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Studio Raziel
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- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Age
- 45 & not 45
- Astrological Sign
- Leo and Pisces
- About Me:
- We make art, write stuff and pretty much prefer to keep to ourselves. Our path has taken us both through quite a few twists and turns over the last couple of decades, including various traditions, teachings and forms of Wicca, most of which we've found superficial or unfulfilling. Any 'tradition' that makes a 24-year-old an 'elder' is a joke IMHO. These days we pursue our own path. At heart we're both independent agents of our unique personal Vision and Gnosis.
- Website:
- http://www.zazzle.com/studioraziel*
- Favorite Books
- Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires by Aaron Leitch (Tremendously well-done book that we highly recommend to anyone at all interested in the grimoiric traditions), The Spirit of Reiki by Lubeck/Petter/Rand, Reiki Fire by Petter, Earthlight by R. J. Stewart (Incredible stuff, very accessible), Magical Ritual Methods & Inner Traditions of Magic by William Gray, Taking Up the Runes by Diana Paxson, The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron, Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak, The Practice of Magical Evocation by Franz Bardon, Sane Occultism by Dion Fortune, My Life With the Spirits by Lon Milo Duquette, Butler's s little books on magick, the old Anna Riva booklets and our newest acquisition: The True Grimoire by Jake Stratton Kent...simply amazing stuff.
- Beliefs / Practices
- Occultist, Other Spirituality, Heathen
- Other Beliefs/Practices
- We've been studying, reading and playing with Tarot for nearly thirty years and we're both working on our own Tarot deck.
Our mutual interest in shamanism is more a matter of attempting to understand life experiences and not any sort of claim to the name which feels just plain stupid. We're not comfortable with people who go around claiming to be something like a shaman, especially those who are ripping off a culture or a people to which they do not belong nor have any right/claim to. As far as anyone being a functioning shaman, either they're actually doing the work of one and are so recognized via the fruits of their efforts, or they're making noise in order to sell something. Usually. And No, we don't take credit cards. At least not personally. We do accept donations of cash most happily.
We have both referred to ourselves as 'pagan,' but living in the city kind of blows that all to kingdom come. My wife and I consider ourselves Transitional Rustics. But even if and when we move out of the city, the term 'pagan' just seems a tad bit too frayed and worn around the edges. We're still looking for a more comfortable term.
- Hobbies
- We have a garden plot and my whole family loves to cook. You can't really do magick if you can't cook, as far as we're both concerned. We read a lot. We both like to walk in the woods away from all the noise and obnoxious monkeys and stinky cars...
- Heroes
- All the magicians too busy actually doing magick to write books or give lectures. All the witches who practised their traditions instead of talking all about things they knew nothing about. Shamen who made a positive difference in the world and served their communities without anyone necessarily being any the wiser. Teachers who spark those oh so precious Aha! moments in people by their simplest honest actions more than any flowery words. Writers who write, artists who make art, and healers who are not F-ed up a**holes seeking to leech off of victims--I mean clients.
- Likes
- Silence. Sunrise over a still lake in the BWCA. The smell of fresh pancakes over a crackling wood fire. The passing of a great horned owl overhead as it crosses the full moon in-between two rows of trees on either side of the gravel road you're walking along. Seeing the smile on my daughter's face as she presents me with her grades--all A's again--and I know it was worth staying around in a way that words could never do.
- Dislikes
- Lists of dislikes.
- How did you find PaganSpace?
- Oh sh*t; is that where we are?
You are the Hanged Man
Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound.
With the Hanged man there is often a sense of fatalism, waiting for something to happen. Or a fear of loss from a situation, rather than gain.
The Hanged Man is perhaps the most fascinating card in the deck. It reflects the story of Odin who offered himself as a sacrifice in order to gain knowledge. Hanging from the world tree, wounded by a spear, given no bread or mead, he hung for nine days. On the last day, he saw on the ground runes that had fallen from the tree, understood their meaning, and, coming down, scooped them up for his own. All knowledge is to be found in these runes.
The Hanged Man, in similar fashion, is a card about suspension, not life or death. It signifies selflessness, sacrifice and prophecy. You make yourself vulnerable and in doing so, gain illumination. You see the world differently, with almost mystical insights.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
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Something Difficult, Demanding and Done
Be Well.
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 4:05pm —
Something Difficult, Demanding and Done
Be Well.
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 4:05pm —
Samhain 2009
Darkness obscures the desolation I feel and restless winds won't let me sleep. I feel Samhain coming in with a crashing sense of inevitability that drives all before it like so many falling leaves in the cold autumnal rain. The trees are blackened by the rain as they stand gaunt and skeletal before the su… Continue
Posted on October 31, 2009 at 10:00am —
Charge of the Crone
The Charge of the Crone
By Jim Garrison
Originally published in Llewellyn’s 1998 Magical Almanac
(This particular invocation seems to keep cropping up all over the internet...sometimes wrongfully attributed to the wrong author, or not attributed at all. I offer it here, once more, in order… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments
Crossroads Rite at WitchVox
You can find one of our depictions of the goetic spirit BUNE on page 555 of The Equinox: British Journal of Thelema VII:10 now available via Hadean Press.
You can also find some of our artwork used in the Samhain issue of… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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~Samhain Blessing~
May the ancestors deliver blessings on you and yours…
May the New Year bear great fruits for you…
May your granted wishes be as many as the seeds falling from the maple…
May the slide into darkness bring you comfort and peace…
May the memories of what has been keep you strong for what is to be…
May this Samhain cleanse your heart, your soul, and your mind!
Hugs & Blessings Balor :)
*Autumn*
By Skye
The wind grows cooler
As I grow older
The Earth grows
distant
From the sun
I seek balance
Night to the day
Everything around me
Falling
In shades
As I grow grey
Shadows shifting, moving and lifting
Revealing the Moon
Yielding
To the Underworld
And I learn
How apples become stars
Lighting the night with
Promises
Full of life
~I hope your Autumn is as beautiful & special as you are !! Many blessings to you my friend. ~Love & Hugs Balor~
~Have a wonderful Holiday weekend my friend !! Love & Hugs Balor~Late summer days are perfect now, sunny, calm, serene
While Mother Nature changes clothes to tint our summer scene.
The gauzy purple twilight envelops every night
While streaks of peach and flaming orange hide sunset from our sight.
Wildflowers on the forest edge sway in gentle breeze
Soon they'll shed their blossoms too, as summer takes her leave.
Next phase is Autumn's sleight-of-hand with colors bright and true
'Til Mother Nature's restless hand wipes them all from view.
Savor these sweet tranquil days they're certain not to last
We'll wish we had them back again when feeling Winters blast.
To sing and dance the witches rune
To praise the goddess of the moon
To love,laugh and to share
To have the freedom to wish for what you dare
To be equal and all of the same
To be spiritualy free and not ashamed
To love the moon and stars above
To open your arms to the earth with love
To thank the Ancient Ones who are looking out for you
To thank them for all they do
To harm none and blessed be
To be silent of all the wonders you see
~Hope your having a wonderful week !! Hugs & Blessings Balor~
I read "Magick is Dangerous" on Witchvox the other day, and soon enough, here I run into you again on Pagan Space. So here's a shoutout from somebody who has encountered your writings.
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