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Cursed: An Occult Drama
It’s that time again. Time for me to step up on my soapbox and piss people off. So here goes — I am convinced 85% of occult practitioners (regardless path or paradigm) should have pursued amateur theater. Why? Aside from the constant pageantry, preening, in-fighting, shit-talking and rumor mills among more social types, every time I turn around I meet…
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The Worst Writing Advice
A friend recently asked, “You’ve given a lot of writing advice over the years, but what’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever been given?” I actually had to sit down and think about this because most of the writing advice I’ve actually taken to heart over the years came from long-time professionals who have always been honest and sometimes even bitter…
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New Moon Enchantments
Several of my friends have brought up tonight’s new moon. It’s a special one. It’s a Super New “Black Moon”. Sounds impressive, right? Really the whole “Super” thing just means it’s close to the earth, and the “Black Moon” thing because it’s the third new moon between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Who names this stuff? Anyway – magickally…
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10 Signs You Should Invest (Your Time) in Magick
I am laughing at the title of today’s blog. I have been wanting to write a post on magick for this month and just haven’t found a good topic. So I hopped on over to HubSpot’s handy dandy Blog Topic Generator, threw in the words “Demon” and “Magick” and it gave me 5 potential blog topic headlines and this was…
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The Perils of Cat Hoarding
On suggestion of a friend, I am writing this article in hopes more people become aware of pet hoarding and the dangers it poses to the animals trapped in a hoarding situation. Let me introduce you to Leela. This is a cat that we adopted from a local cage-free shelter on January 5. Leela was rescued from a cat hoarder…
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Honest Encouragement
It’s my belief there are two types of encouragement in the world. The first is unconditional. No matter how unrealistic or idealistic one’s goals are, unconditional encouragement is where you tell someone they can do whatever they want no matter what. My mom gave me a lot of unconditional encouragement when I was growing up by telling me I could…
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Groundhogs, Magick, Cats, and Writing
So today, Phil saw his shadow and we have six more weeks of winter. This means at least six more weeks of uninterrupted writing time before spring hits and I go ga-ga for the garden. Last year was great. We had enough rain that the garden wasn’t nearly as much of a challenge to keep alive in a mountain desert. You…
