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September 2025

September 13, 2025

Zach Cregger Thinks I’m a Parasite: A Weaponized Review

After sitting through WEAPONS, I can no longer feign interest in social commentary from heterosexual...

August 2025

August 21, 2025

Lucky Thirteen and Not Thinking About Drinking

If this had all gone down in early 2012, I would've been escorted out of...

February 2025

February 28, 2025

Snitches Get Stitches, Heather

I am being encouraged to promote my upcoming book, and my knee-jerk response is, "Come...

November 2024

November 07, 2024

The Next Right Thing

A loaf of bread, a container of milk, a dystopian future, and a stick of...

April 2024

April 21, 2024

A Warlock with a Bible Has Entered the Chat

As Pagans, we would all do well to keep a Bible around. But only because...

February 2024

February 20, 2024

Chaos Veiling (or, Making Du)

Color me surprised by how quickly things went from "experimentally wearing a hat" to "unpacking...

December 2023

December 28, 2023

Hecate for the Holidays

If you take a step towards God, God will run to you. And if you...

November 2023

November 10, 2023

Paganocidal Tendencies (or, Frenemies at the Festival)

A record of my spiritual development, and a harbinger of whatever bizarre situation my friend...

December 2022

December 03, 2022

The Wiccan Under the Bed

Whenever I publish an article with "Wicca" in the title, someone immediately complains. And fear...

August 2022

August 17, 2022

Anatomy of a Witch Oracle: A Neurodiverse Review

How the oracle already seems to know me better than I know myself is beyond...

August 11, 2022

Persephone and the Poultry of the Night

Depression lies, y'all. Don't forget that.

August 04, 2022

Broom Closet Blitz: Getting Outed as a Witch

As much as I love being described as a Dungeons & Dragons character, it's surprisingly...

July 2022

July 31, 2022

Fermented Gods and a Decade of Sober Witchcraft

I spent a big chunk of my life repeatedly sticking a fork in my eye...

May 2022

May 28, 2022

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Baywatch

If a victim gets banged up during an ocean rescue, they can still recover. But...

May 12, 2022

Read to Sludge: Divination, Auto Repair, and Honesty Over Temptation

I never again want to get myself into a situation where I'm second-guessing not swindling...

March 2022

March 27, 2022

I’m Not Like a Regular Wiccan. I’m a Cool Wiccan.

When one believes oneself to be the piece of shit at the center of the...

February 2022

February 25, 2022

The Love Spell That Didn’t Work

Sometimes, the spells that seem to fail provide happier endings than the ones that succeed.

February 19, 2022

Discordian Jubilees: Chaoflux

Chaoflux is a day to set goals for the coming year. It is also an...

December 2021

December 18, 2021

Ring Out Solstice Bees

No one would fault me if I just curled up in the shadows, because it...

December 08, 2021

Discordian Jubilees: Afflux

Afflux is a time to reflect on destruction and creation, to examine things that have...

September 2021

September 27, 2021

How to Become the Undisputed Ruler of a Polytheistic Religion in Five Easy Steps

Just follow this simple process, and you’ll be on your way to commanding a Pagan...

September 01, 2021

Witch This, Not That: Shadow Work

If you want to pursue "shadow work" as part of your personal Witchcraft practice, that's...

August 2021

August 26, 2021

Sisyphus Shrugged: A Stab at Defining Paganism

Paganism is a collective term for modern-day belief systems with roots in the pre-Christian religions...

August 16, 2021

Screaming Jackalope and the New Warrior Training Adventure, Part the Third

The conclusion of my New Warrior weekend: final thoughts, future reflections, and parking guidelines.

August 15, 2021

Screaming Jackalope and the New Warrior Training Adventure, Part the Second

The next installment of my New Warrior weekend, in which I learn that straight dudes...

August 09, 2021

Vampires Anonymous (a Very Short Play in One Act)

There have been a lot of memorable moments over the past nine years of sobriety,...

June 2021

June 18, 2021

It’s All Fun and Games Until the Trees Start Hugging Back

By popular demand, it's the highly-anticipated return of the Sense Fairy.

June 02, 2021

Sri Syadasti and the Season of Confusion

Today, we celebrate a Discordian Apostle while deconstructing the only joke in the Principia Discordia...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

Validity, Interrupted

She asked what Tradition I practiced, so I told her. And without so much as...

April 13, 2021

Shamanic Sobriety

It may seem discordant to talk about the 12 Steps in terms of shamanism. However,...