Magical Strategies

One of the significant challenges is shifting the view of magic from something you do for deficient needs to integrating it into the pursuit of aspirational needs. Typically, this connects with having to sophisticate the approach you are taking and the level of effort (see Uncle Setnakt’s Essential Guide to the Left Hand Path onContinue reading “Magical Strategies”

Recovering the Hermetica

Byzantine emperor Alexios I faced a seemingly insurmountable challenge in the 11th Century. Despite being the heir to the Roman Empire, Alexios I saw his area of rule diminishing with the expansion of the Seljuq dynasty. The House of Seljuq was a Turkish family who practiced a Sunni variation of Islam that, in time, integratedContinue reading “Recovering the Hermetica”