November 5, 2024

The Trickster generally doesn't make trouble so much as reveal the trouble inherent in the order of the world. The chaos is already there, but we want to sweep it under the rug, ignore it, pretend that the existing order of things is just and good. Read more

September 22, 2024

Of all the archetypes we're considering, the Warrior may be both the most problematic and the most promising. Why is the Warrior so fraught? Because the Powers That Be have always needed men to fight their wars....There are two words that we must focus on to understand the Warrior: "mission" and "boundaries". Read more

August 1, 2024

The Captain is in the field or on the ship with those he leads, in the fray with them, leading the charge. And the Captain cares directly for his men. He is mentor and caretaker, even if he can also be a stern taskmaster. The captain goes down with the ship because he puts his men ahead of himself. But as a leader of Warriors, he puts the mission before all. Read more

June 20, 2024

He does not command, he is not a conqueror. Instead the King is the conduit of blessings for his people. This kingship is all duty and no power, no temporal power at least. Read more

May 5, 2024

In this memeplex we can find misandry, a romantic misview of nature, a base rate fallacy, myths about violent crime and about the gender distribution of power, and a disregard of positive helping behavior by men. So there's a lot to unpack. Read more

May 1, 2024

The Preacher does not issue orders or set himself above those he speaks to in a power hierarchy. The authority he has is "moral authority", rooted in the rightness of what he says and in congruence between those words and his actions. Read more

April 4, 2024

If some part of your life is in Bad Order and you could use some aid in shaking loose from it, I suggest that this Great North American Eclipse provides a unique magickal opportunity for a reset -- especially for those in the path of totality, but you can work this ritual even if you're in an area where it's only partial. Read more

March 19, 2024

The Lover we are considering here is not necessarily a romantic or a sexual figure. The Lover's defining behavior is contemplation. In contemplation the borders become fuzzy, the self blends with the other. In the Lover we see the tension of longing, the desire to extend boundaries. Sitting at the self/other interface, the Lover is neither inward-directed like the Magician nor outward-directed like the King. Read more

February 3, 2024

We talked around it not about it the elephant in the room: the corpse in the basement a year ago I couldn’t leave Mom alone today so I drove her to the library, the grocery store neither of us mentioned my brother’s death not directly I said something about leaving my Christmas lights up a little longer so I would turn them off today She said something about the color of the flowers she bought with her groceries while she... Read more

February 1, 2024

But unlike the archetypal Magician, who is isolated in study of his art, the Healer is applying that art for the benefit of others. What really sets the Healer apart from the Magician is this connection to others. Read more


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