The Unnamed Path

The above symbol (the blue lines) was given to me by the Ancestors of Men-who-love-men as a means of opening a portal to communicate with the dead. It is drawn energetically with your hand or the wand, over the skull. The circle is drawn first, and then the pairs of lines. I like to draw the two pairs of vertical lines first - they are drawn inward toward the center of the circle. Then I draw the two horizontal pairs of lines - they are drawn outward away from the circle. I then use my hands to dilate or open up the circle as a portal and reach through it with my capacity to love in order to summon the Ancestors to be present for the Tapping of the Bone ritual.

 

 Episode 22 - Magical Tools [00:35:13m]: Play Now | Download (1271)

Episode 22 - Magical Tools

Show Highlights:
• Magical tools assist you in directing energy, have symbolic meaning in ritual and are used to establish relationships with other forces
• Ultimately, magical tools can be of any type as long as it feels powerful for you, and spiritually calls to you
• The Staff (or wand) is used to push or direct energy and as a tool of authority
• The Cauldron is a symbol for the Dark Goddess’ Cauldron and is used in rituals based on the life/death/rebirth mysteries
• The Skull is used as a portal to communicate with the Ancestors and is a symbol of the Dark God
• The Hearthstone is used in magical groups (only) as a symbol of the heart of their magical tribe
• The Working Space is not an altar, per se, but is a desk or surface upon which you can craft magic and store your tools
• Consecration essentially involves: cleaning something, dressing something, energetically charging it, and marking it as your own

 

 Episode 21 - Sacred Sexuality [00:33:21m]: Play Now | Download (1473)

Episode 21 - Sacred Sexuality

Show Highlights:
• The Sacred Sexual union with the priesthood is called the Hieros Gamos (sacred marriage), and can be enacted with any two polar opposite spiritual forces, not just male/female
• We have a heritage as men-who-love-men, of being sacred sexual priests in ancient temples, providing this service as a spiritual communion with the divine for the participants
• Sacred Sexuality requires an open heart, understanding of how to move energy, seeing the God within you and your partner, emotional connectedness with your partner, and self-love
• When two men make love, their sexual union unleashes healing energy for themselves and for their society
• Learn the step-by-step process to have sacred sex

 

 Episode 20 - Energy Healing [00:43:14m]: Play Now | Download (1419)

Episode 20 - Energy Healing

Show Highlights:
• The healing system of the Unnamed Path is fueled by Universal Life Force, channeled through our unique capacity to love and directed by the Ancestors of Men-who-love-men
• The recipient’s body knows how to use the energy to reestablish balance and harmony on physical, spiritual, mental and emotional levels
• The healing energy is channeled through the practitioner, not from the practitioner, and requires an open heart in order to flow
• Learn a few basic techniques for tuning into someone before beginning a session, as well as working in groups of three
• Learn some of the history of how this technique was revealed

 

 Episode 19 - Fragmented Masculinity [00:37:41m]: Play Now | Download (1483)

Episode 19 - Fragmented Masculinity

Show Highlights:
• As gay men we often develop a fragmented sense of what it means to be a man due to societal rejection, parental upbringing or behavior ideals that we are raised with
• A fragmented sense of masculinity can either be expressed through an adoption of feminine traits, behaviors and ideals as a surrogate to the masculine ideals we can’t meet, or a hypermasculinity expressed through obession about physique, highly competitive tendencies, vanity, aggression, etc.
• An in-depth inventory of the values you were raised with and a consequential acceptance or rejection of those values can help you begin the healing of a fragmented sense of masculinity
• Learn a few more techniques for healing fragmented masculinity
• Ultimately healing lies in an acceptance of your own divinity, your personal masculine beauty, a love for your body, modes of expression, interests, values and traits, and a healing of your self-image issues

As discussed in Episode 18, there are a few preparatory steps you sould take before ever working magic to accomplish a goal. Here they are explained in a basic checklist for you to use:

Step 1 – Write down a magical goal as if you already have it. What do you intend to have as the final outcome?

Step 2 – What is your feeling about the situation. Why do you want this magical goal? What is the desire that’s fueling this goal?

Step 3 – Evaluate whether this desire is rooted in a relaxed feeling (love) or a tense feeling (fear)

Step 4 – Ethical check: “Is this in alignment with your true nature?”

Step 5 – What concrete images will you visualize as your final goal?

Step 6 – Do the magic

 

 Episode 18 - Making Magic Happen [00:33:12m]: Play Now | Download (1314)

Episode 18 - Making Magic Happen

Show Highlights:
• Motivation is one of three things needed in order to be a powerful magical person (Energy, relationship, motivation)
• Motivation is a combination of intent and desire
• Motivation is what fuels your magic into being
• Exercise 1: Preparing for magical work
• Exercise 2: Making magic happen

 

 Episode 17 - Healing Emotional Reactions [00:28:32m]: Play Now | Download (1286)

Episode 17 - Healing Emotional Reactions

Show Highlights:
• Negative emotions separate us from our true nature - which is love
• Healing and working through negative emotions is necessary for better emotional health, and for our well being
• “Reviewing” is a technique whereby you review the incident that caused you to have an emotional reaction in a relaxed physical state, over and over until you can picture it without encountering physical tension in your body
• “Peeling” is a technique wereby you discover the origins of your emotional patterns and can then directly heal them and prevent future reacitons
• Both techniques are aided through the use of gratitude for the opportunity for growth, as well as self-introspection by asking yourself “why did I manifest this in my life?”

 

 Episode 16 - Sacred Space / The Great Crossroads [00:42:13m]: Play Now | Download (1348)

Episode 16 - Sacred Space / The Great Crossroads

Show Highlights:
• Creating sacred space acknowledges the sanctity of the area within which you will be doing magical work
• Sacred space is created by raising “The Great Crossroads” - a magical practice that calls forth our understanding of the spirit world into the physical world
• The Great Crossroads is a three-dimensional diagram that explains the relationships of the elements (fire, water, air and earth) to one another, to the gods, and ourselves
• Raising the Great Crossroads prior to shamanic journeys, magical workings, spirit contact circles and energy healing is a great way to call up the energetic relationships you have to assist you in your work
• A step-by-step account of how to Raise the Great Crossroads is discussed, and also captured on the website

This diagram captures the cosmology of the Unnamed Path, and reflects the relationships of the elements to our self, and the deities to our self. This diagram is meant to accompany podcast Episode 16 - Sacred Space / The Great Crossroads.

North
Earth
Color: Black
Qualities: Solidity, Physicality, Manifestation
Force of Creation: Death
Art: Deathwalking

South
Air
Color: White/Clear
Qualities: Thought, Intellect, Ideas
Force of Creation: Life
Art: Energy Healing

East
Fire
Color: Red
Qualities: Will, force, action, creation
Force of Creation: Activity, Light
Art: Magic and Prophecy

West
Water
Color: Blue
Qualities: Feelings, desires, reactions
Force of Creation: Receptivity, Dark
Art: Shamanism

Up
Light God
Qualities: Divine perception, Selflessness, Angelic
Force of Creation: Angelic self

Down
Dark God
Qualities: Desire satiating, Self-focused, Animalic
Force of Creation: Bestial self

Inside
Dark Goddess
Qualities: The field of potentiality before time and space ever exist
Force of Creation: Void

Outside
Light Goddess
Qualities: All manifestation in every possibility
Force of Creation: All Creation