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Thoughts From The Four Gates


How to make a black mirror
Black mirrors are an invaluable tool for all forms of scrying and spirit work. They're also very expensive. Come make one for cheap.

Kai
Oct 5, 20222 min read
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Trance States, and magical practice
Trance induction or meditation or whatever you want to call it, is considered a cornerstone of magical practice, and with good reason....

Kai
Oct 2, 20223 min read
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How to make magically infused oils
Method 1: Solar infusion This is my preferred method for herbal infusions, it’s gentle and charges things well. That said, it’s a 2-3...

Kai
Oct 1, 20224 min read
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The faces we wear. Masks and invocation
I don't s see much about invocation in modern practice anymore. This is sad to me because invocation is one of the things that I found to...

Kai
Sep 30, 20222 min read
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How to read playing cards for divination
So everyone who reads playing cards ultimately ends up coming up with their own system. Mostly they're based on what you learned, but...

Kai
Sep 28, 20223 min read
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Sourdough That Brings You Dough!
The concept of money magic is a really interesting topic. It requires some focus, mundane work, dedication and determination to have it...
Rogue
Sep 26, 20222 min read
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Sourdough Money spell for growing
So when I had written this, my partner didn't think they would want to write for things. They've decided to at least write something...

Kai
Sep 26, 20222 min read
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Grocery store herbs for magic A-G
Lots of people like the idea of correspondence lists. Is this good for love? What herbs do I use for protection? That kind of...

Kai
Sep 25, 20223 min read
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Magical timing without astrology
One of the questions I get the most often is how to time a spell for best effect. I'm not an astrologer, so my first answer is to get a...

Kai
Sep 23, 20224 min read
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Screaming into the void. Why the strongest spell isn't always the answer
Often when working with someone for practical goals, I see this seeking for something different. Something stronger, more powerful,...

Kai
Sep 21, 20222 min read
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Cakes, onions and magic. Some things are better with layers
Last time we talked about the power and necessity of effort. Something that's been extremely powerful to me is the idea of building...

Kai
Sep 17, 20221 min read
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You get what you put in
As most of you have figured out by now, I'm pretty lazy. I'm also busy. So if I can make something easier for me, I'm gonna do that...

Kai
Sep 15, 20223 min read
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Sigil magic, and the power of symbol
Sigils are a natural follow up to Words of Power, because you create a sigil straight from your Word of Power, so if you haven't read...

Kai
Sep 12, 20223 min read
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Ancestor Work and the Honored Dead
I have a lot of questions come across from folks that are seriously starting to practice a long term practice about ancestor work. Some...

Kai
Sep 10, 20223 min read
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Words of Power, or how to create your own magical language
The concept of a magical language is one that so many people have a lot of very big opinions on. I also tried to learn multiple languages...

Kai
Sep 6, 20223 min read
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How to do a Spiritual Cleansing Bath - Practical magic 1
Spiritual cleansing is a hot topic. I've given one variation or another of this coffee cleansing out several times over the last week. I...

Kai
Sep 4, 20222 min read
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How to forget your spell, or on Will and energy
So I've looked at Will as magical energy, and I thought I'd dive a bit deeper into what that means when you realize those things are...

Kai
Sep 1, 20222 min read
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How to raise energy
A lot of importance is placed in some magical circles about this idea of raising energy, and with good reason. Energy, symbolic or not,...

Kai
Sep 1, 20222 min read
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It's Aliiive! The identity of spirits and the creation of egrigores
"I conjure thee, O Circle of Power, that thou be a Boundary and a Protection and a meeting place between the world of men and the realms...

Kai
May 9, 20222 min read
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Living The Magic, or Why Spells "backfire"
So, I've had a lot of folks asking about "well what happens if my spells backfire?". Here's the thing about it. Spells don't really...

Kai
May 2, 20223 min read
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