Before starting this post I have a couple of things to announce: First, this Sunday, April 29, at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time (10:00 Eastern) I will be interviewed on the Breath of Terra Show with Teresa Sixberry. You'll be able to hear it over the internet and you can call in with your questions. For details, just click on this LINK. Second, I'll be giving workshops in Florida May 3–6 at the Florida Pagan Gathering. Also featured there will be my friend, Raven Grimassi, as well as the dynamic Orion Foxwood and other speakers and entertainers. This is a family friendly festival, so come and say hello. I'll be giving workshops on hypnosis and the magickal powers of the hands using the

One of the most common questions I receive seems to be the most basic: How does magick work? Why is it that when you properly perform a ritual or spell you get the desired results? The simplest and most honest answer is: I don't know. It seems weird, then, that we should literally depend upon something when we have no idea of how it works. However, we do this all the time. We depend upon gravity holding us firmly to the Earth without knowing how it works. Oh, we may know that large masses have a quality of attraction, but this really gives us no more information than knowing if we properly perform a ritual we get results. We may somewhat understand how Einstein's General Theory of

You're Going the Wrong Way! I've been a certified clinical hypnotherapist for more than a dozen years. I've been trained and certified in several specialties, from teaching self-hypnosis to past life regression therapy and parts therapy. I'm also certified to teach hypnosis so that people who take trainings with me will be certified by the American Board of Hypnotherapy. What I want to share is that most people who get into hypnosis end up spending their time on the wrong thing. They're going the wrong way. Hypnosis is a fascinating topic and can be used to alter consciousness for magickal work. It's powerful and it works. Unfortunately, most people who try it end up failing. This is

Disclosure: I have used hypnosis for most of my life and have been deeply involved in the study and practice of hypnosis for well over a decade. I have earned certification as a clinical hypnotherapist, certification as an instructor of hypnosis and hypnotherapy, and certification in several specialties. It's Back…In a New Way When people get interested in learning hypnosis, their focus is frequently on the induction, moving from non-hypnosis to hypnosis. Usually, the first style of induction learned is the progressive relaxation (or progressive muscle relaxation) induction. It's the "relax your feet, relax your ankles, relax your calves, relax your thighs" etc. induction. It takes a