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December 2024

December 15, 2024
The stories of our ancestors tell of magicians who cursed kings and of kings who...
December 08, 2024
“To keep silence” is an important principle of magic. But some people are saying you...
December 04, 2024
Humans are like metals. We can absorb a few things, but push us past our...
December 01, 2024
Is there a spiritual war going on? The forces of Oppression and Conformity certainly think...

November 2024

November 20, 2024
Conservative columnist and Orthodox Christian Rod Dreher’s new book "Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and...
November 17, 2024
Some of y’all don’t know what an ally is, and that’s causing harm for you...
November 13, 2024
This isn’t what we wanted, but it is what we prepared for. This is why...
November 10, 2024
Sometimes you have to choose a side. I choose witchcraft.
November 07, 2024
Acknowledge your feelings – they’re real. Take care of yourself, whatever that means for you....

October 2024

October 30, 2024
While we need to be prepared for any contingency, it does us no good to...
October 27, 2024
Our mainstream society likes to ignore death and hide it away. But sooner or later,...
October 20, 2024
I see no reason to separate our celebrations into “secular” and “sacred.” They’re all part...
October 13, 2024
I don’t want to talk about what witchcraft is – I want to talk about...
October 02, 2024
I watched a lot of horror movies this year. I eliminated the ones that weren’t...

September 2024

September 29, 2024
The apologists of Threads aren’t trying to convert atheists so much as they’re trying to...
September 22, 2024
I have friends who don’t like either candidate in the upcoming election and are considering...
September 18, 2024
Someone asked “what is your reading style?” I gave a brief response (“calm and focused...
September 12, 2024
I’m too busy with my own Gods to pay much attention to the spiritual persons...
September 08, 2024
It’s not enough to walk away from a bad religion – true healing requires finding...
September 01, 2024
Good divination begins with a good question – vague questions lead to vague answers. But...

August 2024

August 27, 2024
People say that as you get older, you get more conservative. That may be true...
August 20, 2024
Religious questions are inherently uncertain. In the absence of conclusive evidence, doubt is unavoidable. But...
August 12, 2024
Pagans trying to copy Christian models didn’t work, and trying to copy “none of the...
August 08, 2024
The best movies don’t just entertain you – they also make you think. The Wicker...
August 01, 2024
In 1941 Dion Fortune instructed her order to stop concentrating on defense and start visualizing...

July 2024

July 29, 2024
This year’s Mystic South conference in Atlanta was good as usual. Here are 11 observations...
July 21, 2024
What I saw from the Republican National Convention confirmed what I already knew – Donald...
July 17, 2024
Sometimes the problem isn’t that I go too far with deep spiritual and magical experiences,...
July 14, 2024
A God of inhospitable places and a God of chaos is a God nonetheless. In...
July 10, 2024
An Evangelical blogger asks if ecstatic religious experiences are rational, and if it’s good for...
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