The Wizard's Tower - A journey through the labyrinth of mysticism.

A lineage is a fantastic, amazing, and powerful way to connect with greater powers, flows of of the universe, and essences beyond comprehension. For an witch, mage, mystic, magick worker, spiritualist, shaman, or any other practitioner of the arts working with lineages can provide a fascinating and unique expansion of perspective. Avoid the pitfalls though! This episode looks at lineages, a little bit about initiation, working with, and the benefits of a lineage as well as the risks and rewards associate with that action.

Today's episode is one near and dear to my heart, it's all about identity crises, what it means to have one, and how to deal with them. It's about what steps we can take in mysticism, spirituality, and self identity to find some of that foundation and sense of self.

There are always some things every mystic, magician, wizard, or other magick worker needs in their belt. These episodes hit on that, why those things are important, and take a non denominational and non-dogmatic approach to what those things are. If you are a practicing mystic, these episodes will help you remember what things you need in your Utility Belt, as well as helping you to better your view of your practices. In this episode we are covering Wealth and Sweetening/Mood Improving as areas of focus, and what our recommendation is to others on this.

There are always some things every mystic, magician, wizard, or other magick worker needs in their belt. These episodes hit on that, why those things are important, and take a non denominational and non-dogmatic approach to what those things are. If you are a practicing mystic, these episodes will help you remember what things you need in your Utility Belt, as well as helping you to better your view of your practices. This episode centers around Protection, as its such a big topic the previous episode where we mention talismanic protection isn't nearly enough!

There are always some things every mystic, magician, wizard, or other magick worker needs in their belt. These episodes hit on that, why those things are important, and take a non denominational and non-dogmatic approach to what those things are. If you are a practicing mystic, these episodes will help you remember what things you need in your Utility Belt, as well as helping you to better your view of your practices. In today's Episode we cover Healing, Basic Luck, and Persuasion as areas with recommendations on what you should have in that utility belt and why!

Covering those skills, arts, methods, and areas of focus I believe every mystic regardless of tradition should have in their utility belt, each episode covers a new area, and gives some thoughts on how to prepare yourself with useful magickal skills. Today's episode, Banishing Rituals and Cleansing Methods.

The Utility Belt Magick series is going to cover all the forms of magick, magic, and mysticism I think every mystic should have some method or access to, why I think its important, and generally some tips on how to implement that. This first episode focuses on protection, and healing, as two of the important areas to have some on hand options for in magick!

Join us for this exciting episode where we explore tools, spirits, and attunements in magick, how they differ, their best purposes for manifestation, and the nuances between them. Knowing what the best solution is for any problem is essential to better mystical practice and we cover that in this episode!

Today we embark on an interesting philosophical question, can spirits die? Are they immortal? What does death mean for a spirit?

Everyone has had a spell not go off exactly as they hoped, or not achieve the result they wanted? How do you deal with it when magick failes? We look into that topic with you today, at The Wizard's Tower

Want to talk to spirits? Looking to heighten your precognition, or seeking to better your spiritual and metaphysical gifts? Todays show takes us on a journey through the methods and processes needed to amplify your spiritual connection, your ability to sense both time and space, as well as your ability to work with spirits and energies. This is applicable to everything from Astral Projection to Familiar Spirits to Gods and Goddeses. The better you refine the skills in this episode, the greater your spiritual gifts will grow!

This show is a bit of a campfire episode in which I'm going to go over my thoughts on metaphysical practices, shamanism, ghosts and spirits, entities and conjured beings, and all the other differences between our allies on the other side of the spirit realms. I provide my view, and ONLY my view, on these things as well as some of how I've come to that view as a practitioner. If you hold your own view or idea as to what is or what isn't that is fantastic, and I encourage you to share that view and keep strong to it. This lecture is one founded on a request from a client to really dig into the differences between beings that have passed from life into the afterlife, and beings that exist in other realms who have not yet passed, or who have pass through the wheel of reincarnation only. This is a massive topic, and I try to handle it like a bull rider in a rodeo, but there is always more to say. It is my greatest hope that you, the mystical, magickal, metaphyiscal, shamanic, or other practitioner of the arts sorcerous gain something of value from these rambling thoughts of a wizard in his tower.

One of the most common and powerful forces we can encounter in our day to day travels and journeys are the land spirits. Mysterious to many, these powerful forces of nature can be a great aid and boon to us in our day to day mysticism and magickal workings. Calling upon the Land Spirits can be life changing, but you need to know how to cultivate that relationship, and how to work with them as an ally otherwise you risk great danger! Today's show ensures you get the most out of working with the spirits of the land, and helps you advance in your animistic practices!

Loki worship is on the rise! Why though is the question? Understanding how Loki has gained popularity not just as a pop culture icon, but as an influence in Norse Mysticism and various practices of the Heathen Religions is an important step to understanding why Gods may be more or less in favor. We look back to the past to understand the present, and maybe even the future, as to why Loki is so prominent in our modern Norse Pagan Practices.

One of the most referenced and essential skills in the mystical arts and metaphysical practices is often grounding. Yet what each person means by the words often differs from practice to practice, practitioner to partationer, and even situation to situation. So this episode is all about grounding, what it is, how to do it, and why you would need or want to!

Bar none the most common question asked is, how to find your patron God or Goddess. For some people this is a simple answer, for others its a long and complex journey. No matter who you are though, we have a show that will give you a lot of great ways to go about finding your God or Goddess, and if you find that isn't for you, we have your basis covered there too! If you've been searching for a God, Goddess, Patron, or Pantheon this show will be a cool drink of water on your parched lips.

The dark night of the soul is an experience of feeling lost, or having lost who you are, that every mystic encounters at some point. This show addresses the nature of the dark night of the soul phenomenon with how you can both overcome and leverage the power of this transformative process. If you aren't sure who you are,  find your sense of self definition shakey, or have lost your sense of purpose this is the show for you. If you have ever overcome this experience this show may have some help in finalizing any of that process, and may ready you for overcoming it again in the future.

This show is not medical or psychological advice, if you are having thoughts of suicide or need help seek a trained medical professional.

You see it in works of fantasy and fiction, you read about it in things that inspire you, but it may be the least pursued method of magick while being one of the most powerful ones for boosting your capability in a pinch. Spell scrolls are an excellent way to invest your practices into preparations for the future in ways you know you will need. Be it cleansing, protection, or even solving other mundane problems, keeping a few of these on hand will make a big difference, and its a process simple enough you can do it with a little free altar space, and some supplies from the craft store! Amplify your craft, and join me in The Wizard's Tower as we take your art to a new level!

Paradigms are the core of all magick, but understanding how paradigms work is the essence of both utilizing magick fully, and amplifying your abilities to new heights. This show will help you double, triple or even further increase your abilities as a mystic, either by increasing your own power, or increasing the options you have to utilize magickal operations in various situations. This is, to date, the finest episode we've done.

Do you use a wand, athame, or staff? If so this show may help you understand a bit more of why it works the way it does, and how it helps you do more with it. If you don't, this may be the perfect opportunity to cut yourself a branch and fashion a nice wand! This show is all about tool use, specifically tools that direct intent, power, or otherwise forces essence toward a goal. We answer a lot of questions in this, not just on how the tools work, but theories and even some scientific evidences that show we as a tool using animal can do more with a tool than without.

Bindings are definitively one of the oldest and most popular types of magick we see. Today's episode we'll answer these question.

What is a binding really? What are some  types of binding? Benevolent Bindings - Is there such a thing? Binding of high energy people (children or relatives) and the risks inovlved? Binding Beings vs Binding Humans, how is this different and similar? What happens when a binding is broken? What is a binding traceback and how does it work? What are energetic bindings? What are the risks in a binding long term in a conflict? The weaknesses of the ever popular Reverse Shield? How much time does a binding really buy to recuperate and what are the risks? What are the limited scopes of a binding? Examples of how bindings can be circumvented.

We'll also be looking over a vast number of things you should know about implementing a binding as part of your practices.

In a previous episode we looked at what would happen with a pure ritualist attacking an energeticists. We did this as a kind of knock down drag out radio drama. In this episode we're looking at the reverse with the energeticist on the attack using energy work, and the ritualist relying on ritual magicks and things tied into those practices. We take a more clinical tone in our evaluation this time around, focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of each practitioner and evaluating possible outcomes, as well as a final definitive outcome based on what we could expect from two such practitioners duking it out. This uses idealized concepts of the practices in that they are restricted to the core methods of their practice, and as such most real world practitioners won't fit these molds perfectly.

Building up power in magick doesn't need to be long and grueling. While that road can give great results, we have a powerful booster for you in the form of some Candle Magick that will blow your socks off. We're changing the paradigm here with this spell working and providing you the details and methods needed to amplify all your magick, and for a minimal time investment!

Ritual and Energy Work may be the two foundational pillars of a lot of modern magick practices. In this episode we are investigating them from a conflict oriented stand point using a radio drama kind of boxing match analysis of the two methods. This is a very story heavy episode, but it is not just a work of fiction. It is rooted in the methods and skills of the two concepts, how they interact in a conflict, and how two practitioners would use these abilities to resolve such a conflict while trying to survive and mitigate their foes assault. In this first episode of this kind for the channel let us make this very clear, we pull from real world experiences on curse work, defensive practices, and experiences in these fields. The method of presentation may be a fictional pseudo boxing match, but the content is core level magickal practices. The winner and loser is based on an analysis of using ONLY the raw practices outlined and in the rules provided, and does not represent a definitive victory for every conflict that may occur in this way. This instead is meant to provide an analysis, with the winner and loser being more a commentary on the nature of the practices strong and weak points.

In this episode, the Ritual Worker is the attacker, and the Energy Worker is initially the defender to provide a basis for the fight. In a future episode we'll flip that script and see how much the start of a metaphysical conflict determines the outcome of it.

Monotheism and Polytheism have a lot of similarities as well as differences in them. More over, many people often confuse their own practices as being purely one or the other, where there is a mix of methods involved. Today on The Wizard's Tower we look at these systems of belief, as well as how to better your practices. We also have some ideas to help those who are moving from Monotheism into Polytheism when they find it difficult to get their bearings and are falling back to old habits.

Fire is the most powerful, direct, and even devastating element of change in the entirety of the elements. It is also the most commonly worked with element. Today Charles takes us on a journey into how you can use Fire in your rituals, visualizations, and tool creation in this jam packed episode. We always recommend you practice good fire safety, and this is no exception. If you are looking to amplify your magickal results especially in terms of pure and raw change, this is a "can't miss episode."

Healing, Cleansing, Purity of Thought, as well as bringing things to us from great distances are all parts of the properties of the element of Water. There is more though, and today Charles will help you learn to harness that elemental force of water to your workings!

Thought, change, movement, direction, intuition, and more are a part of the element of Air! Harnessing it though can be tricky for some, or very simple for others. Today Charles takes us on a journey into using and utilizing the element of air in both ritual, and energetic practices!

Earth is a powerful, sturdy, and even dynamic force you can use in your rituals and meditation to gain better results in manifestation. Today on the Wizard's Tower Charles helps us look at the element of earth more closely, how to work with it, and provides visualization exercises that can help us manifest more through this powerful element.

Many of us find we have some trouble getting around, perhaps from injuries in our youth, disabilities, or even just old age coming upon us. What you use to help you walk though can be turned into a phenomenal tool for mystical applications. Join us today as Charles looks at walking sticks, canes, staves, crutches, and all manner of mobility aid and how you can implement them further in your daily practice.

Meditation is one of the most highly recommended practices in all of mysticism? Why is that though? What would be a good starter meditation for you to take part in? Today Charles answers these questions and more in The Wizard's Tower!

The Elements are often as their name implies a building block in magickal practices. What are they though? Where do they come from? How does the eastern and western systems of these things vary? We dive into this and more in our Introduction to Elements Episode!

Working with animal spirits can be a fun and exciting way to better our spiritual practices. Where can you find animal spirits? What about signs? How can you better work with an animal spirit? Join Charles in the Wizard's Tower as he answers these questions and more!

Did you want even more ways to charge crystals? How about working with deities or runes in the process? This is the episode for you! We explore more ways to charge crystals, and look into some of the uses for those charged crystals with our host Charles, in the Wizard's Tower.

Charging Crystals is a common practice among many forms of mystical practitioner in the modern age. We often see a lot of questions abound on how to charge, when to charge, and where to charge crystals. Join Charles in the Wizard's Tower as he explores how to charge crystals! This topic is expansive enough that we have a second episode next week after this one airs rounding out the topic.

The most common question in mysticism is "Am I under attack?" While the most common answer is no, there may be times that you are under attack, or suspect you are, and a bit of basic practices can help aid you in clearing your mind, or readying yourself. There are a lot of things mystically that can move a person outside of attack, and knowing when to fight and when to exert some restraint can save you a lot of headaches. Charles brings us to the Wizard's Tower today to discuss how to determine if you are under attack!

Candle Magick may be the most widely practiced, yet simplest form of magick available for the beginning practitioner. For the mystic who is just getting started, candle magick provides a functional basis for manifestation. Join Charles in The Wizard's Tower as we discuss Candle Magick and how to amp up your results with it. 

The most often recommended practice alongside meditation made by those of us who practice the mystical arts is the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Why though do we push for this practice? Join Charles in the Wizard's tower, and find out what this very simple ritual can do for you!