I spent a good chunk of last week in the Joshua Tree desert for a Winter Solstice gathering with a handful of people, and one of the things that came to me was a clear idea of how to create a spellbook (or at least a collection of spells) for myself - and potentially to share with others.

I don't know the extent to which I will be sharing those spells online, especially in a public forum... but we'll see :-)

For the moment though, I am happy to share this vision that came through for formulating them.

Basically, each spell will have 3 parts... though actually one of those "parts" is a bunch of things. Anyway, the parts are as follows:

Mudra (hand gesture/pose) - I have texts containing over 700 Mudras, mostly from Buddhist & Hindu teachings, as well as Kundalini Yoga, that I will be using as the basis for these.
Rune - I will be creating my own rune for each spell, with some inspiration from already existing Norse, Celtic, Egyptian, and other runic systems.
The Magic Words - For each spell, I will be creating/choosing an affirmation or phrase of some kind that generates the energy I wam wishing to harness, and then translating that phrase into Latin, Gaelic, Sanskrit, Hebrew, and potentially another language or two.

So, yeah... That's where I'm at with it right now. Besides just living life, traveling, cooking, and visiting friends, one of my big focuses this season has been around collecting magick/occult/esoteric texts. I managed to pull over 8000 texts just from a handful of Telegram groups, and I have of course scoured the Pirate Bay as well.

I'd love to hear your approach to spell-making, thoughts on this formula, etc. :-)

The Penkhaduce - Created by Oberon Zell Ravenheart

An Actual [Online] School of Wizardry

Anyone here familiar with the Grey School of Wizardry?

I've been exploring their website, and the founders/faculty of the school for some time, partially for my own interest & curiosity, and partially because I think that my little sister would enjoy their program (and she's about to turn 11, which is when their kids program starts.)

I haven't talked to anyone who has taken any classes with them yet, and only one friend had even heard of it really, but I get a pretty good feeling from the documentation. The flow seems quite flexible, with 7 "levels" you work up through, tuition that is annual rather than based on the number of classes ($100 for kids, $200 for adults), and 16 different departments you can study/major/minor in:

Wizardry (indigo)
Natural Philosophy (silver)
Magickal Practice (gold)
Psychic Arts (aqua)
Healing (blue)
Wortcunning (green)
Divination (yellow)
Performance Magicks (orange)
Alchemy & Magickal Sciences (red)
Lifeways (rose)
Beast Mastery (brown)
Cosmology (violet)
Mathemagicks (clear)
Ceremonial Magick (white)
Lore (grey)
Dark Arts (black)

Each department has classes at levels 1-7, with close to 400 classes available right now. That is a LOT of content!

I don't know what major I would go for, but I am personally most drawn to this option:

Apprentices can become "Wizard of the Greater Rainbow" by declaring (and completing) a major in any one department AND taking an upper level (L6-7) class in all 15 remaining departments. If the L6 or L7 class have pre-requisites of lower level classes, those classes have to be completed, as well, of course.

Please let me know if you or anyone you know have any experience with the GSW, I'd love to hear some feedback before diving in... but I'm probably going to dive in. 😋

PS: Yes, I am well aware that it is no longer Monday... but it was when I started writing this, and I want to make this (Monday Magick) a weekly post, so I figured I would just roll with the name anyway.