I've realized I've been a bit lax in sharing pertinent ideas and practices here, over the past few months, so I thought it time to post a bit.  With that in mind, I've been contemplating & experimenting with the idea of using magical grids, mandalas, and so forth when doing work for quite some time now. The idea first struck me many years ago, and I lazily pursued it at the time, only to have my interest rekindled by Gordon over at Rune Soup when he talked about Sigil Shoaling. This pattern of pursuing the idea, then losing sight of it, then pursuing it again has repeated on and on for many years now, and so I am making a conscious effort to put it into practice once again.

As I do so, I am finding that several things happen. Firstly, the vibrational feel of the working picks up considerably.  Secondly, this causes results to manifest more quickly.  And thirdly, it just feels right; something clicks into place and suddenly the individual workings that felt very much alive to start rapidly develops palpable depth and breadth. The workings begin to dance with each other, develop their own music, and then go on to live as if they're villagers that have shuffled out into the world.

Incidentally, since I started doing this, I now get asked if I'm a musician every other day or so.  I love and adore music, but lack the aptitude to create it outside of the creation of sung or whispered charms and such.

Getting back to it, grids, as I'll call them here, can be crafted and shaped in any number of ways with whatever materials you so choose.  You can use numerology, sacred geometry, aesthetic balance, elemental associations, astrological meanings, tarot cards, playing cards, bones, runes, psephoi, colors, and so on and so forth until you've built up a truly impressive and massive magical grid (how's that for a tongue twister, eh?).

Above is one such grid that I use in my home alongside other workings.  When inclined to do so, I often elect to branch out from what you see above and connect this grid to smaller gridded workings like you see below.

The possibilities, potentialities, and arrangements are pretty much limitless in theory.  In reality, they are limited by space and materials. In my case, I limit the size of the workings to 2 altar tops' worth for the sake of not making too much of a mess. :)

When setting up such a system, its useful to take the intention, available materials, and available space into account.  Don't go above and beyond what you can feasibly control, lest it bite you on the rear end at a later date.

I suggest starting small, first by considering the numerical value you want to utilize.  I am partial to letter-based systems of divination a la psephoi (aka the Greek Alphabet Oracle) and the runic Futharks, planetary, and elemental magic, so I tend to arrange grids around those ideas.

If I were to make a fire-related grid for spiritual illumination, I would utilize the numbers 3 and 7, as they strike me as being active and relatively fiery in nature.  I'd utilize 7 different types of materials, be they sigils (Fire symbols from various books, the tattva for fire, picture of a salamander), oils (Fire From Heaven, Bend Over, Commanding), vegetebilia (Cinquefoil, ash, Blessed Thistle, Devil's Claw) mineralia (obsidian, glass, tempered metal, or fire agate), candles (red, orange, jet blue), charms (against Evil Eye, dragon pendant, all seeing eye), animalia (lawfully and humanely harvested bones, sinew, misc. viscera from salamanders, geckos, fire-bellied toads, coyotes, rattlesnakes, vultures, scorpions, mountain lions), uttered or written prayers, energy work, and so forth. I tend to use whatever is available to me - you may or may not have certain limitations, so use whatever you're comfortable with.

Were I to utilize Lunar magic, I'd do the same thing with the numbers 5 and 8. For Jupiter work, I'd use 4 and 7, and so on and so forth, mixing and matching to my heart's content.

With any luck, this post will have provided you with plenty of ideas for magical workings that you could do in the future.

Enjoy your Saturday, folks!

SE

In keeping with the astrological signs and changes, I've decided to offer 10 Lucky Horse bags here on Sorcerous Endeavors.

We've all got troubles, be they financial, sexual, emotional, spiritual, or otherwise, so the goal here is to get some movement going for folks who are otherwise indisposed and unable to proceed.  If you feel like you're stuck, unmotivated, or otherwise slowed down, I'd seriously suggest giving these a look.

Cost is 60$ apiece for folks in the continental US.  If you're outside the country, you'll need to contact me so we can discuss shipping charges.

I've blessed these extensively, using a mixture of potent rune magic, stone, galdr, wood, and ond.  This isn't your run-of-the-mill conjure bag, and they won't last long. 

If you're interested, please click on the "Buy Now" button and remit payment.  I will follow up with you via email and inform you when the bag has been shipped.

Enjoy your weekend!

SE

Greetings, dear readers.

Recently, I had an incident that occurred with a client which prompted this post alongside a slight change to how I do things with clients. In short, this was a situation wherein there were too many hands in the cookie jar because the client in question decided that it was pertinent to hire three or four other workers alongside me, despite our conversations about how it was better to avoid complicating things.  It dawned on me, as this was occurring, that he had little to no idea of why this can be an issue, so I thought I'd talk about it here.

To start us off, think for a moment about working in a  kitchen with others, as that's something we've all done.  What happens when you add another person to the group working on cooking a meal? The room gets slightly more crowded with each addition of a new body.  Even when doing prep work, each person needs between a foot and a foot and a half of elbow room, not counting the counter space, to say nothing of the cook, whose likely wandering around the kitchen.  When you've only got 6 or 7 feet of counter space on each side of the kitchen, with an aisle that's ~3 feet across, that space gets damned crowded.  You've got people running around with knives, spices, meats, veggies, hot pots, boiling water, and Gods know what else; the area quickly becomes a hazardous sight.

Magic's really not all that different.  If your life is the stew and the sorcerer's the chef, its up to the chef to season the stew to provide you with what you ordered (the magical result).  If I am seasoning the stew, I have a pretty good idea of what spices I need to add, and what prep work I need to do. If you start adding other chefs to the mix, soon its going to become an incomprehensible mess, as I don't have the slightest idea what the hell the chef to my right is doing to the stew.  He's probably adding spices I'd never thought of with impunity, totally unaware of the fact that the meat in the stew is intentionally flavored a specific way.

To drop the metaphor and get down to brass tacks, in essence, when there are too many folks doing magical work at one time, the situation can get incredibly complicated.  The fact is that every working I do changes fate ever so slightly...when I'm the only one fiddling around, I can do this with a fair deal of control.  That's no longer the case when you have one other spirit worker doing work concurrently. Adding more to the mix only further complicates the problem.

That being the case, its not an issue if you hired someone to do the work prior to getting me involved, so long as they've already done their work.  Its also not an issue for you to hire someone a few months after I've done the work if the case is not, Heavens forbid, resolved.  But for the love of all that is holy, do not hire someone else while you're having me do the work. It'll likely become a convoluted mess and have really crappy repercussions in your life.

Granted, with that said, there's some flex to this "rule".  The fact is that some magical work is incredibly touchy, and other types are really rather cut and dry, for the most part.  Love work is naturally a pain, and everything's a balancing game, so that's a terrible time to add confusion to the mix.  Uncrossing and blessing work, however, is very direct...its simple, and generally, there's not a heck of a lot of confusion that can be caused.

Just do bear this in mind when you're either doing work for other people or having work done for you, as I'd hate to see your result get dorked up because of impatience or indecisiveness on your part.

Cordially,

SE

Greetings ladies, gentlemen, and in-betweens.

Today's a special day; one for fun and mirth.  It is the day of the Fool, and its meant for pleasure and enjoyment, misrule and a measure of chaos.

Traditionally, this day was dedicated to the Horned God, whom some know as Puck, and others as Pan, Herne, Cernunnos, and on; its a day to be foolish from sunrise til noon-time, proceeding down the street in various shades of color and flourish.

Nowadays, its a day in which we play pranks on those unsuspecting, tickling our fancies with mischievous delights. However, this post is no prank, trick, or game.  I just returned home after some wonderful news, and I am now free of the divorce proceedings with my ex-wife, and can and will go on happily.

One could say that my Patron, ol' Puck, smiled on me, and I'd be inclined to agree.  As a result, I am offering the Fool's Blessing to any and all who approach and pay on this day, the first of March; the rate is dirt cheap, but the benefit is oft staggering.

The link to donate is below; such a blessing will run you 10$ per person - that's 80% off!  I'll need the name and location of each person to be included.

I'll let this run until midnight PST.

Enjoy!

SE
-Für den Ruhm des großen Gottes der Narr-

Greetings, ladies and gents.

I've got some exciting (to me) news to convey: I am, as of this date, going to be doing magical work full-time for a while. If this works out, it'll probably be permanent, as I rather enjoy the Work.

That being the case, if you're in need of dedicated assistance, please let me know.  During the holiday, when possible, I will avail myself to attend your needs and wants.

With that said, thank you for reading this blog, for your continued trust, and your continued support.

Blessings!

SE

Greetings folks, and here's a blessing for this glorious Monday!

Enjoy!

Greetings, dear readers.

I've been working, at length, with a particular client of mine for several months.  Yesterday, he emailed me with a blurb that I got a great deal of satisfaction from, so I thought I'd share it while simultaneously using this entry to help others experience the same change.

That said, I feel as though some history is necessary, as it will better explain the circumstances behind the work.  Without revealing this individual's name, he came to me a while back because he was having difficulty with spirits mucking about with him and causing some moderate to severe problems as a result of magical work he botched.  In essence, he had conjured things that he couldn't banish and throw back in the hat, and it was really screwing up his life. Since that point, we've worked at length to correct much of the damage done; its been a learning experience for the both of us, to be sure.  

One of the experiments we used over this time involved the use of runic energy to reprogram him from the ground up, as discussed in this post.  Well, that brings us to the blurb he sent me yesterday morning:

"I actually can sense the change when I first met you and now. The
energy experiment was well worth it but this was extremely rapid. I
feel like i can function now. You have no idea how much it means to
me."

Aside from the fact that this has been a wonderful success for me, I'm more enthused with the fact that this work has been such a phenomenal success for him.  So few spirit workers, nowadays, seem to focus on the client goals, but I, for one, am thrilled that some work on my part was able to help him on such a level and in such a way.

Tooting my horn aside, we get to the meaty part of this post...

Since he had such great results, I thought I'd give you lot a taste of this work as well.  Herein, I am sharing the first sigil used towards the goal of personal growth, though it will be up to you to learn to use it effectively.  In essence, I will be leaving you to your own devices in that respect.

With that, here is the first sigil for reprogramming yourself:

If it helps you, please be sure to let me know.  If, after working with it, you're interested in taking the work a step further, please contact me and we'll proceed.

Take care,

SE

Ave, dear readers.  Hope all's well with you.

A recent conversation with a friend got me thinking about the topic of spiritual growth and accountability. Throughout the course of our conversation, she lamented that she had been providing advice to a local friend and the individual was not getting results, despite the fact that she had used that method countless times with great success.  Her informal pupil had, as a result of not having much success, begun to doubt her skills and veracity.

Now, given the fact that I am a sorcerer-for-hire, as you can expect, I've had to deal with this same situation many a time; in fact, I received one such email last night. That being the case, I asked her to provide me with the same method she provided to her pupil, and told her that I would do the same work using the same method and see if I got a result.  Well, after doing the preparatory work, I got started and followed her outline exactly as described...

..surprise, surprise, it worked!  Why did it work? It worked because the method was sound, I followed it to the T, and I ensured that my head was in the game from the get-go. I had results above and beyond what she had described, in fact.

Having said as much, this circumstance got me thinking about something that's bothered me for a long time: personal growth and accountability.  Personal growth and accountability are things that you seldom see together, nowadays.  Most people have the idea that their teacher is supposed to make them do the work and do it well and get results and so on and so forth; that doesn't work.  One must instead be accountable for their own actions, their own work, and, eventually, the results or lack thereof.  If one does not behave in such a way, and really analyze what they're doing, they won't get anywhere in the long run.

Magical methods, even when provided in their most basic forms, are not guarantees of success because it is you, the practitioner, who must apply that knowledge effectively and appropriately and obtain the result.  Just as you may have mixed results with the rites in a book, so too might you have issues with rites provided by another person.

Ultimately, your growth is in your own hands, and you must be accountable to yourself in order to succeed.  If you blame others for your lack of success, you will get nowhere.

Regards,

SE

Greetings once again, dear readers.  As always, I hope this post finds you well.

As of late, I have received a lot of requests to do work to reconcile lovers, fix relationships, teach exes lessons, and so on and so forth.  It has become readily apparent that few people really "get" how relationships work and are more comfortable hiring a spirit worker to fix their screw ups than they are with taking responsibility for their own actions.  This is a pretty big catch 22, at that, as part of fixing a dorked up relationship is taking responsibility for one's own actions.  Given the complex nature of relationships and the issues we create and run into, this post may come off as harsh or unpleasant.  If you are emotionally immature and/or you're easily offended, this is not the post for you, as I intend to speak on illusions we create and whatnot.

That said, to start, this post is not intended as admonishment against those who have contacted me.  Nor is this intended as a slight against those who do seek such help with others.  This post is simply another "helpful rant" on the subject of relationships.

Now, keep in mind that I come at this topic from a totally different point of view than most.  I have had my fair share of screwed up relationships, and I recently got out of a rather dead-end marriage with someone who wasn't able to digest this very information and act on it.  That having been said, I'd like to preface this with the fact that I am not the norm as far as American relationships go: I am unabashedly polyamorous and polyfidelitous. That is to say that I prefer multiple partners whom I am devoted to.

As such, I've become accustomed to dealing with multiple sources of drama insofar as I have often used magic to help others see where they screwed up, bettered communication, helped to resolve daddy issues and the like, and all other measures of social and romantic screwedupedness.

Another way in which my experience differs from the norm is that I am also a kinkster; for the past 6+ years, all of my relationships have been Master/slave relations.  That has, in many ways, complicated things and brought out the best and worse in people.  Its caused me to learn, intimately, why and how people come to do what they do.  Alongside my studies of psychology and sociology, this very activity has caused me to learn, rapidly, why people do what they do.

You see, we are rather screwed up creatures who have a nasty tendency to become more and more screwed up as time goes on.  There's so much programming and mental malware that gets imparted into us that we are kings and queens of doing stupid shit that causes us problems.  So very often we spend our lives immersed in a web of lies that affords us the illusion of comfort in the idea that we are perfect, or at the very least, not in the wrong.

That's where our views diverge from reality and Truth, and its also where we often get stuck and repeat the same mistakes.  In order to stop the behavior, it requires self-reflection and hard work.

With that said, the first area to address is that of relationships that are doomed to fail at the start.  So often, nowadays, do women and men seek out partners for themselves who fit the role of a thug or a slut or some other such thing; this is a fundamental issue that will screw your relationships up from day 1.

Ladies, I am speaking to you: stop going after men that you think you can change.  I'll say it again: stop going after men that you think you can change. I really hope I don't need to repeat myself a third time, but with that said, you're trying to change the intimately-held values (or lack thereof) that an individual holds, and they've got too much invested in being a prick or loser.  If you want to have a long-standing relationship with someone who treats you well and actually cares, look for a man who shows you respect and treats you well from day one.  Science has shown that relationships wherein the woman is thinner than the male partner are significantly more likely to succeed, so while he might not look like a body builder, that silly crap does not matter 10 years down the road; he won't look like that later.

Now, men, its your turn: stop going after emotionally unavailable sluts who've been used up and tossed aside. I'm sure we all want a well-meaning slut, but if you pick up a gal at a bar, she's not going to be your lady for the long haul.  Look for someone who dresses modestly, is reasonably attractice, and is someone that you really care about.  If she makes you laugh, turns you on, and can hold an intelligent conversation that doesn't turn into an hour-long monologue about how wonderful her new clothes softener is, she's probably the one you want to go with.

This same information applies, more or less, to transgendered folks, gays, bisexuals, hermaphrodites, and so on and so forth.  The secret to happiness from the get-go is simply acceptance.  If you seek someone that you can grow with, you're more likely to be happy in the long term, which means that you won't need to dial me up and ask for help.  That's a good thing!

That, of course, leads to the topic of already failed relationships, as it is a common topic of my consultations.  What to do about them?  Well, in my experience, its damned near impossible to fix a relationship that's already dead and buried; which is to say that if your ex has moved on, you should too.  There's a reason that everything went kaput, and while magic can certainly be used to rekindle the relationship, that's rarely a good idea.  Every time I've done that sort of work and been successful, things have been great for a short while and then someone screwed things up again and life turned miserable.  Magical work is all well and good, but people eventually fall back into their old habits and screw things up again.  If your relationship was dorked to hell before I got involved, and then I get involved and help you fix things, go see a counselor after the fact and get help.  You will need it, regardless of what you might think going into that relationship again.  Once-failed relationships always have left over hurt, anguish and pain from losing or almost losing the other partner, and that's the sort of stuff that really does need to get addressed before it rears its ugly little head again.  Tackle those problems before they become giant, fire-breathing hydras with attitude or otherwise those problems are going to take a hell of a lot of magic and counseling to fix.

That said, the above leads me to speaking on the topic of failing relationships wherein one or more parties are unhappy or frustrated.  In times like those, a structured approach is necessary.  You have to learn to communicate your needs, desires, and frustrations fairly.  Don't turn your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, or wife into your enemy and whatever you do, don't be an adversarial jerk about it!  If you are, you won't actually fix anything; instead, its highly likely that you will cause more trouble rather than resolve anything.  This may well not be a palatable topic, but sometimes its really as simple as giving your man a blowjob from time to time.

We all have our perceived needs and wants, after all.  Men, generally, want more sex, wish to have their ego stroked, and, all-in-all, just wish to be recognized for their efforts.  Women, usually, want the same thing, but instead of sex, they crave massages, attention, and really, just want to matter to their partner. When you think about it, our needs really aren't that different; we just need to endeavor to communicate effectively, sans insults and other nonsense of that nature.

Once your partner's needs have been communicated, act upon them.  This is incredibly important, because if you don't, you will cause further damage and frustration; doing so doesn't help anyone.

As an aside, finally we come around, again, to getting into new relationships by and through magical work.  Really, this is not something I see any issue with doing, though I would suggest that you cast a wide net to ensure that the Powers That Be can bring to you an ideal mate that can help you to grow.

Relationships are not always meant, however, to be lifelong things.  Sometimes that's a quaint idea that we cling to because we, secretly or not, hate change.  In today's global climate, its becoming fairly rare for people to stay together for 30, 40, or 50 years.  We all think that'll happen when we get started, but realistically, if that occurs, you're the odd couple out.  That being said, protect yourself going into the relationship.  Ensure that you and your SO sit down and discuss prenuptial agreements and other such things to ensure that the split, if it occurs, is amiable and something the both of you can live with.

Divorces are nasty business, so if you get married, be prepared for it.  Given the experiences I've been having on that front, I can't say that its something I would do again.  That is what's right, at this time, for me, however.  If your partner pressures you into getting married, sit down and discuss it, as it is a major life choice.  Be certain that you are getting married for the right reasons, and not just because he or she is afraid that you're going to leave.  If that's the motivation behind the choice, its probably a bad decision.

Finally, I'd like to thank you all for reading this and reward you by posting a usable working to help you to figure out what you're doing both wrong and right in your relationships.  This working is intended to help you and your partner so  that everyone's happy and pleased.

So, to use this method, print the below sigil out and place in front of you in a way that is conducive to using it as an appropriate mental focus.  On the left and right sides of the sigil, light one red candle and one pink candle, respectively; you may anoint these with oils that center around love and learning.  If you feel the need to use herbs, do so.

As you sit comfortably and stare at this sigilic focal point, breathe in and out slowly and comfortably, and when you feel situated, begin to focus on taking nine slow breaths that cleanse you and prepare you for the working.  Once completed, repeat the following thrice:

"Above and below, around and round
I call, command, and conjure: love abounds
Spark within me self-knowledge and growth
For the benefit of me and mine, both

Show to me my problematic traits
Such that I may address them at my pace
Bind me to my necessary evolution
And help me achieve my love solution"

Meditate quietly upon these words, allowing the digestion of this verse.  Once complete, quietly and calmly stand, say a prayer of thanks, and offer water to those assisting you.  Let the candles burn down as you go about your day.

I do hope that this assists you in finding what it is that you need and seek.

Regards,

SE 

Greetings, once again, dear readers.

Some of you may have read my previous post titled "Experimental Working: Reprogramming a Target", which I posted approximately five months ago.  This post is, in many ways, a sort of follow-up to that post and the associated work, as I have had some interesting successes that I feel are worth sharing.

To recap, the aforementioned post revolved around the idea of circumventing the intellectual mind and targeting the subconscious mind directly with the goal of reprogramming a person.  The premise of such work is that we're all pretty messed up because of experiences we've had in the past.

In the past 5 months, I've utilized this work with a handful of people, and each has responded with both varied and staggering results.  Two have noticed a marked increase in their magical abilities as a byproduct of the work (one through dreams, one while waking), several have noticed that they feel a bit more at ease despite having been in some dangerous situations, nearly all have been noticing that life seems to flow in a more comfortable way despite difficulties, and a few other such responses.  All of the involved individuals have, in my opinion, made leaps and bounds during this time, which has been incredible to see.  Each has become markedly stronger and better able to take on difficult situations, and in one case, the frequency of occurences of PTSD episodes have dropped 75-80%.

Its been rough for all involved, as there have been times of panic, discomfort, sleeplessness, upset in the home, and emotional issues, but the end results, thus far, have been well worth it.  Prior to taking on this work, I knew, on some level, that we become one with our work, but these experiments really put things into focus with me on that realm.  I've also learned better ways of using these methods that are less time-consuming and thereby less expensive, which has been really rather interesting. 

With that said, I am happy to proclaim that the experiments were a success, and that this will be a service I offer commonly.  For the next few weeks, I will be offering this service for 750$*, and this will encompass the first 10 "takers".  After that point, I will be raising the price to a number I've yet to determine.  One might call this a "good juju" sale of sorts. :)

Regards,

SE

*As of April, 2014, the pricing on this service has changed.  Please contact me directly for a quote.