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August 2026

August 05, 2026

Starwood 2026 — This Is Not A Review

Know that part of the magick is that you are where you need to be....

March 2026

March 11, 2026

Miracles Are Only Temporary

Even miracles, it turns out, are only temporary. It's tempting to get angry about that,...

February 2026

February 04, 2026

Thank You, Ms. G.

She's not the first regular patient of mine there to pass on, but she was...

January 2026

January 02, 2026

Partnering Up in 2026

We have to work together. The system of exploitative capitalism, the "1%" that runs the...

December 2025

December 21, 2025

Holiday Lights, Solstice Fires, and Jizo’s Jewel

Tonight, I turned on the holiday lights and set up my little Winter Solstice ritual...

April 2024

April 04, 2024

Eclipse 2024: Ritual For A Reset

If some part of your life is in Bad Order and you could use some...

February 2024

February 03, 2024

some things you just can’t fix

We talked around it not about it the elephant in the room: the corpse in...

September 2023

September 28, 2023

The Flautist In The Woods

It's an old cliche that "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear", but...

September 18, 2023

Grieving The Summer

Autumn is the season of metal, associated with grieving and letting go. It is also...

August 2023

August 02, 2023

Speaking to the Dead on the Wind Phone

So when I saw that someone had set up a "wind phone" at the Starwood...

July 2023

July 07, 2023

For Best Magical Results, Set Your Intention

And that means that for the best results, the magician must be clear about what...

March 2023

March 30, 2023

Death, Dogs, and Cherry Blossoms

As if to fit that mood, there was trash dumped in my old playground, and...

February 2023

February 10, 2023

Eulogy For A Difficult Brother

How do we eulogize people who were difficult to others and to themselves? And how...

February 04, 2023

My Brother Died Today

But right now I'm tempted to consider whether putting unglamorous photos of dead alcoholics up...

January 2023

January 02, 2023

Assemble: A Sigil for 2023

American society is dis-integrating, becoming disconnected. That's killing people. It's urgent that we find ways...

December 2022

December 20, 2022

Yule: Holding Space For The Light

It's useless to judge a candle that gets blown out in the wind; my job...

September 2022

September 15, 2022

Parental Death, Ancestor Work, And The Search For Love

My father is five years dead, and his death was a great blow. But I...

June 2022

June 23, 2022

What We Owe The Babies

"It's what we owe the past. What we owe those who invented speech, writing, mathematics,...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

The Serenity of Shikata Ga Nai

You can't solve the halting problem, you can't make someone love you, and you can't...

September 2021

September 23, 2021

A Sigil For Letting Go

In traditional East Asian medicine, autumn is the season associated with Metal in the "Five...

July 2021

July 28, 2021

Dionysus Will F**k You Up

Dionysus can take you places and give you power and freedom if you respect him...

May 2021

May 26, 2021

1917: The Real Start of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

British imperialism shaped how Zionism developed, betrayed the Arabs of Palestine, and is a root...

November 2020

November 10, 2020

Samhain Magick: Deer and Planetary Conjunctions

Some will offer you a pre-designed, classical system for doing this. That's fine but my...

August 2020

August 02, 2020

Blackberries and Bitterness at Lammastide

The past few days have been among the worst in my life. I find that...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

Making Magic and Change During COVID-19

This period of change isn't over and will not be for some time. That means...

April 2020

April 05, 2020

A Tarot Reading For The (April) Fool

If we accept the Way of the Fool, we can keep perfect hope even at...

March 2020

March 19, 2020

COVID-19: We’re All In This Together

A bit more than twenty years ago, after my 30th birthday, I went away for...

February 2020

February 09, 2020

We All Get To Do Everything, Because We’re All Everyone

I seldom remember my dreams, but sometimes they are humdingers. From this one came a...

January 2020

January 20, 2020

“You Will Not Be Left Alone” (52 Make-Up, Week 2)

Divine voices work mysteriously

January 07, 2020

Who Am I?

Fifty is a big landmark. And now that I've almost gotten there, in some ways...