Meet Magus, poet, musician, and occultist; he holds the equivocal job description of Conjure Coach.
Conjure Coaching is a term Magus coined. It’s original, to be sure; no one else is doing anything like it. He helps his patrons discover innovative solutions and provides problem-solving solutions, both magickal and mundane.
The Work
Stepping into the game with two decades of tarot astrology, he draws on various forms of divination. With his ritual magick background, he uses diverse tools to give you that conjure edge you need.
In reading for you, he peers into the astral and that collecting of intelligence helps set the stage. He asks you intelligent questions and provides a way for you to identify your objectives. With this information, he sets about assisting you in manifesting those goals on the material.
Standing in the gap between the witch doctor and the personal coach, Magus works at the crossroads where Hoodoo, Pagan, and Ceremonial Magick meet.
The Name
Born as Kevin Trent Boswell, he goes by the nickname Magus, not as some lofty title but quite the opposite.
For him, this very simple moniker means nothing more than one who practices the arts, and it holds about as much weight as the title “mechanic.” Think of “butcher, baker, candlestick maker.”
It’s amusing when someone insists it’s pretentious or vain because it’s the opposite.
The misunderstanding is that some magickal manuals use the term Magus to refer to a full-fledged master of the arts. In other places, it is merely a label of convenience that we ascribe to a student of the sacred arts.
He makes it exceedingly clear he’s a student and rejects the notion of having any special status or mastery; enough said.
Beginnings
In 2010, Magus established an exclusive conjure supply house, Thaumaturgy 777, offering fine materia magica.
The items include those requisite texts of ritual magick (spell books and grimoires)—additionally, many oddly-shaped candles, strange powders, mysterious incense, and bizarre curios and herbs. The oils of witches and all those who call upon the unseen for aid are also available.
As of 2015, it’s now Conjure Work, with fewer syllables and fewer questions about its meaning! It’s a no-brainer:
Where do you go when you need conjure work? Why, Conjure Work, of course!
Everything is now online, which makes life easier, and he likes it that way. Of course, all the sorcery goodies are still readily available in the online Conjure Shop.
Training Ground
In personal ritual practice, Magus is an Adept of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Let’s be VERY clear here, by the way… it’s the Cicero Golden Dawn we speak of here, not anyone else.
He’s very fortunate and proud to be under the tutelage of its esteemed Chief Adepts, Chic and Sandra Tabatha Cicero.
Samuel L. Mathers, Dr. William Westcott, and Dr. Robert William Woodman established the Golden Dawn in 1888 in England.
The Golden Dawn is a famous training ground that features great ceremonial magicians like Israel Regardie and Dion Fortune. Aleister Crowley and the poet W.B. Yeats spring up from the G.D. fields. Other notable figures are the alchemist, Dr. Ayton, the actress Florence Farr, and Moina Mathers. The Golden Dawn is the first Order of occultists to initiate both men and women on equal footing.
Magus is also a graduate of Catherine Yronwode’s Hoodoo Rootwork Course. He is also self-taught in various Pagan practices of spell work and divination. As a Strategic Intervention, personal coach, his training is through Robbins-Madanes. His poetry is both published and self-published.
Magick & Melody
Blues, rock, and funk bands since the age of 18 and jazz guitar studies at UNC Wilmington have come together in Magus, the musician.
The unifying themes here are those sacred arts of Orpheus: music, poetry, walking the liminal boundaries between the worlds.
Conjure Colleagues
Hekate, the Mother of all deep spaces, is of supreme importance to this business. She is the oceans, valleys, and immense firmament; moreover, She’s a dangerous mistress of the unknown.
This frightening Titan of liminal spaces is indeed the reason that Conjure Work exists at all. Magus remains eternally grateful to Her for the assistance.
A band of essential spiritual allies, including La Santisima Muerte and the infamous Saint Cyprian of Antioch, also exists.
The Solar Titan Helios and Venus (Goddess of Love) are friends of Conjure Work. They prove helpful in many ways. All the classical Planetary Powers are here, an array of lesser forces and other infrequently visited giants.
Magickal Boot Camp
Through an intense, potent course of study called the Nascent Magician, Magus guides his private students in the arcane arts. The curriculum consists of Ceremonial, Hoodo (southern style conjure), and Pagan magick features heavily, too. Students must pass a dozen rungs of practical ritual execution, including tests and homework.
Its purpose is for students to forge themselves into fearless magicians who live audaciously. This is open to those who embrace that tonic of intelligent faith, enacted lived in each moment.
What Next?
Magus is primarily interested in going as far as he can, which means evolving and becoming the best he can be.
An excellent method of achieving that is to help others, and to help others; you must help them solve their most troubling problems. To solve those problems, the individual must change. To do this, the patron must learn new modes of thinking and being. They must feel confident, see the light ahead, and hear inspiring words to do that.
So, what’s next for Magus is you. Nothing changes for him until he helps you get where you want to be.
Something must exist as a catalyst for all this Effective Change. As such, Conjure Work exists, standing unwaveringly upon the edge of the gap between known and unknown.
This occurs at the crossroads, where Magus and some helpful Spirits await you. They’re waiting to be useful to you, fellow travelers of the unusual paths.
Magus in the musical universe
Magus (Kevin Trent Boswell)
The Plastic Infinity:To listen to and purchase the music, click here:
-Pink Floyd, Brain Damage, from the album Dark Side of the Moon