Magick
Reviewing the Year (2017-18)
Each year I like to look back over the previous year, and then set goals for the coming year. Many people do this on Jan 1st; I prefer to do it on my birthday. I often refine the accomplishments and goals until my new year, Samhain, but the bulk of the work is done on or around my birthday.
September 7, 2018 Friday at 2:53 pm
Statement of Inclusion
I am very proud to announce that JaguarMoon Coven has produced it’s statement of inclusion. It is no longer acceptable to presume that a magickal group is a safe place. We need standards we can point to, that our students can look at, and we all need to hold one another accountable.I think that all students will be good with …
July 24, 2018 Tuesday at 12:24 pm
Beltane Altar
I manage to re-arrange/re-do my altar every Sabbat, and almost every Esbat. Here are some pics from the Beltane altar. The full altar layout. (Its on a shelf in a tall, deep bookshelf.)
May 5, 2018 Saturday at 12:52 pm
Chakra Work: Foundation
This year my coven has decided to quietly embark on a couple of intermediate lessons for ourselves. It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to do more than just teach the class, and it feels really good to get into new things. Daystar is making salves for the wheel of the year; Cynnamon is teaching some of the live …
March 25, 2018 Sunday at 10:58 am
Coming Out
(I’ve never shared this story publicly.)
October 11, 2017 Wednesday at 7:22 pm
Mabon Musings
I’m spending Mabon literally in the middle of an orchard. I’m in Italy and all around me they are harvesting apples and pears (the peaches were last week, melons the week before). The house we are staying in is 100s of years old and has been in the same family all of that time. There is a pomegranate tree in …
September 21, 2017 Thursday at 6:05 am
Current and Future Goals and Dreams (2017)
Each year I like to look back over the previous year, and then set goals for the coming year. Many people do this on Jan 1st; I prefer to do it on my birthday. I often refine the accomplishments and goals until my new year, Samhain, but the bulk of the work is done on or around my birthday. I …
September 6, 2017 Wednesday at 12:00 pm
What Do You Value?: Oath-bound and Trickery
Last night I had the pleasure of acting as a priestess-counselor for another priestess. (For the sake of narrative, I will call her M.) She was concerned that her speaking would involve the revelation of oath-bound information and that had prevented her from reaching out for quite some time. M, however, felt that there were current events occurring based on …
June 3, 2017 Saturday at 7:31 am
My World(view)
A Statement of My World View In my world: Who you choose to be your sexual partner does not define you. Who you choose to love does not define you. Whether you choose to have sex, or not does not define you. What you do to earn money does not define you. Whether you earn money for your labor does …
May 18, 2017 Thursday at 10:11 am
Being Hungry
(I almost can’t write this, I still feel intense shame.) There were two times in my my life when I was poor enough to feel actual physical hunger. The first was when my parents first separated and I was living with my mother in a commune in Berkeley (CA).* I’d been wrested from a typical middle-class (white) suburban lifestyle full …
March 18, 2017 Saturday at 12:03 pm
