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Behind Every Great Magician is Not-a-Magician (or a magician who doesn’t mind staying in the background).
People are often surprised when they learn that I didn’t marry a Daemonolater or occult practitioner of any ilk. My significant other is a proud, but open-minded atheist. Meaning, he can understand why people have religion and spirituality, and he’s open to having a religious/spiritual experience. But, being the pragmatist he is, he would need scientific proof of the spirit…
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Setting Boundaries Does Not Equal Unelightenment
Any time I openly set boundaries about certain types of reader email or make mention of the things in the occulture that I find irritating, I am occasionally met with some variation of the following response: “You asked for this [people wasting your time and being trolling assholes] by writing books. Quit complaining. You make money from this. So maybe you should…
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Why I Don’t Take on Apprentices
Again this week I was asked if I take on apprentices. Usually when Frank, my assistant, tells them no, they come back with, “Why?” So this post is the official, nothing withheld answer as to why I don’t take on apprentices. First – Being an apprentice/teacher requires a great deal of actual face-to-face contact. Daily is best. As an introvert…
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Rising Darkness
Rising Darkness (OTS #3) Audrey Brice Lights, camera, Satan! When my crew and I are asked to investigate paranormal activity in the Beverly Hills mansion of famous actress Kylie Ramone, we jump on it. The estate’s haunted, dark history is the reason the Daemon worshiping starlet bought the property to begin with. But when our investigation uncovers an underground temple…
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Excerpt: Rising Darkness
Please note the following PG13 excerpt is unedited. Rising Darkness is Coming Soon! (Autumn 2013) I grabbed a flashlight, clicked it on, and started toward the door, looking for any sign of electricity. A switch; an overhead light. There was nothing. “Let’s go folks. No time like the present.” I saw the four of them, from the corner of my…
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Keys of Ocat – Now Available!
The Keys of Ocat reveals the never before published Saturn rites, seals, and theophantic gate opening rituals of Ocat, the abyssal gatekeeper of the dead. Behind His gates dwell the Daemons of death including Euronymous, Balberith, Bune, Hekate, Frucisierre, and many others. These blood magick rituals, talismans and seals will aid the advanced magician in conjuring Daemons to speak with the dead, commune with death,…
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The Spiritual Me
I noticed a lot of people visit this site from my author pages on Amazon. More specifically, the S. Connolly author page. Because of this I thought it appropriate to take a moment to briefly discuss this website and my spirituality. I don’t really go into depth about my personal spirituality on this public blog since fans of my fiction cross the…