Tony Mierzwicki

Tony Mierzwicki has been running regular workshops and rituals recreating ancient magickal practices in the United States and on the east coast of Australia for the past 7 years. He has been practicing ceremonial magick since 1990. Tony is the author of "Graeco-Egyptian Magick: Everyday Empowerment" and has contributed to various anthologies and magazines. Tony has completed three degrees at the University of Sydney - Master of Arts, Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science. He lives in Sydney, Australia as well as Huntington Beach, California.

Commerce Magick in the Ancient World

(Co-presented with Jo-Ann Byers-Mierzwicki)

A brief overview of techniques used by shopkeepers in the ancient world so as to increase and maintain their profits. These techniques are readily applicable for cultivating and optimizing a successful contemporary business. If time and circumstances permit, a short invocation to Hermês, will be included so as to illustrate a technique used to bring customers into a shop. Participants wishing to put commerce magick into practice are encouraged to obtain a small statue of Hermês or Mercury. The Hermês invocation, if performed, can be used to charge this statue.

Holistic Health and Gaia Consciousness

(Co-presented with Jo-Ann Byers-Mierzwicki)

Holistic Health is based on ancient wisdom which considers the whole person as an optimized combination of physical, mental, emotional, nutritional, environmental, social and spiritual values. The Gaia hypothesis proposes that all living and nonliving parts of the earth are a complex interacting system constituting a single organism. Gaia consciousness is manifesting as the environmental movement, earth-based spirituality, and a trend towards seeking unity within diversity. Many spiritual and religious folk seek to transcend the earthly plane. The reality however, is that the Earth is humanity’s only home and it has never been more important to address the issues of deterioration on both a microcosmic (personal) and macrocosmic (global) level.

Introduction to Graeco-Egyptian Magick

(Co-presented with Jo-Ann Byers-Mierzwicki)

Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period was a melting pot of numerous spiritual and philosophical movements drawn from the length and breadth of the Hellenic Empire. Graeco-Egyptian Magick was the last flowering of pagan magick in Egypt and consisted of a blending of a number of ancient magickal streams. This lecture will provide a brief overview of this system of magick. If time and circumstances permit, a short angelic invocation will be included, so as to provide a practical illustration of the basic principles of this system of magick.

Magickal Initiation in Ancient Egypt

(Co-presented with Jo-Ann Byers-Mierzwicki)

A brief overview of initiation and training for magickians in Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period, as well as an outline of some of the spiritual movements of the time.

If time and circumstances permit, a short invocation to Khepri, the scarab god, will be included so as to illustrate a technique used to access your guardian spirit.

Necromancy in the Ancient World

(Co-presented with Jo-Ann Byers-Mierzwicki)

Necromancy is the act of conjuring the dead for purpose of divination. It was widely practiced throughout the ancient world, and included the evocation of ghosts, oracles of the dead, and reanimation. Necromancy involves dissolving the barriers between the living and the spirits of the dead, so that the spirits, no longer fettered by physical bodies, can divulge information not normally available to the living.

If time and circumstances permit, a short invocation to the Daimôn of the Dead, will be included so as to illustrate a technique used for working with the spirits of the dead. [Please note that “daimôn” means “spirit.”]