In the early days of Christianity, the Romans accused Christians of cannibalism. The early Christians (like contemporary Roman Catholics) believe in transubstantiation, the idea that the wine and bread of the eucharist actually turn into the blood and flesh of their deity, Jesus Christ. Since Jesus was also a man, it followed that the Christians were eating humans and drinking their blood in religious rites. This helped excuse Roman persecution of Christians (which officially ran from 64 c.e. under Nero to 313 c.e. and the Edict of Milan). Thousands of Jews were murdered in Alexandria in 38 c.e. by people believing that the Jews were killing and eating Greeks, but it was actually the

This morning, I received an email question: I have read your book on to the place where you help [one] of your student[s] with his or her exam by describing the kind of meditation or talisman they can make to help with their exam. Please tell me specifically the exact talisman you prescribe for them. Here is what I responded: The goal of Modern Magick has always been to empower the student. By that I mean I want it to help students of the book learn how to move from being a victim—of chance, of fate, of the will of others, or of bad luck—to being in power and control of his or her life. It's a change from being a victim to being a victor, from acting in response to

After several thousand years, scientific theory has caught up with occult theory to realize that all matter is made up of energy that vibrates. Thisresults in the conclusion that if we can control vibration, we can control matter. Luckily, there is a relatively easy way to do this, through what is called the Law of Resonance. There are two aspects to this law: 1. An object will naturally vibrate more loudly at certain frequencies than it will at other frequencies. The typical example of this takes place when you sing in a shower. Some notes will simply reflect off the tile walls while others will boom out quite loudly. The frequencies of an object where that increased volume occurs are

Well, it's Monday morning and I'm back from Florida and the GreenSong Grove's Samhain Festival. Unlike some of the massive festivals around the country, this one was relatively small, just a few hundred people. I'd like to thank everyone who brought me out, who treated me so well, and were so helpful, especially Ann Marie and Teresa and Paul and Amber. I gave two workshops, one on using hypnosis to actually experience past lives, and another on modern magick and talismans, where I covered banishing rituals (traditional ceremonial magick and chaos magick), how to cleanse and design five different types of talismans, and how to charge them with ceremonial magick, natural magick and chaos