Blog & Musings

Meditative Practice
By Rhys Jones While I don't identify as a Buddhist, I did spend a few years investigating the Buddhist literature. This literature includes much discussion of practice, which is often instruction...
Meditative Practice
By Rhys Jones While I don't identify as a Buddhist, I did spend a few years investigating the Buddhist literature. This literature includes much discussion of practice, which is often instruction...

Archetype of Love
by Rhys Jones. As we enter the spring holy season, I would like to bear witness to a profound love displayed during the Passion of Jesus by Meriam Magdalena. The...
Archetype of Love
by Rhys Jones. As we enter the spring holy season, I would like to bear witness to a profound love displayed during the Passion of Jesus by Meriam Magdalena. The...

Outside the Paradigm
by Rhys Jones. Early on in Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, one of the titular characters established the difference between "books of magic and books about magic." This isn't...
Outside the Paradigm
by Rhys Jones. Early on in Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, one of the titular characters established the difference between "books of magic and books about magic." This isn't...

Convocation 2025: Thirty years of gatherings
by Rhys Jones. Convocation is an annual gathering of magically-minded people in the Southeast Michigan area. It has been ongoing since 1995 and has conducted thousands of classes and rituals. ...
Convocation 2025: Thirty years of gatherings
by Rhys Jones. Convocation is an annual gathering of magically-minded people in the Southeast Michigan area. It has been ongoing since 1995 and has conducted thousands of classes and rituals. ...

Author Biography
Russ Jones (Rhys) is a third-degree metaphysician, which is to say he is a doctor of philosophy: My academic career is marked by advanced degrees in philosophy and history. While...
Author Biography
Russ Jones (Rhys) is a third-degree metaphysician, which is to say he is a doctor of philosophy: My academic career is marked by advanced degrees in philosophy and history. While...

Book Review: Richardson on Fortune & Crowley
Richardson, Alan. Alistair Crowley and Dion Fortune: The Logos of the Aeon and the Shakti of the Age. Woodbury, MN: Lewellen Publications, 2009. by Rhys Jones. One topic that often...
Book Review: Richardson on Fortune & Crowley
Richardson, Alan. Alistair Crowley and Dion Fortune: The Logos of the Aeon and the Shakti of the Age. Woodbury, MN: Lewellen Publications, 2009. by Rhys Jones. One topic that often...