Tag: Spells

MY ASTRAL EXPERIENCE – SEPT 2024

On By John d'AndrioleIn Magick, Uncategorized1 Comment

A HUGE problem about my magical experiences is I am afraid of sounding like a nut job. Or of disappearing up my own asshole. Too many magicians are solipsistic, taking EVERY experience or thought they have as a grand mystical experience that MEANS THINGS!

I have sought to avoid that. Long ago I read an Irish saying. I might be remembering it wrong, but it goes like this:

“If you see a Leprechaun walking down the road, tell no one!”

My point is that I like to remain as grounded in “the real” as much as possible. Truth is my goal, not some inward-facing cloud-cuckoo-land fantasy. To me magic isn’t magic until it works in our common, shared reality. Otherwise, it has the danger of being an ego trip.

Okay, kids, story time!

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DON’T DO “ANCESTOR WORK” (If You’re White)

On By John d'AndrioleIn Humor, Writing

Over and over again in witchcraft circles, it’s heavily encouraged to do “Ancestor Work.” This is working with your ancestors – people in your genetic line – to gain wisdom and insight.

The problem is I am White (barely). By this, I mean my mom’s side of the family are the WASPIEST of WASPs and my father’s side of the family was fresh off the boat from Campania at the turn of the 20th Century: a time when Italians were not considered people, much less White people.

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