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Learning, mostly.
You can certainly learn through books. You can learn through videos and classes, too. That’s how you get the theory of things down. But you also learn by doing and action, sometimes brazenly and fearlessly. That’s how you acquire the experiential side of things. There’s no substitute for either. To be well-rounded in any skill…
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Nope. I’m staying here.
I firmly believe in the multiverse. Actually, I even saw it once — millions upon millions of similar moments, rippling and crashing into one another like waves. But if given the chance, I’ll stay here. And I’ll tell you why in a minute. For the past couple of years, I’ve been delighted that pop culture…
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Probably something like $200… and yes… once!
I really enjoy trying new restaurants, but here’s a couple of things as a disclaimer before I get into this: Enter The Tides: a restaurant that somehow negated both of the above rules simultaneously. I’ve been to my fair share of reasonably fancy restaurants. Most of the time I feel like you are paying outrageous…
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Laws of Hermetics proven by ugly dog… Weekly Recap 8/5/2024
You may be familiar with the Seven Hermetic Principles — namely, the 4th principle, which discusses polarity: “Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be…
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Digital Gratitude Jar
Gratitude jars are something we usually make around Autumn Equinox. Honestly though, any “harvest” themed time of year is always a good reason to reflect on being grateful. I think this is a pretty bad prompt question, but it is appropriate since Lughnasadh just passed. Also, making of list of 30 of anything is kind…
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Dead Man’s Guitar
Music brings me joy — playing music, listening to music, even just looking at instruments. I have quite a few guitars. It honestly makes me happy just owning them, even if I’m not spending a lot of time playing them. I like to see them hanging on the walls. But that’s not what this story…
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Curiosity and Loki
I can’t think of curiosity without thinking about Loki. And I’m talking about our cat, of course… and not the god. But they both share a few traits — namely, being a trickster and having a love of mischief in general. I have hundreds of pictures of Loki getting in boxes. Every box we ever…
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Jack Chanek, Qabalah, and Tarot – Ep. 3
Jack Chanek is a Gardnerian High Priest and author. In this episode, Jack and I discuss his background, his books, Qabalah, Tarot, and even a little James Bond. And of course, we talk about sound and music in ritual.
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Color Magick, Theory, and Correspondences – Part 1
From basic color correspondences to the scientific properties of light, prepare to learn more about the use of color in magick than you ever wanted. Part 1 of a new series!
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Phew, it’s getting dusty in here… Weekly Recap 7/29/2024
When I first started this website a little over a year ago, I really didn’t have much direction in terms of what I was writing about or how it looked. It was all just one big experiment without a clear picture in my head. I picked a domain and, not knowing much about it, a…
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Deity Focus: Hermes Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus is a syncretic deity — a combination of the Greek Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth. He is generally accepted as the author of the Hermetica and father of Western Alchemy. Let’s learn where he comes from and why he’s important.
Aerik Arkadian 