animism My Experience With Spiritually Meeting the Herb Damiana I just had an experience so wonderful I needed to journal about it. One of the reasons I was nudged toward taking my specific herbalism class is because my teacher takes an animist perspective with the herbs. Although I have had brief conversations with rosemary—and have some clear affinity
transitional astrology another poem for Grace Thousands of years of star tracking All coming down to you Scrunching your nose at where that Red, ugly man stills in the lion and saying, "Ew." --Us, realizing he'll be right on our Sun and Midheaven
apothecary Introducing My Apothecary and Original Herbal Tea Blends Over two years ago, when in retrospect my spiritual path was entering a new phase of maturity, I started doing some reading on herbalism. It occurred to me that I would like to build a home apothecary as a way of keeping organized herbs and products made from them in
spirits Casting Astrological Charts for Non-Astro Purposes A couple of weeks ago, I could not find my tape measure, which I wanted to use to measure my window in order to purchase curtains. So I decided to cast a horary chart, asking, "Where is my tape measure?" I only ever use horary astrology to try
gender contemplations Meditations on Masculinity: The Beauty of Roughness When I was a senior in high school, there were two other students in one of my classes probably named Jake and Kristen. I lived in a large town and had almost 400 kids in my graduating class, so this was the first time I had ever met either of
Judaism Sitting Quietly With Spirit I didn't do anything for the High Holy Days this year, which is something I regret. The timing just didn't work out, I guess. Today, though, is Sukkot and the first full moon of the Jewish New Year. I woke up to a text from my
androgynous Spiritual Cleansing When Undergoing A Second Puberty When children are in the home, a surge in psychic activity takes place as the child enters puberty. Puberty signifies a physical phase in which energy levels in the body change tremendously. These changes are necessary as they convert the child into an adult. These energy level changes are accompanied
gender contemplations Why I Use Neo-Pronouns So some conservative asshole on the internet a few days ago told me my neo-pronouns were worth mockery and I cried about it. As a result of that, Grace asked me how my ze/zem/zir pronouns differed for me from they/them/their pronouns or my he/him/his
mercury The Most Mercurial I have ever been I got ID'ed as male by three separate cis men strangers in the last three days and then I just got ma'amed by a service worker after coming up in a line of all cis women. I am truly male with men and female with women.
mutable musings Homemade Fire Cider and Infused Honey https://thegreekwitch.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/new-post-category-whispers-from-the-shadows/#respond?page_id=1194 My friend Chely posted this yesterday and, what do you know. I just discovered WordPress has this reblog feature! So I am going to join him in this endeavor in posting short thoughts of which I don'
psychic work Using Attachment Theory to Destigmatize Energy Vampirism There are a couple of terms between metaphysical and colloquial applications that get frustratingly confused. Among them is "empath" which is usually used for people who have clairsentient abilities, but has recently taken off online as a self-identifier for people who feel like they read others' energy
apollo Apollo and Daphne: The T4T Myth This morning I was talking to my beautiful Grace while driving to a certain area where I like to do my writing. I love this area because Apollo's presence is extremely strong there. As I was coming through with my car, it occurred to me that I would
psychic work Soulmates, Telepathy, and The Most Unbelievable Experiences of My Magical Life Grace is the reason I know that fate is real. We met at my exact Saturn Return about a day after the lunar nodes had switched signs into our shared astrological houses of Self and Significant Others. We have the same Ascendant sign, which she was inquiring about when I
gender contemplations Decolonizing Notions of Language and Rethinking Verbs (Through Herbalism?) The first thing my herbalism teacher had us do before our first class this past Sunday was listen to this podcast Ego to Eco Identity by Tara Brach. I am not mentioning this podcast to recommend it; I thought it was disorganized and rambling as the least offensive of its
transitional astrology Mars in Cancer: Grieving a Mother Wound Back in New Jersey, I sought acupuncture treatment to help manage my addiction-level sugar cravings, which I inherited from my mother. So I wasn't nervous to reach out to a traditional Chinese medicine college in my local area that had a low-cost clinic. I was particularly interested in
apollo A Quick Prayer for Clarity to Apollo I attend vocal coaching, which is amazing because it mixes my lifelong dreams of taking singing lessons with learning how to speak in a way that better suits my dropping voice. My vocal coach is Billie Lyn Ploof (email her at billielynploof@gmail.com if you want video-based vocal lessons
psychic work Cosmology Building with Cannabis My recently former podmate A once told me that she had never gotten as high as I have off cannabis. Truly, most people don't. I have had full on hallucinogenic trips almost every time I have taken an indica edible, leading to spiritual journeying and cosmology building as
Judaism A Polyamory Flop: Rethinking Non-Hierarchical I should not be dating anyone at all right now. I keep saying this over and over again. But I do have an on and off thing with this girl—entirely in the astral, which is its own complex thing—and she's monogamous. I have identified as poly
gender contemplations Mea Culpa: The "Logic" of Too Much Testosterone Yesterday, I found out that my testosterone level was 765 out of the 300-770 average range. Meaning that I currently have the testosterone level at the high end of the average male. This was incredibly shocking and also deeply upsetting to me because that is 600 mg up from the
gender contemplations Non binary People Are Annoying and Other Hot Trans Takes This post is NSFW. Okay, I don't think non binary people are annoying, I was just pissed off earlier this week by two people who happened to be non binary like your beloved blogger here. Also, the title of this blog post is somewhat ironic because I hate
meditations on masculinity On Critical Thinking in Magic and Spirituality and Being an Ethical Occultist Every community built around a shared focus starts to develop insular expectations that are not reflective of mainstream access nor understanding. For example, I only just started reading Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Most people who do not practice magic do not know what these
neptune The Neptune Block: A Question of Free Will [Neptune] was found in the expected place, but it has turned out to be a misfit there: scientifically speaking, it is in the wrong place, thrown there by the chaos in the solar system. -The Secret Lives of Planets by Paul Murdin This is more of a divination post than
artwork A (Trans) Ode to a Modern Muse Oh! Modern Muse, Your name Grace I cry Drip your sorrows (Lola) unto me Open a cavern like Gaia Where I can lay, wet and warm As I sing to thee the tale Of our mutual Becoming
gender contemplations A Quick Guide to Gender Neutral Greetings This guide is written with intention to help newcomers of The Hermetic House of Life; however, I hope to write it in a way that is broadly applicable! Having been born in the 1990s, I was left with the impression most of my life that greetings like "hey dudes!
artwork Magical Exercise: Surviving Life Transitions By Illustrating the Future You At the end of July, I had my most recent solar return and then a couple of weeks later moved to a new—and hopefully much more appropriate—home. As one of my new neighbors keeps reminding me, moving is as stressful to most people as divorce and death. It
