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What It Means to Give Up

Well, I finally missed a day blogging. I knew it would happen eventually, but it’s okay. I blogged in person instead at St. Sarah’s parish in Boston. By that I mean I blathered on incessantly to anyone...

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No Answer

I dropped my mobile phone the other day. It shattered most dramatically, and it was actually kinda pretty. I wish I had taken a picture of it, but the only camera I have is my phone. It’s since been...

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The Mysteries of the One Thing

I’ve been thinking a lot about alchemy this past week, specifically laboratory alchemy. I enjoyed a brief stint as a student of an alchemy teacher from the southern hemisphere, but I wasn’t really...

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Altar Boxes

I’m thinking about putting together a few “cigar box altars” that I could offer for sale. I’ve mocked up a version of what they might look like, which is the picture below. Here’s what I’m thinking...

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I Am Not Forming an Open Source Order of Martinists…

…but if I were, it would be a network of Free Initiators that would be searchable via a central web hub. This list could be searchable by location, lineage, reviews, and maybe some other criteria....

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One Mint Julep Please

Earlier this week I went to a lecture at the new Hermetic Arts Learning Center in Salem, MA. It was kind of a 101 level alchemy lecture, as such, I didn’t pick up a whole lot of new information, but it...

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Interview on Aeon Byte

Many thanks to Miguel Conner for interviewing me about my book and the Johannite Church on Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio. He gave my book a glowing endorsement, and I didn’t say too many stupid things in the...

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Apocryphon Asceticism

If you’ve been listening to Talk Gnosis After Dark for a while, you know that I’ve been doing a lot of work with the Apocryphon of John lately. The Gnostic Ascent project is an attempt to develop a...

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Esoteric Secrecy

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about secrecy, privacy, and mystery in the context of the occult and esoteric religion. These three concepts come up a lot, from oaths of secrecy, secret societies,...

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7 Weird Alchemical Practices You Can Try

Alchemy is known for its secrecy and coded language, but that doesn’t mean you can’t try some things yourself at home! (Don’t try most of this at home, some of it is actually really quite dangerous) If...

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