Originally Published March 15, 2016 Paganism, Voodoo, and the spirituality of Native Americans are put in the same category in this part of the series not to generalize them as completely the same, but because so much of the cause and effect within the mysticisms are the same, and unite under the same method of spirituality: witchcraft. Witchcraft, from Read More…
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21st Century Demonology – Part 5: Cast Index, Ceremony, and the Metaphysic Ecosystem
“There all paradoxes seem to obtain actually, contradictions coexist logically, the effect is greater than the cause and the shadow more than the substance. Therein the visible melts into the unseen, the invisible is manifested openly, motion from place to place is accomplished without traversing the intervening distance, matter passes through matter. There two straight Read More…
21st Century Demonology – Part 3: Theurgy and Jacob’s Ladder to the Stars
“Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of confusion, adept in its addictions, subtle and perversely supple in its slaveries. Devote it in meditation to the task of freeing itself from illusion, and we will find that, with time, patience, discipline, Read More…
21st Century Demonology – Part 1: Esoteric Sciences, Fortean Cryptozoology, & Beyond
What the hell is a demon? Is it a red-skinned, horned pigmy that sits on everybody’s left shoulder, consistently trying to muffle out the angel opposite it? Could a demon be considered a poltergeist, where strange and usually malevolent phenomena haunt an entire house or building? What about the strange things that people continuously report Read More…
Understanding the Science of Symbolism
Enter a fancy, postmodern art gallery. A variety of pieces are in front of you, perhaps filling up the vast majority of the room. Some pieces are complex, daring, intricate, and stirring, and others seem like regurgitation, no matter what kind of skill was used to create it. Filling in all the empty spaces around Read More…
From Trauma to Transcendence Through Neuroplasticity
“Neurons that fire together, wire together,” Dr. Max Cynader puts it, and it’s difficult to come across a more pertinent adage in today’s era. Discussion of neurons firing and wiring draws implications so vast that it impacts everything from positive and negative emotional spectrums, to the difference between being handicapped, and a genius–or life and Read More…