When people rattle off the big names of the occult world, it’s always the same predictable list. Crowley, who never met a press release he didn’t like. Mathers, who loved dressing up in more robes than an archbishop. Gerald Gardner, who liked being a witch almost as much as he enjoyed being whipped. Perhaps someone […]
There’s a common misconception in magical communities—particularly within the Golden Dawn tradition—that once you’ve ticked the boxes of grade progression, memorised the rituals, and performed the elemental workings, you’re “done.” But the most significant leap in your magical journey might come not from pushing forward but from restarting Golden Dawn training Restarting your training in […]
I was talking to the leader of a Rosicrucian tradition about how occultism is in decline. There has been a drop in the number of people buying esoteric books, and many established orders have closed. It is not that the material is unavailable; the students are not working systems. This perception, common amongst those who […]