As I reported in a previous post, author and occultist Kenneth Grant left his current incarnation last month. I never met him. I wish I had. My copies of his first trilogy of books are well worn from study. There was a time when he only had a few books published and nothing new had appeared for several years. I used to say that more people talked about what they thought Grant had written than had ever actually read anything by Grant. Today, a lot of his books are available—some quite expensive—and if you're interested in reading his works I would strongly urge you to read them in their order of publication. I wish I'd met him and had a chance to talk with him. Reading is one thing,

How very lucky that our peek at the Lovers comes on Valentine's Day? Traditionally, this card was called The Lover and showed a young man who looked as if he were choosing between two women...young and pretty or not-so-pretty but more well-to-do. Although now we call it the Lovers and speak of relationships, with others and with ourselves, we really aren't that far from the traditional consideration when you dig deeper. Whether you are choosing between potential life partners, trying to work out a relationship, or reconciling opposites within yourself, you are doing one thing: creating your character. For it is our choices and our actions based on those choices that determine who

I know that this blog is about magick, but every once in a while it becomes necessary to stand up for the ecology of the planet. I wish to alert you to the common use of a highly dangerous chemical known as DHMO (dihydrogen monoxide). Even though DHMO is a known danger (it's the major component of acid rain), it's still in heavy use around the world as a solvent and coolant, including in nuclear reactors. Trying to find information about DHMO can be difficult. Below is an image of its atomic structure taken from a Bulgarian website: DHMO is known as one of the principle causes of environmental erosion including causing the weakening of vital metals through enhanced oxidation. It

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Rich Newman, author of The Ghost Hunter's Field Guide. When Nikola Tesla first created the device that’s now known to paranormal investigators as the "Tesla Radio," he stated, “The sounds I am listening to every night at first appear to be human voices conversing back and forth in a language I cannot understand. I find it difficult to imagine that I am actually hearing real voices from people not of this planet. There must be a more simple explanation that has so far eluded me.” Much like his fellow scientist Thomas Edison, Tesla fully believed in the validity of conversing with the dead—to him, it was simply a matter of