Even miracles, it turns out, are only temporary. It's tempting to get angry about that, to shake a fist at the sky and demand an answer from the universe about how it can give us something wonderful and then take it away. Read more
Even miracles, it turns out, are only temporary. It's tempting to get angry about that, to shake a fist at the sky and demand an answer from the universe about how it can give us something wonderful and then take it away. Read more
She's not the first regular patient of mine there to pass on, but she was only in her mid 40s, with kids still in school; that hits different. It is an honor and a blessing and a privilege to do this work. But today, no question, it kicked me in the heart. Read more
We have to work together. The system of exploitative capitalism, the "1%" that runs the world is quite happy to see people squabbling, "canceling" each other over culture war issues, staying lonely and perplexed, fearful and suspicious of each other. So I offer this theme for the year and this sigil, to manifest partnership in different aspects of life -- both being open to finding partners for life, for business, for artistic creation, for magick, for building a better world, for all these things -- and also trying to be a good partner myself. Read more
Tonight, I turned on the holiday lights and set up my little Winter Solstice ritual of keeping candles and oil lamps going through the night, to guide back the sun. Back in January 2017, I started another holiday tradition of leaving my lights on through Imbolc (which I’ve always taken as February 2, Candlemas and Groundhog Day, though many folks take it as February 1). It was the immediate aftermath of my mother’s medical crisis , and the start of... Read more
It's a simple syllogism: Comfort the dying. Everyone is dying. Therefore, comfort everyone. In this time of increasing anger towards the "other" -- whether the "other" for you is the blue-haired non-binary person or the red-hatted MAGA voter -- it seems a radical idea. Read more
In a time when so many are deliberately cutting off communication -- calling for their political opponents to be censored, or celebrating the idea of going "no contact" with their families over political or cultural disagreements -- I think we need to take a stand for keeping the lines of communication open. Read more
So I'm making that my theme for 2025: communication. Let the way be opened, not just between the realm of spirit and the realm of humanity, but within the realm of humanity.Let's fix our mailboxes so we can receive messages from all over. We don't have to agree with the people sending those messages, but if we're going to solve our planetary problems, we have to hear the messages. Read more
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
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
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
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