About 12 years back I found myself managing a massive Witchcraft shop in a historic building in a bustling downtown tourist town, as you do. It was an amazing experience, and even though it eventually ended like many occult experiments in an explosion of metaphoric flames rivaling the Hindenburg, I wouldn’t have traded it for the world. At that twenty-something era of my life I had already been a lover of ESP, UFO’s, magic, ghosts, paganism and more since I was 10. In the shop I was in paradise– we had an active initiatory Witch coven running out of the place, moon and sabbath rituals, we did readings and healings, made spells, disposed of Ouija boards, brought in authors, traveled to festivals, you named it.
But as I devoured all the standard Witch/Pagan material it soon became apparent to me that, although there were many things of value there, those paths were not fully equipped to help me with the really challenging questions. I needed a deeper understanding of what all of this meant in the far wider scheme of things and where it really came from. That ultimately led me to an interest in areas like Hermetics, Isis, Western occultism, Eastern energy practices/Reiki, modern magical practices and more. I began teaching on what topics I was able to with an emphasis on citation, a sense of humor and my sometimes off-the-wall learning aids. As my understanding grew the success of my practices and ensuing results closely followed.
Life has taken some twists and turns since then and after stepping away for a while it seems it’s time now to continue. I humbly offer my thoughts here with the hopes it may help others on a similar path, and to help me continue my own understanding.
And that being said….
galchemy 