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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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The Ecstatic Trance of the Mari Lwyd.
Over the past few weeks, I have seen discussions on social media about the New Year. Some people preferring to celebrate the New Year at the start of the Astrological Year which many did prior to the Gregorian calendar. I can dig that and understand that this makes perfect sense as springtime is a good…
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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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The Rose of Jericho
Over the past month I have been getting to know a Rose of Jericho plant. A strange plant that you place in a bowl of water not in the earth. It is often used in hoodoo practice for attracting wealth, especially if you leave 5 coins within its water. I ordered this plant on the…
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Autumn Leaves
As the wheel starts to turn into the latter part of autumn towards winter, I am reminded of the first time, the very first time that I saw autumn in all its glory. I was born in a part of the UK where there are few deciduous trees. There were plenty of trees but they…
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Muppet Magick
One of the reasons why so many adults have enjoyed the Muppet Show is because we see ourselves and the people around us in it. Some of the characters illustrate certain personalities that are familiar to us and some of them were modelled on actual people such as Dr Teeth who is modelled after the…
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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.…