Category: Spirituality/Paganism & Magick

Several months ago, a friend of mine was at a gathering of Ceremonial Magicians in the mountains of Tennessee. The group was an oddball assortment of old hippies and younger New Agers who studied the practices of a turn of the century occult group, the Golden Dawn, that had revived the religion of the ancient Egyptians. During the course of the discussion, they began trying to name exactly what they were attempting to accomplish with the work they were doing.

It’s one thing when a group embraces a concept like Satanism to propagate their rather unpleasant and tasteless ideas. But at least when an organization calls themselves “Satanist,” the general public has some idea of what they are about, as if there is some sort of truth in their advertising. They may try to dress-up their ideas to make them intellectually palatable, but we pretty much know that they align themselves with concepts that most people consider bad or evil, because that’s what Satanism means.

I just received a letter in the mail that proclaims that I am already a winner! My ship is practically in port and it’s all down hill from here! I don’t have to have the winning number or give a specific time for Dick Clark or Ed McMahon to stop by to drop off my check. All I have to do is sit back and let the good times roll.

Most people would like to know what the future holds in store for them. Since the dawn of time, soothsayers and seers have been developing systems to predict events that have not yet happened. For as long as there has been commerce, there have been “fortune tellers” who will predict the future for a fee. There are many reasons why people seek such advice. Some are interested in love and romance. Others want to know about their financial future. Still others want only to gain a deeper insight into their own inner processes.

Morgan, Doug, Nick and Mick are four local young men who are all in their twenties. Every week they get together at someone’s house and do Magick.

“Real Magick - with a ‘k,’” Doug says. “Not smoke and mirrors, like David Copperfield.”

A friend of mine recently joined a small healing group after becoming certified as a Reiki practitioner. The group meets monthly to do healing work on each other, and to do “absentee healing” for those who’ve requested it. Everyone in the group is certified in Reiki, which means that each person has at least learned the basics of hands-on metaphysical healing.