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April 2026

April 06, 2026

The Future Is Uncertain: Be The Best Pagan You Can Be

I can’t pretend all this doesn’t bother me and I question the ethics of those...

March 2026

March 15, 2026

Sometimes You Just Have To Trust Yourself

Sometimes you can’t see what’s coming. Sometimes you can’t plan your way around trouble. Sometimes...

February 2026

February 11, 2026

Of Course Things Feel “Off” Right Now

I’ve lost track of how many times someone has told me “something feels off.” The...

September 2025

September 21, 2025

Spiritual Sources of our Current Troubles

Factual reporting and relevant analysis are more than helpful – they’re necessary. But secular news...

July 2025

July 20, 2025

Still Moving Towards The Star, Uneasily

The people I talked to at Mystic South were frustrated, fearful, and angry. But they...

October 2024

October 13, 2024

What Is Witchcraft For?

I don’t want to talk about what witchcraft is – I want to talk about...

August 2024

August 01, 2024

The Rising of the Star

In 1941 Dion Fortune instructed her order to stop concentrating on defense and start visualizing...

July 2024

July 14, 2024

The Necessity of Chaos and the Divinity of Set

A God of inhospitable places and a God of chaos is a God nonetheless. In...

June 2024

June 30, 2024

Tower Time Is Still Very Much With Us

I stopped talking about Tower Time because too many people were expecting an apocalypse or...

October 2023

October 22, 2023

We Can Temper Fate With Free Will

We ignore fate at our peril. At the same time, we do ourselves no favors...

March 2023

March 26, 2023

The Gorgon’s Guide to Magical Resistance

This is a small, short, tightly-focused spell book. It contains sigils, spells, prayers, and rituals...

March 19, 2023

Living Well is Also the Best Battle Strategy

War metaphors can be useful, but eventually they break down and leave people asking “so...

March 15, 2023

The Great War in the Otherworld and in this World

For all that it’s important to pay attention to what’s going on in this world,...

February 2023

February 01, 2023

We’re Living in an Era of High Magic

We have more opportunities to learn magic and to work magic than any of our...

October 2022

October 05, 2022

Surviving and Succeeding in Difficult Times

I can’t tell you everything is going to be OK, because it’s not. But we...

September 2022

September 08, 2022

From “A New Age is Dawning” to “Tower Time” – What It Means When People Predict Bad Times

For 300 years, people in the West lived in an era of near-continuous progress. Everyone...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

Living in Tower Time

How do we prepare for Tower Time? How do we make our way through it?...

July 2022

July 31, 2022

Masks and Closets

Let’s be honest: the environment is hostile right now. I think it’s safe to assume...

July 21, 2022

Mystic South 2022: A Necessary Retreat

“I needed this more than I realized.” That was my first and strongest thought as...

July 06, 2022

In-Between Places: A New Story for These Times

We need a new narrative. We need a new story. We need a story that...

May 2022

May 29, 2022

When a Mainstream Writer Sees the Bad Guys Using Magic

A “lapsed Catholic” writer says regressive politicians are working magic to help them turn the...

April 2022

April 26, 2022

Dealing With Reality, Because I’m Too Old to Wait and See

Given that the world is moving in directions I don’t like, how do I want...

February 2022

February 22, 2022

Dealing With the Realities of a Long Descent

Too many of us think James Carville spoke the eternal truth in 1992 when he...

January 2022

January 04, 2022

A Guide to Living in Interesting Times

Living in interesting times is no fun. We don’t have to like it, but we...

December 2021

December 21, 2021

Just Keep Moving

Our Gods are not divine helicopter parents – I’ve heard one consistent message throughout this...

December 02, 2021

The Currents of Magic are Getting Stronger

Our world is becoming a more magical world, for good and for ill. There’s more...

October 2021

October 19, 2021

Building For A Future We Won’t See

I’m used to my Gods not showing me Their plans. I trust Them and I...

September 2021

September 05, 2021

Adapting to a Difficult Future – We Can Do This

It’s difficult to accept that the future you thought was coming – a future you...

August 2021

August 10, 2021

Time to Go Deep

The lies, misinformation, and general dysfunction in our government and in our society have me...

July 2021

July 20, 2021

Miracles, Myths, and Magic

If you’re in a difficult situation, do what you can to improve it, or to...