Do the work to examine your unstated assumptions now, so that when you FAFO it will be a confirmation that all you’ve wanted is real and not something that sends you running back to a religion you left for very good reasons. Read more
Do the work to examine your unstated assumptions now, so that when you FAFO it will be a confirmation that all you’ve wanted is real and not something that sends you running back to a religion you left for very good reasons. Read more
I wish things were different, easier, more accepting and less combative. More cooperative and less me-first. But they aren’t, and they aren’t going to be any time soon. Keep moving. Keep living your life your way. And remember to feed your soul on a regular basis. Read more
The Star Trek future isn’t really dead. It may be dormant, but it’s still possible because we’ve imagined it. We are human and therefore perpetually imperfect. But we don’t have to build a perfect world. We just have to build a better world. Star Trek says we can, and we will. Read more
We urgently need to celebrate the Spring Equinox. In a country where the government is repressive and authoritarian, the rebel celebrates the joys of life, freedom, self-expression, and the sacredness of nature. Read more
Basic defensive magic is both essential and effective. But a “raise the drawbridge” approach to life is likely to be counterproductive, even in these difficult times. Be the Seven of Swords or the Eight of Cups, not the Four of Pentacles. Read more
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has a new book titled Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious. The error of saying that “everyone” should be anything aside, it’s good, though not perfect. But it wasn’t written for me, and probably not for you either. Read more
“Lugh isn’t coming to slay Balor, and without him the best the Tuatha De Danann could do was a stalemate. If you had reclaimed your sovereignty when I first told you, you’d be prepared for this. But better now than never – get busy.” Read more
You can wait until things get truly desperate and then start working magic. Or you can start now, before things get too desperate, while you still have time to build some magical capabilities under circumstances that aren’t yet do or die. Read more
The current chaos makes planning for the future difficult. But our choices over time become our destiny. And at some point, the destiny we build becomes more powerful than any agent of chaos. Read more
In this time of growing intolerance, the best thing some of us can do is to be as openly and loudly Pagan as we can be. Read more
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