Praxis

It takes 40 days to create a new habit or break a habit.  This is an axiom of Yoga.  I have always applied certain Yoga principles to my Magickal and Meditation Practice.

Mantra Yoga is the art of tuning in to a specific Resonance/ Current through sympathetic vibration.  This alchemy process causes changes in your vibration.

Change in your vibration causes changes your life.  Because of the physical nature of the overall Alchemical Transformation I factored in a general rule of fitness from my workouts.  To get the optimal physical affect out of your workouts you have to practice a technique for at least twenty minutes. 

So I designed my own 20 minute/ 40 day Alchemy Practice in 2005 after reading a Kundalini Yoga book. 

The great thing about Yoga is that it is a collection of Techniques.  It is not a dogma or caught up in dualism.  The techniques can be plugged in and used to augment any Magickal System or Practice. 

Even within the Yogic Practices, the 20/40 Alchemy technique can be applied to Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Hatha Yoga.  The permutations of systems that can can be optimized through the clear understanding and implementation of Yogic Techniques are limitless. 

You have to understand that the Yoga techniques taught in the west are usually focused on the Asana.  The Asana is the kindergarten of Yoga techniques intended to train your body to not distract you from Your Path.

I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Yoga at the same time in my life when I was receiving Magickal Training in my first Coven in 1986.  At the time though I didn't realize how important it was that I learn both.  

A rose by another name is still a rose.  But if one rose is a puzzle with missing pieces or muddled twisted descriptions and the other is unbroken then one can be used as a key to unlock the other. 

When I was studying Etruscan Witchcraft, the more I learned the more excited I got.   I learned that there may have been an unbroken line of a Witchcraft Tradition that survived the inquisition in the shadow of the Vatican.  But see that is the problem, isn't it?  All of the Magickal Traditions being taught and all of the Grimoires are all puzzles with missing pieces.  Wouldn't it be nice if there was a science that could be used to objectively activate and utilize any system?  Damn that would be awesome.

Disclaimer: applying the 20/40 Alchemy technique causes actual changes which can manifest catastrophically so be sure to choose the Mantra carefully so that the changes will be aligned with your Path of Ascent. 

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Dea Phoenix 

The Eightfold Path of Yoga

Bhahti-Devotional

Hatha-Asana

Laya-Chakra

Mantra-Resonance

Pranayama-Breath

Raja-Thought 

Tantra-the Way

Yantra-the Equation

These are the disciplines that I study and practice.

I started my Yoga Journey in Fresno California with Violet Fulton in 1987.

When I talk about Yoga most people misunderstand because for the westerner the only marketable form of Yoga is focusing on the Asana.

Hatha Yoga in the East is considered the Kindergarten of Yoga because it is the foundation or cornerstone that supports the whole edifice of the Temple.

If you practice any kind of Spirituality or Magic (practice not just believe in) then you already are practicing all eight of these in varying degrees of proportion.

Yoga is a collection of techniques and not beliefs.  They are ways of harnessing each of your energetic aspects into one focal point, you. 

What ever Spiritual Path you walk Yoga Practice can and will help you to consciously refine and perfect your practice.

I was Initiated into the Coven of the Golden Ram during the first year that I began my Yoga Journey.  Early on I saw parralels in the two disciplines so it made sense to me to apply yoga techniques to my Magickal practice.  Sometimes to fill in the blanks or sort out the blinds when studying and working with various Grimoires.  

This proved to be very beneficial for me and allowed me to incorporate various Yoga techniques into my daily Magickal practice.  I definitely recommend practitioners look into the Eightfold Path of Yoga if you want to optimize your own Spiritual Practice. 

 

An Sek Tuau ✨🦄✨

Rise

Remember how when Johnathan Livingston Seagull was stretching his wings and pushing the envelope of possibility?  All of the other seagulls thought that he was being ridiculous.

That's how we look to the masses in 2020 because we are still stretching our wings and pursuing the possibilities of our Spirituality.

Remember that when the squabbles of land locked birds rifling through the trash reach your ears.

Spread your wings and rise on the Winds of Change.

Love and Gratitude

In Plain Site

I first bacame aware of Systemic Racism when the Sheriff bought a property really cheap just outside of LA Harpe Illinois.  I have an inquisitive nature so I soon discovered the way he was able to afford it.

An African American woman purchased a House just outside of town.  She was moving her family to small town America to live the American Dream and the Good Ole Boy Club burned down her house.  Then the city claimed the property and gave it to the Sheriff.

That was 1980 and as far as Law Enforcement was concerned, no crime had been committed.  

That property went to the Sheriff's daughter and is the cornerstone of his families wealth and stability to this day. 

Civilization is agreements between people and in America there is an unwritten agreement by the good ole boy networks that have existed for many generations to terrorize POC.

This is one example of Systemic Racism hidden in plain site.

Before we can find solutions we have to identify what the problem really is.

They say that it is darkest before the dawn...

Civilization is agreements between people, let's agree: Black Lives Matter. 

En-courage Each Other

Tips and tricks to make your lockdown more fun.

You can't have fun if you don't feel good so number one is to try a new workout. 

YouTube, tubi and several streaming services have free fitness classes including Aerobics, Yoga and Weight Training. 

Move around the house.

Number two: try new cuisine.  Look up recipes and challenge yourself.  Try new foods and learn new preparation techniques. 

Number three: indulge in your passions.  Pick up whatever hobbies or projects that you have had on the back burner.  Now is the time to do what you love. 

Number four: take a life inventory so you can use this time to fine tune your life path.  Get organized and maybe Feng Shui the house. 

Number Five: safely celebrate your friends and family.  Stay connected online, in video chat and on the phone.  Open your heart and let people know how you really feel. 

Number Six: if you are into Magick there is a sea of books and techniques that you have never seen before.  Stretch your mind, stretch your Self.  

The most common area that even advanced practitioners can use improvement on is CONSCIOUS and Deliberate Astral Projection.   There are many good books about how to do this.  EA Koetting has a video course on this subject on balg.co 

My advice is to approach this technique scientifically with a partner or group so that you can identify each other and share experiences.  So you would be synchronizing your astral Projection. 

There is so much to learn that it takes many lifetimes. 

Number Seven: if you are lucky enough to be in Quarantine with your family, definitely take advantage of your time to enjoy each other's company.  Play badminton in the house, binge watch your favorite shows and debate the meaning of life. 

Eight: learn about a subject and or skill that you knew nothing about when the  lockdown started.  Something that you would have never considered looking into.  This is a great exercise for the brain.  Stay engaged, stay positive and exercise your critical thinking skills. 

Have a great day and enjoy your time at home.

LVX ex Tenebris

Firestorm Coraxo 

Genius

The thing about genius is that it often gets misunderstood, especially in the Magical community of writers.

You see, real inspiration and true genius bubbles over,  running down the sides of the cauldron, spilling over the ordinary banal rules of grammar.  And sometimes a misspelled word or violations of grammars parameters is a direct message from the Higher Self or Spirits.

I see it ever so often that one tome or another is overlooked because of the total disregard for syntax, spelling or punctuation.  Sometimes editors will even tell horror stories of such submissions. 

If your brain can't sort out a run on sentence then perhaps your brain is on autopilot.

Some of the most exciting books I've ever read and that are equally potent when put into practice, are not popular books.

Not because I'm "edgy" but because I love learning and pushing the envelope of Self Discovery.  

So next time you get excited about a Grimoire and the nay sayers try to steer you away or distract you: remember that true genius breaks the rules and is rarely recognized by its contemporaries.

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Firestorm Coraxo

The Tower of Babel

A Convocation is a mass Evocation of Spirits, usually opposing forces composed from a complete mythology. 

The Convocation of Forces that involves the Evocation of all of the Angels and Demons is an technique of the midieval Grimoir tradition for a man to Become God.  It has been preserved and buried as an obscure part of the Abramelin working.  

Buried under ridiculous extreme requirements of secrecy, purity and seclusion. Preserved as an Impractical absurdity.

Not even Crowley completed the Convocation. 

Here we are approximately 120 years after Crowley attempt at the Convocation of Forces...

The Evocation of 144 Angels and Demons to open the Wings of the Dragon is the same method but turning it inside out by making it a public Sync Rite

Thanks to the internet Magickians from all over the world are working  together.

Genesis 11:6

",,,then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them."