Author: Hadron Templeton

  • Mabon is a person not a festival

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    I was recently presented with a reel on social media that began with “In Celtic Mythology Mabon marks the time when…” and they want me to buy my hand fasting rope from them. Firstly Mabon is not a time and it is certain not pronounced Maybon or Mabone. Mabon ap Modron, whose name means the…

  • Egregores – What are they?

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    A word that people can’t even agree on its pronunciation. Although Eh-greg-gory has more historic accuracy, Ee-greh-gore is more common now. I recently tried to explain this to someone before, we went on the tangent of a related word, “Thought-form”. Thought form has similar meaning to egregore, but is slightly distinct. First… what is a…

  • Are Magic and Science combatible?

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    I was recently asked if Magic and Science are compatible, which shocked me because I always assumed everyone felt they were. Chemistry and medicine were born from Alchemy, Astronomy from Astrology and Maths from Mysticism. The very practice of magic is often taught as a commitment to experimentation rather than an acceptance of doctrine and…

  • Conversational Energy Manifestation

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    Often, when interacting with other people, there is a subtle energy exchange occurring between them. On a subtle level, this gives their subconscious a little bit of information about you. I often find when using small circulation and packing my energy levels, that people notice a huge difference in my appearance. It’s almost like they’re…

  • Power of the Witch

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    So this was an edit of some old notes on achieving power as a witch. I came across it while trying to compile my book of shadows so my students of 5 years can have the whole copying of the Book of Shadows experience. Anyway, apologies if this is out of date or different in…

  • The Psychic Sensor / Censor

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    In chaos magic, the psychic sensor / censor is the psychological and evolutionary “gatekeeper” of the conscious mind. It is the internal editor that constantly filters, deletes, and rationalizes our reality to keep us sane, grounded, and aligned with consensus reality. In modern circles, it often mistakenly called the psychic sensor, as in it senses…

  • Book of Shadows

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    The phrase “Book of Shadows” evokes an immediate sense of mystery, ancient magic, and hidden knowledge. Also a tome of demonology. While it sounds like an artifact pulled straight from Gothic literature (quite deliberately in fact), the term possesses a specific historical origin tied to modern religious witchcraft, which both influenced and was influenced by…

  • Packing Energy

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    So often we talk about going into a battle packing heat. The more we become aware of energy the more we are aware of its function in every day interaction. This means that we will notice when someone is sapping it away, even when they don’t know what they’re doing. We will notice when someone…

  • Energy Cycling

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    Often when starting to work with energy people struggle to feel it to start with. This energy exchange exercise is easily done with another person. It can make the energy a lot easier to sense for two reasons. 1) Our own energy has been there our entire lives and we are very practiced at not…

  • Preliminary Meditation

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    “To meditate”, from the Latin “Meditatio”, means to hold something in the mind. Since its use in Latin, it had religious connotations. Often in the modern day, it means to hold something in one’s mind, turn something in the mind or sometimes just hold the mind itself. It can also mean a contemplative prayer. But…