Thus the Ouija board, with roots in Swedenborgian and Spiritualist philosophies that put a benevolent God in firm charge of the universe with no room for a Devil, regarded for decades as something safe enough for Normal Rockwell and I Love Lucy, became a prime target of America's Satanic Panic because it was included in a scary movie. Read more
It conveniently happened that Walpurga was canonized on May 1 of 870 (or so), when her remains were relocated to church. This provided cover for people to celebrate the old pagan cross-quarter day under pretext of venerating the saint. Read more
Had a visitor to the neighborhood on Sunday who seemed worth commemorating in a poem. So: the fox stands under the streetlight and screams his song up at my window it’s 1am Easter morning I’m up late working (the “day job” even though it’s night, nothing creative) but this little redhead sounds his barbaric yawp over the roofs of the suburbs and calls me back to something untranslatable Read more
That's obviously not an Odal rune. It's a square stage set at 45 degrees, with two walkways to it (for that dynamic motion of two speakers entering at the same time), and three large video screens on risers as a backdrop. Read more
Magick is about change. But change is always happening. What sets magick apart is that it is willed change. A magickian makes change happen in the way that they wish — “in conformity with Will,” as Uncle Aleister put it. Read more
Rush Limbaugh's angry, nationalistic faux populism paved the way for Trumpism, and I will not miss or mourn him.But we should be careful not to damage our own hearts and minds by celebrating the suffering of a human being. Any human being. Read more
As we are dealing with a plague such as some of my ancestors survived, and the desired outcome is health for the body which carries on their legacy, it seems appropriate to do some ancestor work. Read more
When fallacies about the ends justifying the means are set aside and we must judge only the means, how do we draw the lines between legitimate protest, civil disobedience, rioting, self-defense, insurrection, and sedition? Read more
So as we find ourselves in a darker Yule than usual, remember that you have rescue missions to go on (even if not as dramatic as leaping into a river or engaging in a firefight). Don't give in to despair. Read more
This spell uses these stagnation-busting powers on a higher level, to free stuck energy. Can't move on from some emotional trauma? Feeling stuck in a life circumstance? Feel like the flow of your life energy is constricted? This is a spell you can use. Read more
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