Magic Is An Expression Of Power And An Expression Of How That Power Relates To You, Your Environment,

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Hekataion (Hecate, goddess of the Moon and the underworld, was depicted with three bodies), 3rd. cent AD, Roman sculpture of triple Hecate, after a Hellenistic original, marble

Vatican Museums (Chiaramonti Museum),  Inv. 1922

Gemma Gary, The Devil’s Dozen: Thirteen Craft Rites of the Old One

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) by Tom Vezo

Auguste Danse (1875/etching/engraving)

© Lía Serrano

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Architectural plan for the Singertor vestibule of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, by Laurenz Spenning, ca. 1454-1477

Magic is a doorway through which we step into mystery, wildness, and immanence. We live in a world subject to extensive and seemingly, all embracing systems of social and personal control that continually feed us the lie that we are each alone, helpless, and powerless to effect change. Magic is about change. Changing your circumstances so that you strive to live according to a developing sense of personal responsibility; that you can effect change around you if you choose; that we are not helpless cogs in some clockwork universe. All acts of personal/collective liberation are magical acts. Magic leads us into exhilaration and ecstasy; into insight and understanding; into changing ourselves and the world in which we participate. Through magic we may come to explore the possibilities of freedom.

Condensed Chaos

Phil Hine

Some pretty pictures I found from my trip to Scotland. Castle Eileen Donan.