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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...

January 2025

January 07, 2025

Communication: A Sigil for 2025

In a time when so many are deliberately cutting off communication -- calling for their...

December 2024

December 31, 2024

Fixing the Mailbox: A Holiday Omen

So I'm making that my theme for 2025: communication. Let the way be opened, not...

November 2024

November 05, 2024

Masculine Archetypes: Trickster at Samhain & Election Day

The Trickster generally doesn't make trouble so much as reveal the trouble inherent in the...

September 2024

September 22, 2024

Masculine Archetypes: The Warrior at Mabon

Of all the archetypes we're considering, the Warrior may be both the most problematic and...

August 2024

August 01, 2024

Masculine Archetypes: The Captain at Lughnasadh

The Captain is in the field or on the ship with those he leads, in...

June 2024

June 20, 2024

Masculine Archetypes: The King At Midsummer

He does not command, he is not a conqueror. Instead the King is the conduit...

May 2024

May 01, 2024

Masculine Archetypes: The Preacher at Beltane

The Preacher does not issue orders or set himself above those he speaks to in...

March 2024

March 19, 2024

Masculine Archetypes: The Lover at Ostara

The Lover we are considering here is not necessarily a romantic or a sexual figure....

February 2024

February 01, 2024

Masculine Archetypes: The Healer (Shaman/Smith) at Imbolc

But unlike the archetypal Magician, who is isolated in study of his art, the Healer...

December 2023

December 21, 2023

Masculine Archetypes: The Magician at Midwinter

The archetypal Magician is the keeper of hidden knowledge, the master of special skills and...

September 2023

September 18, 2023

Grieving The Summer

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

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...

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...

January 2022

January 08, 2022

Shifting: A 2022 Sigil

As I was thinking about the new year, the word that came to mind is...

December 2021

December 18, 2021

Thirteenth Amendment Day

Perhaps when we wish each other "Happy Holidays" in recognition of the number of festivals...

April 2021

April 29, 2021

Happy Walpurgisnacht!

It conveniently happened that Walpurga was canonized on May 1 of 870 (or so), when...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

Yule Movies: Returning from the Darkness

So as we find ourselves in a darker Yule than usual, remember that you have...

December 17, 2020

Getting Things Moving With Frankincense and Myrrh

This spell uses these stagnation-busting powers on a higher level, to free stuck energy. Can't...

December 10, 2020

Crappy Holidays!

This Yuletide season is looking bleak. So what can we do when things suck?

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...

June 2020

June 15, 2020

Honeysuckle and Fireflies

Yes, the plague is killing thousands! and Yes, the oppressors are brutal! and Yes, the...

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...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

It’s A New Year Until Imbolc

The year remains New until Imbolc, more or less midway between December's winter solstice and...

December 16, 2019

Yule: Keeping The Pilot Light On

I've done it every year since, and I'm come to think of it as keeping...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

Thanksgiving Isn’t Colonialist…

The 1621 celebration was not identified by anyone as the "First Thanksgiving" until 1841, when...

October 2019

October 30, 2019

Working with Jizo Bodhisattva at Samhain

Death is the great mystery, the undiscovered country, the unavoidable confrontation with the boundaries of...