The Moon chapter returns to the hill outside Rochester and adds no new locations. Elspeth and Jim travel to the site, where Jim proceeds to call in his magick office associates and capture Elspeth. He then makes his move against Balzador, but the dagger does not work quite as expected. In the confusion Elspeth finds herself able to use magick for a few moments and sets up a series of spells that help her escape. She steals one of the government sedans and sets off for Minneapolis to meet back up with the remaining Guild magicians.
Augoeides Posts- Arnemancy Podcast Interview September 18, 2019Back in August I recorded an interview with Erik Arneson for his Arnemancy podcast. The full interview is now available here. We spent some time discussing Enochian magick and my books, but much of the conversation drifted into models of consciousness and how they can play a role in better understanding ritual. We also covered some topics relation to my quan […]
- What About Eels? September 18, 2019Longtime readers of Augoeides should be familiar with my contention that the Loch Ness Monster could be an Atlantic sturgeon, as well as the work of Steve Feltham, a longtime Loch Ness researcher who disagrees with me and thinks it's a Wels catfish. But now a recent article from the British tabloid Mirror asks the question that neither of us are asking […]
- The Real Story of MK-ULTRA September 17, 2019The Central Intelligence Agency's MK-ULTRA program has been a staple of conspiracy theorist for decades. Despite that, the program was entirely real. It ran for about ten years from the early 1950's to the early 1960's, and involved a whole panoply of techniques that chemist Sidney Gottlieb, who ran the program, hoped would produce a viable fo […]
- Seb-Hed Ritual for 2019 September 16, 2019Today's Magick Monday post is the full script for the Seb-Hed Ritual that we will be performing next Saturday, September 21st, for the Autumnal Equinox at Leaping Laughter Lodge here in Minneapolis. The Seb-Hed is based on a rite of renewal practiced for the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, updated with modern ritual forms and so forth. It invokes the balance […]
- Don't Actually Storm Area 51 September 13, 2019Back in July I reported on the viral success of the Storm Area 51 event on Facebook. The event was pretty clearly a joke, but people started passing it around until millions had indicated that they were "Interested" or "Going." The creators of the event decided to turn into a music festival called "Alienstock" to capitalize on a […]
- Benny Hinn Renounces Prosperity Gospel September 8, 2019If this article is accurate, it's a huge deal for Christian evangelism. In a statement last week, televangelist Benny Hinn renounced the so-called "Prosperity Gospel." It's huge because Hinn was an early and enthusiastic proponent of this misguided take on the teachings of Jesus that went on to infect ministries all over the country. It a […]
- Pompei Sorcerer's Treasure Trove September 5, 2019I sometimes wonder what archaeologists would think of our temple implements and magical tools if they were to excavate our houses sometime in the far future. Last month a collection of magical implements was discovered in the ruins of the city of Pompei, which was buried by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The result was that the site was es […]
- Real Harry Potter Spells? September 3, 2019From the "Are you even remotely serious?" department comes this gem, which I thought was over and done with five years ago or so. But I guess not. A Catholic school recently removed the Harry Potter series of books from their library because they contain "real spells" that "risk conjuring evil spirits." That's sure news to […]
- Arnemancy Podcast Interview September 18, 2019
