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Dancing in the Vision
I have recently spent an entire weekend working with Terpsichore through the medium of belly dance. Dance is often conflated with magical practice due to its ability to enable us to connect to a deep core of our being; a part of ourselves that cannot be expressed through every day speech but can be experienced…
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Embracing the Colours of Life
Reading Nietzsche’s “The Genealogy of Morals” has led to my consideration of the morality of custom. You know, those unspoken things that a person should not do, or behaviours that we “just don’t do around here”. Ways of being that while perfectly legal are just frowned upon within a certain culture. This morality of custom…
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Belief Shifting and the Nature of Bias
We all have bias; it’s a natural thing in humans. Bias is formed due to our brains needing to make models of how the world works to enable greater efficiency. It would be difficult to get things done if we have to consider anew every operation prior to performing it. Bias has its benefits but…
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What I learnt from Martial Arts
The most significant lesson I have learnt from many years of studying martial arts is the value of relaxed discipline. The words “relaxed” and “discipline” are not often used in the same sentence in the West. We tend to think of relaxation as a chilling out, a horizontal non activity that occurs on a sofa,…
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The Lights of Budapest
One thing that I was determined to do on my recent visit to Hungary and Romania was to see the awesome night time lights in Budapest. I had visited Budapest in 2016 and was blown away by how beautiful it is at night. How the bridges and Fisherman’s Bastion were enthusiastically lit up in a…
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Chaos Magick and Contemplation
Concentration is a cornerstone of magical practice, being able to focus on what you are doing in the moment. When you are doing any spell work you don’t want to be thinking of anything else other than what you are doing, as you will bring those thoughts into the spell and this may affect results…
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It’s a Walk in the Park
I love Saturday mornings, they usually consist of a brisk early morning walk through two parks. Brisk because I am on route to my Tai Chi class. Not being the most motivated in the mornings its usual to leave the house a little later than I would like to be on time for my class.…