Active participation and engagement in rituals is crucial for their success.
Magical jewelry created by Jeffrey Groves is based on astrological and devotional themes.
Jeffrey Groves is a multi-talented artist engaging in photography, writing, and jewelry making.
Deep dives
Involvement in Pagan Community and Public Rituals
The speaker has been involved in the Pagan community and has conducted public rituals, including at the Heartland Pagan Festival. They have focused on themes of initiation, liberation, and purification in their main rituals. The speaker emphasizes the importance of active participation and engagement from attendees in rituals.
Combining Jewelry Making and Magic
The speaker is a professional jeweler who creates magical jewelry based on images from the Picatrix. They specialize in devotional and astrological jewelry and create vessels for other magicians to enchant. Their jewelry is made with attention to detail, ensuring solid craftsmanship and unique designs.
Photography as an Artistic Outlet
The speaker is also a photographer and enjoys capturing images of naked people as an artistic expression. They approach photography as a passion project that is separate from their jewelry making and writing endeavors.
Writing Journey and Challenges
The speaker is a writer and has published a novel as well as several novellas. They discuss the challenges of writing professionally and the changes it brings to their relationship with writing. They also mention their personal blog and their goal to consistently share their writing on their platforms.
Social Media Presence
The speaker can be found on Facebook and Instagram under 'Sorcerer's Workbench', their jewelry brand name. They also have a personal blog website called 'Journey Through the Obsidian Dream'. Their writing is shared on the 'Mundus Occultist' Facebook page.
Jeffrey Groves, sometimes known as Satyr Magos, is a magical jeweler, public ritualist, novelist, and photographer. Xie joins me in this episode to discuss making astrological talismans, but our conversation also encompasses everything from magical origin stories to technology to the trials of being an artist in the 21st century. We also discuss Jeffrey's experiences as a queer and genderqueer person in the highly heteronormative spaces of witchcraft and ceremonial magic.
Please enjoy Jeffrey's refreshing take on the life of a pagan and magician, and how our practices can be more fully integrated into our lives.
Sword + Scythe creates handmade materia magica, amulets, astrological talismans, and provides divinatory services under the auspices of Mars and Saturn. Visit at swordandscythe.com
