So I had a job interview. I had a second interview for the same job. This is a good sign. It is a sales position. I’m not normally enthusiastic about sales positions. I’m not generally suited for aggressive sales. That kind of high energy persuasion wears me out quickly. But the nature of this job […]
Magic in the American Fabric
My family is typical, very American in that we are diverse and representing of every demographic that makes this country the culture it is. My ancestors migrated from region to region all over this place, collecting the folk magic and superstitions of the cultures we encountered, adopted or descended from. We are a blend of the typical American bloodlines; various kinds of European, Native American, African and Latin American. My generation, my siblings and I, are the culmination of hundreds of years of immigration, adoption, homesteading and assimilating on this land. From my family and my own experience moving along the West Coast; being raised by Southerners in the Southwest and later the Pacific Northwest, I have developed a kind of strange and intimate relationship with regional forms of folk-magic in America– things I never really thought about as being cross-cultural syncretic religious practices turned out to have heavy and deep roots, and I’ve dedicated most of my life to researching the roots of magic and witchcraft through my family.
Have you seen this Douche?
Junior McShellingtons
Have you Seen This Douche?
Hi all… This is Junior McShellingtons.
I met Junior (CaptainMcDoucheyPants) on tumblr. He seemed like a pretty alright individual, so the friendship moved to FB as well.
It turns out that Junior is a fantastic douchetard.
It was on FB that the Captain … Read the rest
Irish Megalithic Tombs
Author: Elizabeth Shee Twohig
Series: A Shire Archaeology Book
Publisher: Shire Publications
Published: First Edition 1990, Second Edition 2004, this is from the second edition.
Review: I’ve always been fascinated by the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland and this is why I bought this book.
celebration of nothing
I find myself walking down a familiar road. I observe that the wheat field is covered in a sheen of frost. The ground crunches beneath my feet and I’m like wth? It’s supposed to be spring. “I believe your gran called it blackberry winter” says a voice beside me. I look to see my old […]
Start Menu – Part 3 – Energy Work for Beginners
Blessings Darlings!
In preparing to write this segment, I pulled more than a dozen books off my bookshelves to see what THEY said about beginning energy work. The books, none aimed at adepts or masters or anything, ranged from Women’s Spirituality to Qabala to Ceremonial Magic and beyond, and since I couldn’t find my copy of The Spiral Dance yet I looked at the index of that one online.
Ragnarokk: Getting Organized
I think I am going to be starting a semi-regular feature on my blog that highlights free online, tablet/phone and computer tools for organization and other things. I tried it once before on my old blog, but there really wasn’t any focus involved. Going to start from scratch.
#ragnarokk
Start Menu – Part two – Focus your mind.
Blessings Darlings!
Having addressed your mundane life in the last “Start Menu” post, let’s move on to another issue, focusing your mind/attention.
No magic here yet – it all comes down to practice!
The Start Menu – Part 1 – Mundane
Blessings Darlings!
So you want to get started in magic/Pagan spirituality/mysticism/whatever. Congratulations! But where do you start? I take a Maslovian view of this – that you start with the mundane.
Therefore, you’d start with things like…
Fairy Witchcraft: A Neopagan’s Guide to the Celtic Fairy Faith
Author: Morgan Daimler
Series: Pagan Portals
Review: If you know me well, you’d know that the moment I see the word Fairy in any book title I tend to run away and hide. The only reason I actually read this book is because I knew the author was a great researcher and an honest writer who tells it like it is. Plus it was a fairly short read and I was curious about the subject matter.