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February 2022

February 01, 2022

Piercing Portents: Learning to Live with Psychic Flashes

The only thing worse than being a bush-league prophet is being a bush-league prophet that...

January 2022

January 12, 2022

Episcopagan: The Musical

When cradle Episcopalians get together, they immediately start debating the merits of Rite 1 vs. Rite...

January 11, 2022

On the Tolerance of Intolerance

It's the Law of Eristic Escalation: When we apply destructive order by tolerating intolerance, the...

December 2021

December 21, 2021

In Which I Literally Beat a Dead Horse: A Yuletide Yarn

This post has a lot of moving parts. Much like a horse skeleton. But if...

December 11, 2021

And That’s How Poseidon Saved Christmas

The God of the sea, the patron saint of sailors, and the gender-neutral Santa debacle...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

Phallusmagoria

If you're contributing to the marginalization of a community to which you claim membership, you're...

November 10, 2021

Nothing Compares UU

My dad, whose standard reaction to any career goal I express is, "I mean... if...

November 07, 2021

An Erisian Hand of Glory

The Hand of Glory causes bodies at rest to remain motionless. The Five Fingered Hand...

October 2021

October 15, 2021

The Wasp Nest of Damocles: an Old-Timey Chaos Grammarye

Try as I might, I could not find any useful spells involving wasps. So I...

October 11, 2021

A Confirmation Bias Carnivalia, Wherein I Choose Violence. Also Wicca.

You know that gross feeling you get when someone you can't stand says something profound?...

September 2021

September 21, 2021

The God of Sea Snails, and Other Queer Myths

Allow me to introduce Nerites and Anteros: a couple of lesser-known but fabulous Greek Gods...

September 13, 2021

A Discordian Interview with Devin Hunter

I asked bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, and all-around prominent occultist Devin Hunter to submit to...

September 09, 2021

In Which the Witch Understands Why the Maids Always Quit

My design aesthetic is basically a Spirit Halloween delivery truck crashing through the front window...

September 08, 2021

And Then I Panicked and Joined the Satanic Temple

The Great Nation of Texas is a frightening place to live right now, y'all. And...

September 03, 2021

Gardnerian All Along

I'm used to situations where somebody says, "You know how Gardnerians are," and I say,...

August 2021

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 14, 2021

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

My friends all thought I was joining a cult. By the end of my first...

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 28, 2021

Horizontal Hostility and the Butterfly Effect

Marginalized folks are still fighting for the right to exist, and those who read "normal"...

May 2021

May 03, 2021

Discordian Jubilees: Discoflux (Or, Staying Alive)

The boundaries between worlds are as thin now as they are in late October. It's a...

April 2021

April 13, 2021

Shamanic Sobriety

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

April 01, 2021

Treading the Rumor Mill

Initiates should (at least theoretically) be able to trust one another. When gossip-mongering disrupts that trust, the entire...

February 2021

February 24, 2021

Defying Sanity

It can be a struggle to respond tactfully when a fellow Pagan does or says...

January 2021

January 30, 2021

Officer of the Fivefold Law

Who is this witch, anyway? An introductory Q & A session with the newest blogger...