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The Many Forms of the Tree of Life Glyph: A Study of its Variations and Their Significance

The Tree of Life is one of the most enduring and profound symbols in Qabalah, representing the structure of creation and the path of spiritual ascent. While most students encounter a single version of the glyph, there are actually multiple arrangements, each with its own historical origins, mystical implications, and practical uses. This article explores the most common variations of the Tree of…

The Many Forms of the Tree of Life Glyph: A Study of its Variations and Their Significance

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Ascent and Descent on the Tree of Life

The Pathways of the Tree of Life: The Flaming Sword and the Serpent The Tree of Life in Qabalah is not just a static symbol but a dynamic framework through which divine energy flows and spiritual seekers navigate their mystical journey. Central to understanding this movement are the two primary pathways: the Flaming Sword, also known as the Flashing Path, and the Serpent of Wisdom. These two…

Ascent and Descent on the Tree of Life

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The Tree of Life in Qabalah: A Map of the Mystical Journey

The Tree of Life is one of the most profound and enduring symbols in Qabalah, a mystical tradition rooted in Jewish thought. As both a map of creation and a guide to spiritual ascent, it has captivated seekers of wisdom for centuries. Its intricate structure and profound symbolism make it a powerful tool for understanding the universe, the soul, and the divine. In this blog post, we will explore…

The Tree of Life in Qabalah: A Map of the Mystical Journey

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Practical Magic: Rediscovering Accessibility and Everyday Action

I’ve been thinking a lot about magic as a practical tool to help people in life, especially when considered alongside the popular idea that magic is a tool of the oppressed or disadvantaged. This has raised an uncomfortable question for me: how much of the magic I read about would I actually do if I needed something right now? Sure, these books and blogs offer fascinating information, elaborate…

Practical Magic: Rediscovering Accessibility and Everyday Action

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Spiritual Allies in Uncrossing Work

Uncrossing work—whether it’s clearing blockages, breaking hexes, or removing negative energy—often feels like a battle against unseen forces. It’s deeply personal, but it doesn’t have to be undertaken alone. Across spiritual traditions, practitioners have drawn on the support of allies to help them navigate these challenges, calling on figures of power and protection to assist in the work. Here,…

Spiritual Allies in Uncrossing Work

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Habit Breaker Bundle

A quick one today, just to share a technique I’ve found helpful or effective. The packet is essentially a curse, but the idea is that it makes the habit inaccessible to you or difficult to get at. I put this together when I was wrestling with wanting to quit smoking. My desire to stop had been on and off for a while, but I was living with smokers and the constant exposure made it incredibly…

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Support Spells for Uncrossing Work

As part of the Uncrossing section of the healing focus, I wanted to share some techniques that you might like to try to support or supplement your work. Along with the usual practice of home cleaning, prayer, bathing, and uncrossing rituals, it is possible to engage other workings. Some of these may suit you better than the standard approaches to Uncrossing work. I encourage everyone to try these…

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Goals and Refocusing

While undergoing uncrossing work and healing yourself is important work in itself, it raises the question: what are we healing for? In the post outlining the uncrossing procedure, I mentioned that my first teacher had a framework that included refocusing the individual toward more positive things. This is an important and often overlooked component of any healing – what are you really healing…

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The Overlooked Healing Ally

At the risk of sounding uncool, this is one of my favourite and greatest plant allies. I simply adore this plant and it is so accessible because it grows almost everywhere. Perhaps it is due to being a common plant that this herb is so often overlooked, or maybe it is because people spend so much time trying to kill it off as a weed. Either way, I invite everyone to reconsider their relationship…

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Uncrossing

The trouble with healing journeys is that we often encounter a great deal of inertia, whether this is purely out of force of habit or due to our circumstances and surroundings, which makes it incredibly difficult to action or stick to our well intentioned improvements. It can feel like an impossible feat when nothing around you seems to change, and you find yourself overwhelmed at the prospect of…

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Projects, Proficiency and Healing Journeys

Life has been strange. The world seems to grow increasingly grim and yet the sun continues to shine. Multiple areas of my life are coming to the close of their current cycles and, as spring moves toward summer, I find myself assessing a great many things ahead of a major move. With long-term projects wrapping up and the appearance of one of life’s many crossroads, I’ve turned my mind to ideas of…

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Same Sex Practice and Traditional Wicca

This has been an unfortunately heated topic of debate in Internet Land that has bled back into Meat Space. Given the fundamental idiocy of arguing about ‘proper conduct’ amongst self-billed autonomous groups, as well as some incredibly vicious and problematic figures, I have avoided comment. However, someone recently broached the topic with me. Providing a link to the Sacred Texts website, this…

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The Motion of Stone Giants

We had an earthquake here in Melbourne a few nights ago. It’s not the first time I’ve had this experience while living here but the sensation of such an event is thrilling in a most peculiar way. It really turns the mind toward a recognition of the immense power of our environment and the minuscule nature of our physical self. My partner is an academic in the sphere of environmental science and…

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Does Spirituality Equal Immateriality?

Does Spirituality Equal Immateriality?

I’ve been having some interesting conversations with some of my “magically-minded” friends around this idea that material wealth is somehow counter to spiritual ambitions. It’s an unfortunately prevalent assumption, something I’m assuming we inherited from the East and our subsequent Christian colonisation. The bizarre thing here is the unchallenged implication that refusing to engage something…

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Chaos, Craft, and how they intersect your life

Chaos, Craft, and how they intersect your life

In the introduction to his book, Pieces of Eight, Gordon White discusses the core premises of Chaos Magic and summarises them thus: A preference for observed magical results over unfounded claims of mystical insight. An awareness of the capacity of personal beliefs to shape the experiences of those that hold them. A virulent suspicion of mystical, political, and scientific…

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Thoughts, Ideas, and Stirrings

Thoughts, Ideas, and Stirrings

Has it really been a year? How the time slips away. There was a period there where I managed to post daily and maintain some sort of project. While I confess I did indeed complete the Roderick text, my desire and ability to post about it simply went away. The tasks seemed to grow more personal and directly relevant to events in my life toward the end of the project. In some ways, I regard the…

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Day 262 - Raising Power: Breath Control

Day 262 – Raising Power: Breath Control

Correct breathing directly affects the Witch’s vitality and therefore, her magic. Breath work is an interesting component of magical practice which lost popularity for a time and appears to be returning to the fore. In my early twenties, while working with my first magical teacher, breath control was a core practice – which I was expected to drill – that is also connected with other techniques…

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