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Impostor Syndrome – Reflections
For years I avoided teaching at writer conferences because I didn’t think I was good enough. I thought getting a contract with a publisher on my first novel was just dumb luck. I was so terrified to be around other, more experienced writers because I feared they would find out that I was just pretending to be something I wasn’t.…
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Submerging into the Demiurge
For those who have been following me here, on my newsletter, or on my Patreon, you know that one of the books I’m currently working on is a book about Leviathan and the Demiurge. Sometimes books take longer for me to write just because I need to put in the actual magickal work before I start putting things to paper.…
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Everything Roses
In tarot, the symbol of roses suggests everything is in balance. Perhaps that’s why roses keep showing up in my life. The hectic schedule is finally starting to wind down and I’m tremendously excited for 2019. I have a lot going on. However, I have to remember that I still have a few things to pull out of the hat…
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Manifestations #amwriting #DoMagick
Manifestation I want to take a moment to talk about the manifestation of the magick I’ve been working within the past two years. Done right, all magick will manifest. It just may not manifest in the ways we expect or always want. We can try to be picky/choosy, but sometimes the divine has a mind of its own and the…
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Summoning 1 – The Muse is Back! #DoMagick
I woke up earlier today just to make sure I had time to perform the ritual as written with a few additions. I do better when I memorize what I’m going to say without having to read from a script. Hence the reason I keep orations short and sweet. I probably could have done more stretching this morning. I’ll do…
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All of the Days + Divination #DoMagick
February has been a LONG month of editing and self-work, and was helped along (moderately) by the daily chakra balancing rituals. No, I did not blog as much as I wanted. I also did’t clean house as much as I wanted, or spend as much time walking or resting as I wanted. Aside from spouse time, the rest of my…
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Day 1: It Begins… #domagick
Today begins the June #domagick challenge. I am not so sure I’m ready. I started off the month visiting a friend in hospice and I’m one of those people who, if emotionally compromised, has a hard time focusing for the rest of the day. So that’s been my day in a nutshell. Thus begins the melding of the two things…
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Day 17: Picture Imperfect #domagick
When you can’t write – read. So that’s what I did last night, and I listened to an audio book today at the office. I may end up reading tonight, too (instead of writing). We shall see. ::yawn:: I am bored out of my damn mind at the office today. Nothing today either. Woke at 7:30AM, did my invocation, had…
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Daily Practice – Now With Motivation! #domagick
Today I wanted to talk a little bit about the importance of doing regular magickal work. I’ve blogged about this before. Author and personal close friend of mine, Andrieh Vitimus, is starting up his new site this month (February) called Do Magick. For those of you who remember the Magickal 30 that he used to run, this is a newer incarnation…
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Called To A Creative Life – Manifesting Your Will
One of my earliest memories is of sitting on the couch with my mom as she read me a book. I was only four, but the memory is so vivid that I’m pretty sure that was the exact moment I fell in love with reading. By the time I was eight, when my nose wasn’t in a book, I was…
