Magick is about change. But change is always happening. What sets magick apart is that it is willed change. A magickian makes change happen in the way that they wish — “in conformity with Will,” as Uncle Aleister put it. Read more
Magick is about change. But change is always happening. What sets magick apart is that it is willed change. A magickian makes change happen in the way that they wish — “in conformity with Will,” as Uncle Aleister put it. Read more
Rush Limbaugh's angry, nationalistic faux populism paved the way for Trumpism, and I will not miss or mourn him.But we should be careful not to damage our own hearts and minds by celebrating the suffering of a human being. Any human being. Read more
As we are dealing with a plague such as some of my ancestors survived, and the desired outcome is health for the body which carries on their legacy, it seems appropriate to do some ancestor work. Read more
When fallacies about the ends justifying the means are set aside and we must judge only the means, how do we draw the lines between legitimate protest, civil disobedience, rioting, self-defense, insurrection, and sedition? Read more
So as we find ourselves in a darker Yule than usual, remember that you have rescue missions to go on (even if not as dramatic as leaping into a river or engaging in a firefight). Don't give in to despair. Read more
This spell uses these stagnation-busting powers on a higher level, to free stuck energy. Can't move on from some emotional trauma? Feeling stuck in a life circumstance? Feel like the flow of your life energy is constricted? This is a spell you can use. Read more
This Yuletide season is looking bleak. So what can we do when things suck? Read more
Some will offer you a pre-designed, classical system for doing this. That's fine but my taste runs more towards a do-it-yourself, make-it-up-as-you-go-along, improvisational style -- the sort that allows me to trip over magick while taking the dog for a walk. Read more
Rather than an 1860s style civil war, I foresee something more like the Irish Troubles: a long, drawn-out, low level social and political conflict spilling over into a cycle of sectarian terrorist violence, a cycle of attacks and reprisals and counter-reprisals and counter-counter-reprisals. Read more
Even if the Bread and Roses Party itself is never heard from again after this cycle, it represents an approach which can help inform our work building that replacement, and I'm proud to give it my vote and my endorsement. Read more
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