For those of the various Christian faiths, tonight marks the beginning of the most important three day period. Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday are the reason there is a Christian religion. Sure, Christmas may be the best known and most liked and there most certainly wouldn’t have been much “Christ” in Christianity without […]
The Sacred Triduum: Service, Sacrifice, Salvation (Part I)
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Metaphysical Monday: Secrecy and the Magickal Arts and Sciences (Part I)
Once upon a time, there were two types of magickal practice: that which happened in large (clan or village-wide celebrations of holidays), public group ceremonies and that which happened in small, specialized groups (the Shaman taking his apprentice on a vision quest). When strong and inflexible regimes came into power–groups who preached their way was […]
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…and Beginnings
Just as there are no true endings, there are also no true beginnings. Nothing springs into being fully formed and ready to play. Everything “becomes”–growing from a diverse set of circumstances or base parts, changing constantly as it develops. Sometimes the process can take seconds, sometimes months and sometimes decades or more. We don’t always […]
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Endings…
All things end. You get to the last page of a book. The closing credits roll in a movie. The sun sets as the clock ticks away another day. People and pets grow old and die. Even the Earth will some day most likely be swallowed up by the sun going nova. All things end, […]
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Metaphysical Monday: A quick thought on perspective
As you work a spiritual path, you become aware of many things. With some work, that awareness grows into insight. Sometimes, that insight goes to your head. You begin to be able to make certain predictions. You begin to realize things about people without them telling you and without any normal evidence to support it. […]
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Metaphysical Monday:Magic, According to Clarke and Niven
Anyone who watches fantasy films or so much as dabbles in most role playing games knows how magic is portrayed. It’s flashy stuff. Fireballs. Magic Missiles. Shape shifting. All sorts of spectacular things. And then there’s the big-deal illusionists that we all grew up with–David Copperfield, Blackstone, Doug Henning and their more contemporary counterparts like […]
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Metaphysical Monday: Evolution vs. Revolution
Both evolution and revolution are hot topics these days. One for its place in the education world. The other for its place in the political world. What many people don’t seem to realize is how similar the concepts of evolution and revolution as we know them in the external world are to how they apply […]
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Samhain
Just before the world curls up and plays dead for the winter, it lets out one last burst of life in the form of vivid colors and crisp scents. The turning point of that last burst usually falls at the end of October (for those of us in the Northern latitudes) and traditionally marks the […]
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Metaphysical Monday: Why Seek Destruction?
Following my intro post of the End Times series, a reader wrote to me: I find it interesting, that at a time in history when life has never been better (lowest infant mortality rates, highest life expectancy rates etc), we humans, like all humans before us, still believe the world will end in our lifetime. […]
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Metaphysical Monday: The Beginning of the End Times
As an appropriate follow up to my last post on prophecy, this marks the beginning of a new series here at The Searcher Journal. The whole End Times, Armageddon, Second Coming, End of the World, Mass Destruction, thing is something I talk about frequently but don’t often write about. As anyone who’s watched one of […]
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