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I’m writing the first draft of my memoir about magical and psychic aspects of my long life. As I do so, I keep getting the urge to share various things I do in that line: habits I have formed after living through all the developments described in my memoir. 

They might make a companion volume to that memoir some day; but for now, this blog will serve to get them out of my head and onto the record.

Perhaps the things I do will be helpful, or at least interesting, to others. I think they are fairly idiosyncratic, but I’ve arrived at them over many years, having explored along the way more traditional modes of witchcraft, ceremonial magic and Druidry, along with New Agey stuff, spiritual / energy healing, and light-working; also spending 37 years (so far) as a Tarot reader and professional psychic medium. 

I’m not thinking to be very organised about this. It will be ad hoc: whatever comes to mind at any time.

These things won’t make a nice, reputable, classic ‘how to’ manual for doing magic or being psychic. But they could work for you if you feel like giving them a try. I can only say, they work for me.

Disclaimer: Important Safeguards

Having just said that this is not a manual and not traditional, I do have to start by putting in place some obligatory warnings, necessary for anyone working with metaphysical energy.

1. What you put out tends to come back to you, multiplied. That’s the basis of what witches call the threefold law, rule of threefold return, or rule of three: the idea that everything you put into the universe by magical means will rebound on you three times as much.

Witches have only one ethical rule (similar the Hippocratic Oath which doctors make): ‘Do as you will so long as it harms none.’ That’s a very stringent rule, as we must examine each case on its own merits – and also  impossible: how can we see ahead to all the possible consequences of our actions? We can only do the best we can. 

That difficulty doesn’t absolve us, however. Therefore it’s important to add to every magical working the rider: 

According to free will, for the good of all and harm to none.

I would not dream of doing magic without this proviso. I can tell you from experience that things do rebound. Only a fool would neglect this safeguard, which applies to oneself and all others who may be involved.

(Most magical practitioners then add, ‘So shall it be,’ or in older language,’So mote it be’ – which is also the meaning of ‘Amen’.)

2. To avoid accidentally inviting or attracting something harmful into your space, make sure you always work in the energy of unconditional love. The strength of that will repel anything which is not of the same energy. Stay tuned; later on I’ll tell you how to ensure that you work in this energy.