Magick

Mermaids and merfolk are the most well-known fairies of the sea, and all around the world, mysterious and alluring stories about mermaids have fascinated people for thousands of years. There are many types of merfolk who inhabit the waters in countless places around the world. Here, author Sandra Kynes details 8 examples of mermaids and merfolk.

An experienced tarot reader can seem able to understand a spread almost instantly. This is rarely the result of memorizing hundreds of meanings, though. Instead, professional readers rely on a few simple principles that make readings both faster and clearer. In this article, Your Tarot Guide co-author S. ROE Buchholzer delves into 5 ways professional tarot readers are able to read faster and more clearly than beginners.

Reading is one of the most accessible magical practices, yet it is rarely recognized as such. When approached with intention, attention, and curiosity, texts—from the simplest to the prohibitively complex—can become sources of inspiration and insight. Here, The Seeker's Guide to Grimoire Magic author Dee Norman details how you can read like a magician and unlock the hidden power of magical texts.

Where possible, I have tried to keep my books in print, sometimes expanding and updating them. What follows is a list of all of them with links where they can be found, which provide the highest return to the author (and not Amazon):

“Making Talismans: Living Entities of Power” (2001), Mandrake Press.

“Mathers’ Last Secret: The Rituals and Teachings of the Alpha et Omega” (2009) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.

“King over the Water: Samuel Mather’s AO” by Kerubim Press,

“Gathering the Magic: Creating 21st Century Esoteric Groups” (2005) by Immanion Press/Megalithica Books [out of print now replaced by The Esoteric Group Creation and Survival Kit].

“Egyptian Shaman: The Primal Spiritual Path of Ancient Egypt” (2012) by Mandrake Press.

“Magical Imagination: The Keys to Magic” (2013) – Published by Skylight Press.

“The Shem Grimoire” (2024) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.

“A Hellenistic Grimoire” (2024) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.

“The Hidden Chambers behind Initiation” (2006) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.

“The Osiris Scroll” (2024) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.

“The Magic Machine: The vault of the Golden Dawn” (2015) by Lord Manticore House.

“Stars and Stones: Astrological Geomancy”  (2022) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.

“Things my Hierophant should have told me.” (2024) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.”

“When a Tree Falls” (2017) (Novel) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.

“Helios Unbound” (2023) by Immanion Press/Megalithica Books.

“Meditation on Tarot” (2013) by Lord Manticore Publishing House.

”Beyond the Sun: The History, Teachings, and Rituals of the Last Golden Dawn Temple” (2022) Skylight Press

The Druidic Order of Pendragon (2008) Thoth Publishing.

Theomagica: Temple of Wisdom (2025) Lord Manticore Publishing House

Why Magic Fails (2025) Lord Manticore Publishing

Christopher Cattan’s Geomancy (2025) Lord Manticore Publishing

Complete Geomancy (2026) Lord Manticore Publishing

The Esoteric Group Creation and Survival Kit (2026) Lord Manticore Publishing (Next Week)

Contributed

“Asteria Unveiled: Celestial Mysteries Revealed,” Nick Farrell Humberto Villaviencio & Alex Virgilo (2022) Lord Manticore Publishing House.

The power of Asteria: Applied astrology for magic, Nick Farrell, H. Andrés Villavicencio I. Alejandro Virgilio Lord Manticore Publishing House

“Commentaries on the Golden Dawn Flying Rolls” (2017) Kerubim Press,

The Hermetic Tablet Contributor and Editor (2017-2024).

The Golden Dawn Temple Deck (with Harry Wendrich) (2018)

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Ritual is a powerful antidote to uncertainty and anxiety in our unsettled world. Here, Burn & Brew Rituals author Rhonda Kuykendall-Jabari shares a daily grounding practice intended to help us settle our nervous system with just a warm cup and rising smoke.

Many magical practitioners choose to work with deities, gods and goddesses who can aid in myriad ways. Here, Everyday Witch's Book of Deities author Deborah Blake presents five of her most favorite deities with whom to work. Investigate their many sides, and see if there is an aspect to one or more of these five gods and goddesses that appeals to you, too.

There is a particular kind of guilt that settles in when you realize you haven't touched your tarot deck for a while. Sometimes it's a few weeks. Sometimes it's long enough that dust gathers on the box. So, if you're now ready to step back into a deep and meaningful relationship with the tarot, where do you begin? Here, The Tarot of You author Dawn Michelle offers some practical approaches to help you return to the cards.

Shadow work continues to become increasingly popular, and for good reasons! Acknowledging and coming to terms with the shadow, in all of its countless forms, allows us to develop a more complete picture of ourselves and the world around us. In this article, Shadow Magick Spellbook author Raven Digitalis presents 10 tips for successful shadow magick.

In the old Highland folkcraft ways, magickal protection arose from deep knowing and ancestral remembrance, from standing as one with the land as kith and kin, held in right relationship with the genius loci. Here, the Highland Seer and Shield, Ward, Bind, and Banish author Barbara Meiklejohn-Free discusses how to connect with the land for powerful magickal and psychic protection.

No one has more reason to hate AI than me. It has cost me two jobs and made my life difficult. However, I am also a user of it magically and otherwise. This has put me at odds with those who are trying to rationalise their terror of technology as magic or other issues. In most cases, showing ignorance of how it works and its impact.

The technology, as it exists now, however clever, is like an autocorrect. It uses existing data to guess what the next line in the word should be and checks it for context.  It cannot develop new occult material or leak “secrets” that are not already there. If you are seeing oath-breaking material coming from your AI, it is because someone else has already discovered it and broken it by putting it on the Internet (you could find the information by Googling).

AI can be used to create occult essays for your group texts, but if you do that, you are missing the point of what this exercise is supposed to be doing (memory retention, etc.) and are failing in your magical path.  While it was not due to AI, MOAA insists that people write out their course materials and tests by hand.

Other fear-based allegations are based on the use of AI to “replace creativity” and put creative people out of work. AI has limits on images and depends on the imagination of those using it.  If I use it to create a cartoon, the sense of humour remains mine; if I use it to create a painting, it must still be relevant to my needs.  In several of my books, I have used the Golden Dawn’s magical image system to create more realistic magical images. These are far more useful to my readers than the rough cartoons drawn by the original Golden Dawn.

Those who complain that AI is killing the jobs of creative people often have never bought a painting, commissioned an illustration, or had a library of unread pirated PDFs or music on their computer. Those who complain that AI datacentres are taking all the water and electricity away are doing so through a Facebook and Google datacentre. They were not complaining when local journalism died because advertising was cheaper on the Internet. Neither did they worry when a lack of advertising killed off the trade press. The fear of losing creativity only exists because technology is involved.

I should point out that AI cannot replace good writing, artwork or design. While useful, it averages everything.  It turns shit writers into even shittier writers spitting out information in the same way as each other. No amount of AI can match a magical or creative experience.

Fear is failure, and fear of AI will result in failure. Humanity is going in that direction no matter what, so the choice is to adapt or fall behind.  I recommend this article for those who want to think some more about this https://substack.com/home/post/p-186363686

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Magical powders use some of the most adaptable materials and are one of the most adaptable practices in magic. They can be used by themselves in a spell (by being sprinkled or dusted around an area, rubbed onto or around a candle, and used as a filling in container magic), or used in a more complex spell as an added ingredient. Here, Powerful Powders author Charity L. Bedell presents an introductory guide to working with magical powders—including correspondence examples, simple single powder spells, and magical powder blends.

The best way to build your Tarot reading skills is, of course, through practice, but often that's easier said than done. One way to build skills and foster community is through in-person gatherings. In this article, Tarot by Tempest author Laura Tempest Zakroff illustrates how she has set up some of her Tarot Team-Up events so that you, too, can bring this idea to your own backyard.

One of the most revered creatures among Slavs past and present is the bear. As a helping spirit, Tetka, or "Auntie" Bear, brings us the blessings of healing, renewal, and fertility from the Underworld/Otherworld. In this article, Slava! author Anna Uroševic Applegate presents a guided meditation to connect with Tetka for help and healing.

By cooking with intention throughout the moon's phases, you are tapping into something ancient, adding another layer to the universal energy we all use. In this article, Manifesting by the Moon author Jen Sankey offers themes, a manifestation focus, color and food correspondences, a mindset ritual, a suggested recipe, an affirmation, and a magical body awareness practice for each phase of the moon to help you manifest your best life.