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May 2021

May 05, 2021

Nonbinary Magic for All at BTV Conference

Nonbinary magic is for anyone, of any gender, and any path, for there is a...

April 2021

April 27, 2021

Making Room for Anger in Your Life and Practice

Anger is an incredibly powerful emotion that can facilitate amazing transformations, but can also be...

April 02, 2021

Cats Can Teach Us Many Fantastic Spiritual and Personal Lessons

When observing cats, we can learn a lot about how different dynamics, actions, and attitudes...

February 2021

February 17, 2021

Trauma Response and Trying to Find Joy

Navigating trauma response is not easy. There is no one answer to the problem of...

February 10, 2021

Accountability Culture, Personal Responsibility, and Our Communities

Accountability is key to personal and community growth, healing and reconciliation, and achieving peaceful intersectional...

February 03, 2021

What Exactly Is the Point of Divination Anyway?

Divination is one of the few fundamentally human activities found anywhere and anywhen. Buy why do...

January 2021

January 18, 2021

Working With Fear as a Positive Force for Good

If we are conscientious and deliberate, we can work with fear to choose responses and...

January 11, 2021

Practicing Loving Honesty Instead of Brutal Honesty

It is important to be completely honest with yourself, at all times. I believe that...

January 04, 2021

Why “Haters Mean I am Doing Something Right” Is Wrong

Sure, having haters does not inherently mean you are doing something wrong, but it also...

December 2020

December 23, 2020

What Chronic Pain Can Teach Us About Avoiding Shadow Work

Doing shadow work is hard. Managing chronic pain is hard. Both have less negative impact on quality...

November 2020

November 12, 2020

Toxic Forgiveness and Warring Definitions of Forgiveness

Instead of promoting healing, toxic forgiveness usually gives perpetrators a free pass on bad behavior...

October 2020

October 31, 2020

May Samhain Blessings be Upon the World

I do not feel much like celebrating Samhain this year, but there is a great...

October 26, 2020

Is It Fate, Cause and Effect, Coincidence, or Self-Determination?

How the events of our lives shape reality is a complicated mess of interrelations, cause...

October 06, 2020

Embodiment – The Magic of Claiming Ownership of Your Body

Claiming unconditional ownership of your own body has profound positive implications for mental, emotional, physical,...

August 2020

August 05, 2020

Shadow Work and the Magic of Critical Introspection

Shadow work is profoundly important. If you do not understand what lives in your shadow,...