find this blog through weird ways, here’s a special video, just for you.

  • Items in a Field Kit

    Ok, so someone asked for a better picture, and I can’t do it. Blogger has this thing they do with photos, and I could go through a process to get a clearer pic published, but it takes a while, and there’s enough detail to get the gist.

    It was one Ebony Wand based on Trithemius made for me by Fr. Ashen, one old quartz point I got for a dollar fifty at the local occult supply shop a few years ago, the seven* Planetary Talismans, Holy Water, and Oil of Abramelin. In my garage already are several types of incense and a charcoal incense burner.**

    When I bring a field kit with me in general, I don’t bother with the wand. It’s just too long to carry conveniently. Everything else can be easily stashed in a pocket if necessary, though it looks kinda funny.***

    I was heading out to put an Evil Demon in some lead for a client. I brought the crystal to use on the side for communications with Cassiel, who I would be working with primarily, but also for my HGA and Kammael if necessary. I ended up not having to use it, the spirits and I have
    strong relationships and we were able to talk without the crystal. Still, I like to have a crystal on hand for viewing purposes.

    So I went to the garage and cleansed and banished with Holy water, consecrated the ground for our defense with the wand, fired up some incense and conjured my HGA. When he was present, I cleansed my self with Holy Water, saying:

    Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.****

    As I said the Father-Son-Holy Ghost part, I crossed my forehead, mouth, and heart respectively. I conjured up Cassiel and Kammael, and was all set to bind the demon into the steel and lead when I remembered a Table of Practice might be useful. So I sketched one out on a pad of paper I had on hand, and went to town. With Cassiel, Kammael, and my HGA, we got the client’s Evil Daimon bound, and then I sealed it up, waited for the wood glue to dry, and then wood-burned in the Seal and stained it a purty color. I like mahogany.

    Now it’s curing in the garage. It’s taking longer than it ought to because we’ve been rained on all weekend. I hoped to get it in the mail today, but that didn’t happen. (Sorry, R.!) I checked it this morning and it’s still leaving streaks when you touch it. I could bake it in the oven for a while on low heat, but the family doesn’t like their meatloaf tasting like wood stain. Picky picky.

    * Venus was on top one of the others, so it looks like there’s only six in the picture. Of course it was Venus. I’m pretty sure she was on Michael.

    ** The family has agreed the self-lighting charcoal smells like burning tires, and have formally requested that I stick to stick incense in the house.

    *** “No, it’s a crystal point I use to conjure spirits in my pocket. I’ve never been that happy to see anyone.”

    **** You will sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop and I shall be cleansed You will wash me, and I shall be washed whiter than snow. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and always shall be in ages of ages. Amen.

  • Portal.

    Portal is cool.

    It’s also good practice for astral gymnastics.

  • Field Kit

    Here’s a picture of the stuff I take to the garage when it’s magic time. With this kit, i’m ready for anything. Petty much.

  • One Crossed Keys Talisman Left

    Mr. Cecchetelli has let me know there is only one Crossed Keys talisman available. 

    And it is gone.

  • Unique Opportunity

    Because of your discerning taste in blogs, you’re in a position to get something that very few others are going to have a chance to get.

    Michael Cecchetelli, author of Crossed Keys is putting together something pretty cool.

    He’s a member of the Gentlemen for Jupiter, and for the last four months he’s been working closely with the the forces of the sphere of Jupiter, and having really good results. He’s written a few blog posts on his experiments, and I don’t know how much he’s made publicly available about his results, but from our conversations I can tell you he’s doing very well integrating the forces of Jupiter. He’s had increases in his income and windfalls of all sorts, with Jupiter making his ties to its manifestation apparent every step of the way.

    One of the things that just happened to wander into his life lately was four (yeah, four, that’s how subtle Jupiter’s being with him) silver Jupiter Talismans made using the image from Francis Barrett’s The Magus*. He’s consecrating one for himself, but he’s making the rest available to the public.

    And he’s using the rites of the Crossed Keys to consecrate them. He’s using both the Black Dragon and Enchiridion of Pope Leo together to create Crossed Keys Jupiter Talismans.

    I’ll wait for a minute and let that sink in a bit.

    The author of Crossed Keys, an awesome grimoire that you won’t be able to buy pretty soon, who has spent four months steeped in Jupiter’s forces, is using the grimoire he knows intimately to consecrate four Crossed Keys Jupiter Talismans he got from Jupiter.


    He’s only got three available at the moment. He’s selling them for $225. If you’re interested, email him directly at THIS LINK.

    I’ll update this post when they’re no longer available. They’re no longer available.

    * That’s the “Joseph Smith Jupiter Talisman,” but done right, in case you’re wondering.