Dream Journal: 2013-11-09.01

Weaver is summoned to meet and greet the new king. But the king only has eyes for breasts and bling. Can Weaver keep her cool and complete her mission? Later she finds herself stuck in a nuclear reactor complex with a psychopath and the man hunting him. Leaving that, she heads home and finds there are more than potholes on the freeway. Some should be placed quickly out of mind.

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Left Hand, Right Hand

I hear a lot of equivocating about the “Right-Hand” versus the “Left-Hand” paths in the metaphysical community. This is very deeply rooted in Occidental occultism, and very much tied to the white/black magic dichotomy. And of course, we all know that the Right-Hand path is better, and that White Magick is better, right? After all, […]

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Understanding Paganism

A while ago Teo Bishop wrote this post about what kind of pagan he is. It’s a very powerful piece, and I recommend that you take the time to read it. Really, read it. First, I’d like to note that in many ways, I am not the same kind of Pagan Teo is. I’d also […]

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Honoring Intuition

When you see something up ahead, but get confused on time and wait for it, and start to doubt yourself One of the downsides of reading tarot and having a nonstandard view of time is that you sometimes get glimpses of things that haven’t happened yet. This can be especially problematic if there is a […]

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Selago – Club-moss

“Similar to savin is the herb known as “selago.” Care is taken to gather it without the use of iron, the right hand being passed for the purpose through the left sleeve of the tunic, as though the gatherer were in the act of committing a theft. The clothing(…)

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Court Cards

Even someone who has read tarot as long as I have gets hung up on some stuff. I’m not afraid to admit that at the last psychic fair I read at, I drew a complete blank and had to give the young lady her money back. (It was even more awkward because I then gave […]

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Irish Recommended Reading List – The Short Version

I realized that while I did a post on resources for the Irish language and another on online resources for Irish Mythology, I hadn’t actually done a recommended reading list(…)

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Recovered Memories

When I was in my early twenties, I delved briefly into Scientology. I didn’t get into the high levels, mind you, so technically what I was doing wasn’t Scientology, it was Dianetics. But it was an interesting concept to me. In case you’re not familiar with Dianetics, or are only familiar with the crazy alien […]

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Nation Novel Writing Month

 I am doing Nation Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this year for the first time. The past few years I have sat and watched many of my friends do it and felt rather(…)

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The Spirit of Chirotus Past

Yesterday I published an account of a gnostic experience I had over the weekend. This experience was a complex one, and it involved several phases, only two of which I discussed. Those were a reading I received by a woman in some manner of trance, and part of the experience I had during the Dumb […]

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