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The Shadow of the Bird
The bird is hidden in the shadow of the tree the tree is hidden in the shadow of the forest the forest is hidden in the shadow of the...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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The Man Who Planted Trees
Most of my magickal ethos can be traced back to this short film. Watch it!

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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The Mentor's Voice
Each person's path through life is a unique sculpture, a unique work of art. We do learn from others, but slavish devotion to a school is...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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The Keys to Wisdom
As the open palm closes into a fist, the triple force braids , centripetally and passes through the wheel's hub. The three parts of the...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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Week of the Hermit
It's Friday, and the time of The Hermit has arrived. Now we go deep within, directly through the shadow realms, and we thread them onto...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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The Wheel and Justice
Between Justice and the Wheel, there is a little gap - like the hole in a bead. If you explore there long enough, you will find a...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Spirated Fractality
The Wheel of Fortune teaches us about dynamics of expansion. In particular, it acts as a segue between one dimension and the next. It...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Dawning Gyre
A cycle closes and a cycle opens. Plant yourself firmly and grow into a voice. Imagine the feeling of riding a wave, hugging a curve, and...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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The Four Compressions
The meta-magick philosophy is based on the idea that societies form energy economies around centers, and at a certain stage, the centers...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Circus Wheels
In the cultural traditions generally understood as "western", it is an underappreciated fact that the circus arts can frequently play the...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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The Dynamo of Time
The dynamo of time is driven by three powers and is witnessed through four stations. The powers are force, form, and words. The stations are triumph, loss, defeat, and gain. When this card appears, it implies that the wheel is turning - and that our experience is shifting gears. 'Good' fortunes and 'bad' fortunes exist, essentially, because of each other - because there is a striving through the stations of the wheel's rim. The centrifugal force of time is entropy. There is a

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Week of the Wheel
It's Friday, and the time of The Wheel is now. Fortune is an amplification and an entrance into another dimension. So, for most, this is "good" fortune, simply because it is an expansion of the investments which we have made in terms of our labors, our interests, our works - they find expression in a plane that is exponentially greater than they themselves (as investments) were. There is a "return" on our investment - what we have sowed, we will reap. But it is also important

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Walking the Labyrinth
Here is an exercise that links the Labyrinth walk with the Tarot.

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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Pallas Athene & Abrahadabra
The 11 letter Greek name "Pallas Athene" and the 11 letter Hebrew magickal word "Abrahadabra" share something in common. In their...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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The Labyrinth Walker's Tarot
The Tarot trumps knit together in 11 pairs around an empty center. There is no need ever to symbolize this "23rd trump" although some do....

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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Ma'at
The Black Feather of Ma'at is the counterweight of the heart. This is the path of finding that weight, and sitting with it. Ma'at waits...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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Ethics
Ethics is definable as the field concerned with actively determining right action from the natural state of things. This distinguishes it...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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The Week of Justice
It's Friday, and the time of Justice is now. Justice is about recovering the balance. Many things in our lives get out of whack in...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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The Hanged Man and the Hermit
In our metamagick system, we view the Trumps of the Tarot in eleven pairs. This is derived by folding the series over on itself - a...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 17, 20241 min read
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Odin
The myth of Odin holds that he hung for 9 days and 9 nights on the World Tree Yggdrasil before sacrificing one of his eyes and receiving...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 17, 20241 min read
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