Higher Self

Communicating with your higher self is actually quite simple. What makes the process difficult is relaxing the strains placed on the conscious mind enough to attune with the higher self. The higher self is very direct, simple and heartwarming in it's communication. As far as I can tell, the higher self is describes an immortal aspect of oneself. It lives through multiple incarnations and is the thread connecting your lives into a multidimensional tapestry. As with most beings in the higher densities, the higher self has many incomprehensible desires and agendas. Unlike most of the beings in the higher densities, the higher self usually has a great deal of shared interest with the conscious self, and ego. Of course there are many noises that can sound like the voice of your higher self. Truly, the voice of your higher self can often sound strange when unaccustomed to it. Follow what you feel, physically, to be true.

spirits

Most magicians avoid alcoholic inebriation during workings. Alcohol is a strange drug in that while technically a depressant, it generally causes people to be more confrontational and boisterous. Alcohol though a depressant is also a channeling medium. Alcohol has long been called 'spirits' because of the seemingly possessed actions of inebriates. The truth (or veil of truth) regarding this drug that i'd like to address is that alcohol (like any drug) allows us to contend with ideas or beings in higher planes of reality. Unlike most other drugs which can catalyze such encounters, alcohol does so without the awareness of the inebriated. This can be of surprisingly little use to the magician. Nonetheless outside of a 'working' context such intoxication can be fun.

Mercury Retrograde

This period of transition is marked by breakdowns in communication and in existing information structures. The planetary movements are all connected to our internal states. The artificial matrix we survive within prevents true recognition of the atmospheric changes otherwise quite tangible. Reality ebbs and flows, only a madman tries to fight it's current..

On Glamour

Glamour as a practice can be useful as a tool, but also can become a bad habit. Something about glamour magic attracts addictive personalities. Perhaps the psychology of relying on craft and tools to better oneself is one of constant escalation. Glamour as a practice is more useful as a distraction or misdirection than attention seeking. Glamour that seeks attention quickly looses it's luster and breeds addictive habits and insecurities. Finally glamour and romance should not be mixed if your intentions are based in love. Love abhors insincerity.