Strategic Sorcery Blog

“People need to be reminded that they began as cum. Not to diminish or cut them down to size – quite the contrary: I tell people they were cum once as a gesture of of my awe at their very existence and to pat’em on the back. There are no losers in this life because every one of us who is born is a huge fucking winner…Motherfuck being the Sundance flavor of the month; being the sole product of that careless cumshot my old man somehow kept inside my mom is akin to beating the Kurgan and becoming the Highlander. “
-Kevin Smith

You might have heard something like this before, a lot of people bring it up as a demonstration of how strong and fast and powerful you already are. What these folks leave out is that you were actually not the strongest and fastest sperm. The strongest and fastest all died off while breaking through the corona radiata and zona pellucida, making the way for the relatively smaller and weaker sperm to get through. Being the sperm that got to fertilize the egg is not an indicator of strength and speed. In fact if you really follow the thinking it may be a better indicator of laziness and a propensity take credit for the work of others . It does however show the incredible odds against you being you.

Buddhists call this the preciousness of human rebirth, which is one of the very first things that newly refuged Buddhists are supposed to contemplate. If you, like Buddhists, consider reincarnation as a non-human to be a possibility, the chances of being born a human are even slimmer than being the one sperm in three hundred million. Tibetans for instance would consider that you could be born in one of a multitude of other planes of existence, on another planet in this plane, or as an animal on this planet. Even if you are a human, the chances of being born with enough comfort to study or think about spirituality, enough mental capacity to understand the teachings, enough freedom to practice as you will, and in a time and place where teachings are available make your current life very precious indeed.

Buddhists have 18 qualifications for a precious human rebirth , and many of course are Buddhist specific. In Buddhist meditation, this focus on the rarity of your current circumstance, and the impending demise that will befall you relatively soon is supposed to turn your mind to the dharma, the thought being that all the material hubub of life is impermanent and fleeting so it is better to practice dharma and build something that will last beyond death yadda yadda yadda…

I think that the argument that everyone should practice Buddhism are not very convincing unless you feel a call to that particular path. After all, its just another bunch of dudes in funny robes telling you they know the score. The arguments about your precious human birth, and the motivation that should spark in you however is a bit more compelling. If you are reading these words, you are extraordinarily lucky. You are not chosen. You are not blessed by god. You did not create the circumstance all on your own.  You are not the strongest and fastest sperm. You are just fucking lucky.

The second thing that Buddhists are meant to contemplate is impermanence  The message here is that luck runs out. Right now you have the opportunity to make your life extraordinary. If you want to practice Dharma, by all means do that, but I am not going to tell you that I am 100% sure that the work you do will be any more or less lasting or worthwhile than a guy who makes a billion dollars finding a way to mass produce algea lamps at a profit.

Howard Thurman, once said ”Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.“ That is where the Sorcerer has departed from the Buddhist. I don’t want you to adhere to the Dharma, I just want you to live an extraordinary life.

Come alive! 

“People need to be reminded that they began as cum. Not to diminish or cut them down to size – quite the contrary: I tell people they were cum once as a gesture of of my awe at their very existence and to pat’em on the back. There are no losers in this life because every one of us who is born is a huge fucking winner…Motherfuck being the Sundance flavor of the month; being the sole product of that careless cumshot my old man somehow kept inside my mom is akin to beating the Kurgan and becoming the Highlander. “
-Kevin Smith

You might have heard something like this before, a lot of people bring it up as a demonstration of how strong and fast and powerful you already are. What these folks leave out is that you were actually not the strongest and fastest sperm. The strongest and fastest all died off while breaking through the corona radiata and zona pellucida, making the way for the relatively smaller and weaker sperm to get through. Being the sperm that got to fertilize the egg is not an indicator of strength and speed. In fact if you really follow the thinking it may be a better indicator of laziness and a propensity take credit for the work of others . It does however show the incredible odds against you being you.

Buddhists call this the preciousness of human rebirth, which is one of the very first things that newly refuged Buddhists are supposed to contemplate. If you, like Buddhists, consider reincarnation as a non-human to be a possibility, the chances of being born a human are even slimmer than being the one sperm in three hundred million. Tibetans for instance would consider that you could be born in one of a multitude of other planes of existence, on another planet in this plane, or as an animal on this planet. Even if you are a human, the chances of being born with enough comfort to study or think about spirituality, enough mental capacity to understand the teachings, enough freedom to practice as you will, and in a time and place where teachings are available make your current life very precious indeed.

Buddhists have 18 qualifications for a precious human rebirth , and many of course are Buddhist specific. In Buddhist meditation, this focus on the rarity of your current circumstance, and the impending demise that will befall you relatively soon is supposed to turn your mind to the dharma, the thought being that all the material hubub of life is impermanent and fleeting so it is better to practice dharma and build something that will last beyond death yadda yadda yadda…

I think that the argument that everyone should practice Buddhism are not very convincing unless you feel a call to that particular path. After all, its just another bunch of dudes in funny robes telling you they know the score. The arguments about your precious human birth, and the motivation that should spark in you however is a bit more compelling. If you are reading these words, you are extraordinarily lucky. You are not chosen. You are not blessed by god. You did not create the circumstance all on your own.  You are not the strongest and fastest sperm. You are just fucking lucky.

The second thing that Buddhists are meant to contemplate is impermanence  The message here is that luck runs out. Right now you have the opportunity to make your life extraordinary. If you want to practice Dharma, by all means do that, but I am not going to tell you that I am 100% sure that the work you do will be any more or less lasting or worthwhile than a guy who makes a billion dollars finding a way to mass produce algea lamps at a profit.

Howard Thurman, once said ”Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.“ That is where the Sorcerer has departed from the Buddhist. I don’t want you to adhere to the Dharma, I just want you to live an extraordinary life.

Come alive! 

There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about Jupiter. Certainly, I LOVE Jupiter. I made it the focus of my book, I belong to an order dedicated to Jupiter. Jupiter is awesome in the truest sense of the word.

That awesomeness can however yield two problems.

The first is that Jupiter can provide more than you can currently handle. Too many opportunities may confuse or even seize-up your ability to choose a direction to head.  Marketers call this the Paralysis of Choice: too many brands and lines of a product will actually lower sales of the product overall because people can’t choose. Too much growth in a business too quickly can force you to take expensive steps to expand production or hire employees that you were not ready to make yet.

The second problem that some people have is that of stepping through the doors that open for you. You may have done a working for more wealth. Jupiter may have provided you with an idea or an opportunity in the form of a side business or second job. The problem is that if you have a full time job, watch 12 hours of TV a week, Play Video Games a lot, and meet with friends every Sunday to play Dungeons and Dragons; it will take a major overhaul of your lifestyle and priorities to take advantage of that opportunity (or a girlfriend, or just growing up a bit…

I have already talked about how Saturn can help instill discipline and clear away distractions. Mars is a great compliment to this. Saturn clears the way, Mars plows through. Saturn Binds, Mars Attacks.

Those that feel Mars alone can be too battle hungry and aggressive, will be pleased with the Saturnian influence. Rather than the berserker rage, you get the careful warrior who is patient and waits for the perfect time to strike with maximum effect from full force and fury. When sorting through options and embarking on projects, this is the perfect solution.

If you are worried about the presence of the malifics in your life, I will simply point out that they are already there, you are simply taking the reins and steering their influence. After meditation, the next most important ability of a sorcerer is mediation. If you are still bugging out…. well, that’s why Saturdays darkness is followed by Sundays light, and why Tuesadays Martial severity is followed by Wednesadays Mercurial sagacity.

So go deck out your temple in red and black, and get a little severe with yourself and your world. Tie some things down, and beat the crap out what has been ailing you. The ass you kick may be your own…

Just don’t overdo it.

Just a note that there are still seven Black Series Financial Hands left.

Someone asked me what I meant by “wrathful” in relation to these conjure hands. There are three qualities that play a role here.

1. Wrath is action: It is more active than other types of magic that approach it from a more peaceful perspective. You could use the word forceful or ruthless as well as wrath.
2. Outer Obstacles: If there are people keeping you from your goal, the hand will work to remove them.
3. Inner Obstacle: If your bad habits, weaknesses, and propensity for inaction are keeping you from realizing your goals the hand will do what it can to kick you in the pants. It won’t hurt you, and it won’t kill anyone, but it will shake things up.

I have once again created a set of financial hands for sale. These are special conjure bags that are in the grip of gator claws. I have been offering these once a year or so for several years, and they have helped a lot of people draw money, obtain employment, get promoted, start businesses and so on. In the past I have offered a Red and Green design for either fast action or longer term work. This is the first time, and maybe the only time, that I am offering the Black Series.

These are not evil, but they are wrathful.  They will work for you no matter what. They will kick ass and take names, and not let anyone or anything stand in the way of your success.

They are the perfect conjure hand for the fiscal apocalypse.

There are only 21 of these and I am keeping one for myself.

Cost is $75.

You can send money via paypal to inominandum@gmail.com

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I got this e-mail the other day:

“I have been hearing about your course for over a year now but have avoided it because I was turned off by your use of the word Sorcery.  To me this word brings to mind “spell kits” and hokey oils to win the lottery, not the royal road of magic. I seek spiritual transformation and union with the divine, not spells. Nevertheless, friends that have taken your course rave about the spiritual changes they have made. I see the difference in them. My question is this: if this is genuine spiritual teaching here, why call it Sorcery?”

Why Sorcery?

First and foremost when one thinks of a Sorcerer, one doesn’t think of someone who is defined by what he worships or believes but rather by what he does. There are people who call themselves Witches and mean it in an entirely religious sense, eschewing magic entirely. There are those who call themselves magicians who think a lot about Khabbalah, talk a lot on the net, do lots of Gematria and analysis, but also do very little in the way of practical work. To call oneself a sorcerer implies, to me at least, a level of action.

Sorcery is also a low term, and I like that. People get really caught up in being a High Priest, Gnostic Bishop, Master of the Temple, Ngakpa, Archmage, etc. Sorcery doesn’t carry these implications. I remember once asking about someone in the OTO and their magical competency. The person I was asking replied “Frater Y is 8th degree, so I wouldn’t question their magical competency“. The thing is that one could rise to 8th degree through spending the time, money, and developing the social contacts to do it – the title had very little to do with their magical potency. One may very well rightly hold any of the above, but to keep on calling yourself a Sorcerer and keep all those high titles secondary to the work helps me to, if you pardon the expression, keep it real.

The Sorcerer is concerned with pure practicality. Unburdened by tradition the Sorcerer can choose and adapt methods as he or she wills. Traditions get can get burdensome and baroque very quickly. The sorcerer is not concerned with being a proficient Buddhist, a proficient Golden Dawn Initiate, a proficient Wiccan, or a proficient anything else. The Sorcerer is just concerned with being proficient. People can get very touchy about applying the principals of streamlining to ancient or sacred traditions. Look at the resistance Bruce Lee faced when he developed Jeet Kun Do. But look at what he accomplished! Sorcerers too can use the 80/20 rule and Parkinsons Law to spiritual practice. Some things DO produce better results than others. The spiritual results of Strategic Sorcery.

In that same spirit of practicality the Sorcerer is concerned with success in the material as well as spiritual worlds. He respects the paths of the Monk, Nun, or homeless wandering mystic, but that is not his or her path. If a Sorcerer is living in a hovel and frittering away all his or her time slaving at a job they hate, is never going to claim to be a Maestro, no matter how deep their spiritual acumen. They are going to apply their Sorcery to change their life! One need not be rich, nor an entrepreneur, nor impervious to calamity. In fact the Sorcerer knows that harmonic stasis is a lie and that no one is impervious to changes in fortune. One simply as happy with their outer life as they are with their inner, or be working to make that happen.

Lastly, the Sorcerer is not chained to magical methods in his work. The sorcerer knows that the word Occult means hidden, and there is a lot more hidden from the masses than just the secrets of magic. The secrets of good health are effectively hidden from the populace by an ever present drone of media preaching the gospel of extra Bacon and Cheese. The secrets of simple home and auto repairs have been hidden by a society that wants you to replace crap with more crap constantly. The secrets of how money works should be taught to every child that makes it past the 8th grade, but they aren’t, they are hidden and revealed only to those that seek them out. The Sorcerer is an Arcanist. He or she seeks to learn the hidden methods of accomplishing whatever the task is, be it mundane or magical.

That is why I use the term Sorcerer. That is why I and my students are often making the spiritual strides that other supposedly high and spiritual people are missing.

I mention all this not only for the benefit of those who wonder why I use the term, but also to remind myself of the same. Phase 1 of Strategic Sorcery plan has ripened, and it is now time to move to phase 2… but more on that in the days to come…

Saturn is a heavy force, both literally and figuratively. Its color is black, its metal is lead, it is all about restriction and death and pain right? Well, a little. But as the Dread Pirate Roberts said “life is pain highness, anyone that says differently is selling something”.

In the last few months I have run into several people who have a fear of Saturn. Two of those people go so far as to avoid invoking Saturn even though they call on all the other planets.

DO NOT DO THIS.

Saturn is a necessary force. Without it the forces of the other planets grow uncontrolled and overtake you. Many of us that have been working Jupiter heavily can attest to the “too much of a good thing” that Jove can bring when not tempered with Saturn.

Left unattended, or worse, ignored out of fear, Saturn can indeed be a terrible influence. But used skillfully Saturns bindings can aid us tremendously.

When your mind is bursting at the seams with inspiration and ideas – Saturn will help you restrict them down so you can actually focus on one of them.

When your business clients are numbering more than you can handle – Saturn will help you focus on the 20 percent that product the 80 percent return.

When overwhelmed with business instead of streamlined creativity, Saturn as god of time will help you bind yourself to what really matters.

When called to let the power of silence and solitude reveal inner and outer truth, Saturn is the power that you shall walk with.

When you are blinded to obvious downfalls by the glittering lights of good intentions and misplaced hope, Saturn will help you see difficulty and danger.

Today is the day of Saturn. Call upon the father of the father of the Gods and channel his influence in strategic and skillful ways.

And while you are doing it, you may as well use more cowbell.

If you didn’t know already, my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. She wrote a beautiful and brave piece on her perspective as a survivor yesterday on Facebook. Today she took that piece and started a Blog.

I am sure that the more people follow her, the more she will write.

I am asking you to:

1. Head over to her blog.
2. Read this brave and honest piece about what it means to have Cancer and to be a “survivor”.
3. Show some love and support by follwing the blog.

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