Whether you call it Samhain or All Hallowes Eve or anything else, Happy Halloween. I’ll be lighting a candle on my altar at sunset to honor the dead.
Oct
31
Happy Halloween!04:46pm
Oct
28
Pleiades Banner Page Online08:39pm
The page detailing the Pleiades banner is now online here: Talisman of the Star Cluster Pleiades In addition my Pleiades Invocation I wrote for the occasion is available here: Pleiades Invocation
Oct
23
Photos From a Wizard’s Workbench10:30pm
As promised some pictures of my recently completed Polaris talisman. The talisman is made from an hexagonal wooden box with a magnetic closure. Two holes were cut in the box, one in the top for the plexiglass and one in the back for an on/off switch. The box was stained using a Minwax mahogany stain [...]
Oct
22
Polaris Talisman Update11:32pm
It occurred to me I never posted an update on my Polaris talisman. Everything went very well. I even managed to get the whole thing assembled in the elected time period, which I was not expecting to do. I managed to engrave the Polaris sigil on the magnet, engrave the Polaris sigil into the plexiglass, [...]
Oct
17
Polaris Talisman Wiring07:12pm
I’ve been promising to post pics of the wiring for the upcoming Polaris talisman for a while, so I thought it was time I actually got the pics online. You can see I’ll be using 4 blue LEDs wired to a 9v battery as a power source. The metal bar is a magnet, which will [...]
Oct
16
Work In Progress10:39pm
I’ve been working on consecrating my Pleiades banner. Things are going well and should be wrapping up tomorrow, so the page for the banner should go up this weekend. I FINALLY got the plexiglass for my Polaris talisman, which hopefully leaves me with just enough time to prepare everything for the election Saturday night. It [...]
Oct
11
Pleiades Consecration, Finally12:36am
I’ll finally be starting the long-delayed seven day consecration of my Pleiades banner tomorrow. Once the consecration is completed I’ll be putting the page for the banner online. I should also be doing some work on constructing my Polaris talisman tomorrow. Expect some photos of the electronic components of that talisman to show up at [...]
Oct
07
Upcoming Polaris Election05:10pm
I’m currently preparing to make a talisman of the fixed star Polaris. The upcoming election is for Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday October 18th, 2008 from 9:35PM until 10:17PM EDT. Polaris is rising and conjunct the waning Moon. This is appropriate, as the talisman is intended to repel a number of things: “One part succory with [...]
Oct
04
Support the Site04:23pm
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Oct
02
Missed 18th Mansion Election11:58am
I missed today’s 18th Moon Mansion election. I woke up with a horrible sinus headache, and by the time I kicked it the election was over. I feel I made the right decision, as working magic while debilitated is generally a bad idea, but I’m still bummed. I’ll look and see if I can find [...]