Saturday, February 15, 2025

Discussions about Magic

What is depicted as witchcraft has changed a great deal since the 1990s when I took my first uncertain steps upon the path. It is not uncommon for me to struggle to find any commonality with not only the imagery depicted on social media, but even what is contained within some books.

Instead of using the magic and power of witchcraft to create change within our personal microcosms, it seems to reflect our modern world where the focus is on external desires of the macrocosm, where even the interpretation of magics performed is handed over to another - something that goes against the Four Powers of the Sphinx. This was one of the reasons why I wrote Contemporary Witchcraft: Foundational Practices for a Magical Life.


Some of these magical people you may know of - others you may not. However, they all have one thing in common. They all contain the magic within.

Starting Monday, 17 February, the first episode of my The Magic in You series will be aired on my YouTube channel. Here I will be sitting down with magical people from all around the world where we will be talking about what it means to walk a path that is magical, how it changes our microcosm which then flows onto our macrocosm. My first guest is the delightful Candia McKormack from the British pagan Goth rock band Inkubus Sukkubus.

I was first introduced to the music of Inkubus Sukkubus in the mid 1990s,  I had moved half way around the world to dance around stone circles, and ended up in Cardiff, Wales, where I was very fortunate to find a coven that helped me navigate the energetic differences between the hemispheres.  

News arose one day that this band was in town, and a coven outing, so to speak, was arranged.  This resulted in me being introduced to what has become "one of the most enduring popular underground Goth bands in the UK".

Join me every alternative Monday as I sit down with magical people from all around the world and discuss The Magic in You.