When playing D&D, I shy away from clerics or paladins. Rangers and sorcerers have long been my favorites; no divine calling in either. I honestly had no idea what being chosen by a god was supposed to look like. What does it do? How does it proceed? What am I supposed to feel? See, or hear? How does it work? Read more
I was beginning to think I'd lost my abilities to read—one of the few mystically oriented things I am comfortable in saying I am good at. My confidence took a beating. Read more
Among the many things rattling around my skull, approaching the concept of Witchcraft with mental illness gives me the most pause. When one's brain is chemically imbalanced, it poses an extra layer of guess-work and mistrust to most subjects. Not least of which is those things that profess to healing or control. Read more
Between the lines is where I live. Where I operate best. It's my identity and my mission statement. Between the lines is how I like to splash my colors and watch them bleed through; even my tattoo spreads beyond its black borders. I am drawn to the suggestion of structure, and yearn for the freedom to push beyond it. Read more
My privilege is enormous and my history, although rich in culture of its own, is predicated heavily on colonialism and delusions of grandeur and the Judeo-Christ figure. And linzer tortes. Eventually, I grew old enough to recognize and understand cultural relevancy. That was the time I first felt disconnected. Read more
The magic I know today, I know because I grew up reading it. But when I looked for it out here in the real world, I couldn't find it. No matter how often I chased it... Read more
Brain Weasels: "You are or you aren't a witch. Magic isn't real. Everybody will think you're goth. You can't even do magic. You don't really believe, anyway. What are you going to do, go join a coven and wear enough silver to drown in a swimming pool? Please. Everyone will only look down on you. Don't be just another fad!" Read more
Gone Witching
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