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[[File:DamienEchols TravisMcHenry.jpg|400px|thumb|Me (on right) with [[Damien Echols]] in 2024]] | |||
==Who is Occultwiki== | |||
User Occultwiki is the creator of the Occult Encyclopedia. | User Occultwiki is the creator of the Occult Encyclopedia. | ||
My name is Travis McHenry | My name is [[Travis McHenry]]: I'm an author, [[occultist]], and Editor-in-Chief of the Occult Encyclopedia. | ||
==Why I Made This Wiki== | |||
I used to rely on Wikipedia for the sake of convenience whenever I needed to quickly reference simple facts about the 72 [[Kabbalistic angel]]s. At one time, the Wikipedia article on the angels had an excellent table containing lots of details about the angels and their relationship with the [[Goetic demon]]s. | |||
One day, I went to the article page and the table had been deleted. Some moron decided that it was not relevant to the angels because they are "not real." At that point, I decided that it was up to me to become a preserver of esoteric information. So, I created the Occult Encyclopedia, not only for my own use, but for anyone who is interested in spirituality and esoteric subjects. | |||
Managing the wiki consumes a fair amount of my time, but I tend to use the process of researching and writing articles as a form of escape. It's actually relaxing for me to create through this medium! | |||
==Fun facts== | |||
* This is the second wiki I've created out of disgust for the editors at Wikipedia. The first was [https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php Encyclopedia Westarctica]. | |||
* I once worked as a recruiter for California Psychics, the largest telephone psychic company in the world. | |||
** My second cousin (who I have never met) is one of the service's oldest and highest-paid psychics. | |||
** While working there, I met my good friend Damian Kramer, who introduced me to [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Gold Dawn]]-style [[ritual magic]]. | |||
* In 2013, I spent so much time [[meditation|meditating]] that I suffered from "meditation sickness" for several days. | |||
* When I was 10, my friend's mother insisted I was going to be a writer someday. I argued that I had no interest in that. | |||
* I started writing at the same time I discovered [[tarot]] cards, but I didn't create my own deck until 2017. | |||
* The first time I ever saw a tarot card was in the credits sequence of ''The People Under the Stairs''. | |||
==Personal beliefs== | |||
Many people are puzzled by my personal spiritual beliefs because I embrace every religious/spiritual tradition I come into contact with because I can find elements of truth in all of them. However, for my own practice, I pull out the parts which are truthful, beneficial, and elevating, while leaving the rest behind. For this reason, I do not ascribe to any single church or religion. | |||
My primary spiritual practice involves elements of: | |||
* [[Jainism]] | |||
* [[Buddhism]] | |||
* [[Judaism]] | |||
* [[Hinduism]] | |||