I am Sean, one of the foundling members of the Kansas City Sorcerous Arts Collective. My writings can appear under S.P. Manning, S. Patrick Manning, or under the nom de plume Chirotus Infinitum. I have done academic work in history, creative writing, and religious studies, and I especially enjoy areas of overlap between these fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After many years as a solely technical magician, I have embraced\ndevotional paganism, and am currently working with the Hekatean current that is\nbecoming more emergent. I have a background in Hermetic ceremonial magick,\nchaos magic, tarot, and astrology. I seem to have a knack for elemental magic,\ntalismans, wards and shields, and sigil magic. Tarot is constant in my work,\nand I enjoy collecting unusual, rare, or kitschy decks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was raised Roman Catholic, and though I was separated from\nthe Irish and Italian folk traditions that should have been in my family\nbackground, I always felt the world was richer than it seemed. My involvement\nin the occult began in an effort to attract the favor of a girl (no, it didn\u2019t\nwork), and I just kept going deeper. I studied Crowley and Carroll, Regardie\nand Hine, explored the interconnected symbols of the tarot and astrology, and\nsurveyed other forms of religious and non-religious witchcraft. Eventually I found\nmyself in leadership roles, beginning with a college pagan group at the\nUniversity of Kansas, until I found myself helping to organize a major pagan\nfestival. Over the years I have led\nworkshops and classes on many topics, including tarot, basic astrology, chaos\nmagic theory, sigil magic, and shielding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My academic background has equipped me to find and evaluate\nsources and compare magical theories and techniques. Tracing traditions through\nhistory, and seeing what they have influenced or been influenced by, has proven\na very powerful skill in bringing ideas and symbols together into new and\ninteresting ritual expressions. As a scholar I can see what the sources have to\noffer relative to the task at hand, and as a chaos magician I am willing to\nexperiment to see what can be adjusted or cut out to make the ritual experience\nmore effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I still have issues with belonging and purpose in my life,\nand I hope to provide ritual experiences and practices that can help others\nfind answers where I have not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am Sean, one of the foundling members of the Kansas City Sorcerous Arts Collective. My writings can appear under S.P. Manning, S. Patrick Manning, or under the nom de plume Chirotus Infinitum. I have done academic work in history, creative writing, and religious studies, and I especially enjoy areas of overlap between these fields. … <\/p>\n