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Real Life Magic Artefacts: The Warren Cup
Did you know that there is an actual black grail? A physical object from antiquity that the was banned from entering a terrified America as late as 1953? (It was turned away from New York for being too controversial. Joke’s on whoever made that call.) Did you know that it was only publicly displayed twice [...]
Have Your Own Festival Of Festivals
Let me start this post by insisting you all go and subscribe to Devi’s newsletter. I just got the December issue and it’s fantastic. Something in it triggered a plan… An ambitious plan. Like most of you, this is one of my favourite times of year. And even though I’m insanely busy it occurs to [...]
Al-Andalus: Kingdom of Magic
The first Darwinian biologists -eager heads brimming with notions of natural selection- observed a startling amount of same-sex pairings in the wild. A lot more than they were expecting. Mother Nature, it appeared, was the first fag hag. For instance, giraffes are very gay. (But you can tell just by looking at them. They mince.) [...]
5 Magical Workplace Strategies To Get You Noticed
There are a number of times in the year when it’s quite possible to ‘checkers’ yourself forward a few notches in your career. In the Northern Hemisphere, coming back out of summer is just one of those times. Budgets have been reset, everyone settles in for the race to the end of the year (realistically [...]
There’s Something About Mary… Wait, I Mean Saint Peter
This blog has an interesting point of conception. It was born in the permanent darkness of glorious, snowy London but it was conceived somewhere very different. It was conceived in the tomb of Saint Peter. Let me back it up a bit. My magical career began when I was thirteen. I sat bolt upright in [...]
Feast of The Larvae: A DIY Pagan Festival
This year I have resolved to explore more than the ‘vanilla range’ of Pagan festivals. As I mentioned earlier, I am also interested in finding ways to secularise; or at least; ‘de-ritualise’ a lot of Pagan customs. And tomorrow is the Ancient Roman Feast of the Larvae. Which itself is part of the festival of [...]
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