(This was initially posted on my Tumblr blog, and is being cross-posted here with some slight adjustments.) So a while back I was rambling about magic-users and sensitives and whatnot. What I was going on about is that people who are sensitive to magic are people that occupy or work in the liminal spaces, the […]
Witches in Popular Culture
Steven Posch has a brief article on what he calls witchsploitation. You know the genre. Wicker Man I (“the one without Nicholas Cage,” as a local movie marquee put it during the midnight Samhain run last year), To the Devil a Daughter…so many to choose from. Somewhere off in the sticks there are (bwa-ha-ha) still […]
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Blessings Darlings!
So, we moved. Didn’t want to, but the house we were renting went on the market, and the real estate agent and the owner agreed it was best to show it without a tenet.
Okay.
We move into the new place. There’s a little trash in the garage, no big deal, I go to move it into the garbage can for pickup. But … uh oh …
Quick Update
Setting Roots
Jacki the Pint-Sized Pirate had a little bit to say recently on wanderlust and being rootless. Wanderlust is deep in my bones and soul. Traveling is a compulsion, much like writing, not only am I incapable of ignoring it, I don’t want to. It’s every bit as addictive as my tattoos and piercings. […] I […]
Creating Gods
Taylor Ellwood talks a little but about pop-culture paganism, and pop-culture entities being “real.” What makes a pop culture character real? The connection you have with it and the interactions that occur as a result of that connection. The research you do to learn more about the character, and the way you integrate the character […]
Celtic Idolatry, past and present
Some people in Celtic Reconstruction prefer not to use images of the Gods, following the idea that the Celts themselves did not do so. A main source for this belief is a quote from the Gaulish Chieftain Brennus, who sacked Rome and was said to have been incredulous at the idea of statues of the Gods in human form in temples: “Brennus, the king of the Gauls, on entering a temple found no dedications of gold or silver, and when he came only upon images of stone and wood he laughed at them, to think that men, believing that gods have human form, should set up their images in wood and stone.” – Diodorus Siculus
Audience
Mike Sententia talked a bit about experiences explaining magic to people. I get nervous explaining magick. Even to friends, even if they believe too, even after writing this blog for four years. I expect they’ll be bored, or they’ll trivialize my work as just another visualization, another arbitrary way to communicate intent to the unconscious. […]
Solitary Practice
Carl Neal at Pagan Square offers an interesting and stressful experience in a local wooded area years past: When I opened my eyes and looked around, I saw there was a young couple on the adjoining trail with their small child. Although the look on the adult’s faces was priceless, it was clear that they […]
Magic and Narrative
Taylor Ellwood has an interesting discussion regarding magical work and narrative structure. The way words are used and even the format of the text can set up pacing for the book. For example, if you use a lot of dialogue you’re usually trying to move the narrative along. The same applies for action sequences. Now […]