Charm the Water

Aaron and Alexx together again talking smack about Alexx’s new book, The Theravada Machine and Other Stories!

After talk of new projects, a highly caffeinated Aaron David talks about the nature of the Solomonic or Grimoiric magical ring.

Frater Parzival, aka K. Scarborough provides us with an excellent exegesis of his experience with the Kledon experiment. If you would like to try the experiment for yourself, listen here for the directions, and then send an audio file of your experience report to [email protected] if you would like to hear it on a future CtW episode!

K. Scarborough’s article “Heeding the Call” appeared in Vol. 1 No. 1 of The Peacock Goat Review. He’s been a recurring guest on CtW and appeared in Episode 1 ! He’s the magician who runs the page The Light of Earendel, where you can receive a tarot, rune or astrological reading.Catch up with Empirical Hermetics work here.

How badly do you want disclosure? Enough to experience it personally? Where there’s a will, there’s a wand. Aaron David urges seekers of knowledge to pluck the branch from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and to invoke the daimonic reality suppressed by beliefs-in and hopes-for.

We hear from Vanessa Kindell and Taylor Bell on their experiences with the Kledon Experiment as detailed in Patrick Dunn’s Postmodern Magic, related to us by Frater Parzival a while back. Try the experiment and let us know what happened by emailing [email protected]!

In this episode Aaron David lays the groundwork for Empirical Hermetics, a no-nonsense Hermetic tech.

Aaron David and Kelly experience extraordinary coincidences on the Day of Saturn as Aaron carries a Saturn talisman, consecrated in a recent Saturn rite. We end up bringing foxglove, moon wort and lavender home with us Saturday night free of charge.

Aaron David is joined by long-time CtW friend Taylor Bell, creator of the Sigil Arcanum Tarot. Since last we talked Taylor has launched a kickstarter and is well on his way to success!

Longtime friend of CtW K. Scarborough returns to share his experience in the sphere of Jupiter, as his journey with Rufus Opus’ 7 Spheres begins. 7 Spheres is based on Trithemius’ The Art of Drawing Spirits Into Crystals, a 7 degree initation system.