Alex Sumner's Blog, page 29
August 27, 2015
Doesn’t lucid dreaming take a little ’magic’ from the dreaming?
Answer by Alex Sumner: Your question is based upon a false assumption: that a lucid dreamer, having control of his or her dreams, would consequently want to experience a boring, unremarkable, mundane world which is indistinguishable from real-life. Technically, yes … Continue reading →
August 23, 2015
What’s the most sure-fire way of lucid dreaming?
Answer by Alex Sumner: The method which I personally used to become a lucid dreamer started off by first learning to remember my dreams – by assiduously keeping a dream diary. I then moved on to attempting to influence the … Continue reading →
August 17, 2015
What are the best resources on Enochian magic?
Answer by Alex Sumner: A good all-round introduction to the subject is Enochian Vision Magick by Lon Milo Duquette, which is essentially how one would go from being a complete beginner to a practising magician in all aspects of Dee’s … Continue reading →
August 7, 2015
Making A Goetia Floorcloth
New video: in which I record my efforts at making a full-size Goetia floor cloth, a la Lesser Key of Solomon the King.Filed under: Supernatural Tagged: Aleister Crowley, evocation, goetia, Holy Grin, Lesser Key of Solomon, Macgregor Mathers, Witch House, … Continue reading →
July 30, 2015
What factors caused the occult revival of the late 1800s?
Answer by Alex Sumner: 1. Charles Darwin. His “Origin of the Species” caused a great undermining in traditional religion – but also caused people who did not want to abandon spirituality altogether to start exploring alternate belief systems. 2. The … Continue reading →
July 22, 2015
Jeremy Corbyn is the only candidate the public actually likes – Labour or otherwise – Comment – Voices – The Independent
Your humble blogmaster is actually delighted that Jeremy Corbyn is heading the polls to become the next leader of the Labour Party. As long ago as 2010 I identified him as one of only a few MPs of all parties … Continue reading →
July 21, 2015
Astrology and Intimacy
Somebody asked me: "Where should each Sign go to have intercourse?" Continue reading →
June 25, 2015
New Short Story: “A Reverie On Thievery” out now on Kindle
You can now get the new short story by Alex Sumner, “A Reverie On Thievery,” for download on Amazon Kindle. This is the second of the series “Pilgrim’s Progress,” set in modern day Miami, Florida and continues the adventures of … Continue reading →
June 23, 2015
An Unpardonable Offence: Free On Kindle
You are now able, for one day only, to download my short story “An Unpardonable Offence” to your Kindle device or reading app, absolutely free. Set in Miami, Florida, A professional hit-man falls into a nightmare world when he agrees … Continue reading →
June 6, 2015
Apologia Pro Angelis Caducis
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? Mark Twain It takes a certain amount of experience in evocatory magick to realise that not … Continue reading →
