Author: Hadron Templeton
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Review: Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Peter Grey
Never before has a person who wrote about their own take of the witches sabbath, inspired me so much, yet I do not want to repeat a lot of his ritual actions. Seeing his goddess, the earth, raped by the machinery of consumerism really lit a fire in Grey’s heart an this book functions mostly…
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Protected: My take from Apocalyptic Witchcraft
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Ancestor Worship and Offerings to the dead
This is a stub I’ll build on this more when I have more time. I recently was able to observe a Romany family holding a funeral and was lucky to have someone so quick to tell me about the practices. So I wanted to record my diary notes right now and build on it later.…
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Crown of Success Oil
Okay so this is one of the most useful oils in all of conjure. It can be used to dress a candle when doing a spell to add potential success. It is very hard to come up with an oil for this because it’s sort of a catch all / “do everything” oil. Often recipes…
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Itan
In the Yoruba region of Africa this is the Oral traditions of story telling where the Pitaki are told. Sometimes the deeds of a certain person became so well known they became part of the Itan, which often led to certain spirits becoming venerated as Saints or Gods. The most common deities to feature in…
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Tema (Temata)
A tema is a metal plate which is embossed and left as an offering, particularly in the placating of Greek Orthodox saints. It is not unusual for the plate to be embossed with an image of the saint to whom it is offered or symbol representing the things desired (i.e embossed with an image of…
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What is a pitaki?
This term is normally associated with African diaspora traditions such as Yoruba spirituality like Santeria. A pitaki is a story which conveys the mythology of a spirit in these traditions. For example a pitaki might speak of Olodumare (a supreme god) giving Eshu Elegbara (or Elegua) keys to past and future to convey this spirits…
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Book Review – Earth Alchemy by Glennie Kindred
Immediately the author states in the preface “there are no fixed doctrines in alchemy”. The author says that people should do whatever “feels right and good”, that they should develop their own philosophy, which she calls their own “philosopher’s stone”. Immediately, this book really frustrated me. This is the issue I have with many pagan…
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Sidhe
Pronounced “Shee” this word means an earthen mound often referring to the earthen mounds in which people were buried. Modern usage the word is short for Aes Sidhe (“Es shee”) which means people of the mound, referring to the spirits of the dead. The word Banshee is derived from it (Bean Sidhe).
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Cone of Power
This is an energy work technique that is used in Wiccan circles. It is basically “raising” energy holding it in the shape a cone. The flat base of the cone is the circle that is drawn on the ground at the beginning of the Wiccan ritual. The point is considered to be symbolic of the…