Astaroth Forgiveness As the Way to Liberation Disclaimer: The following blog post details emotional abuse, including transphobia. "I want to forgive my parents," I told Astaroth. I blocked my mother's and father's phone numbers two weeks ago. I blocked my mother because she stopped calling me, while guilt tripping me about
Lucifer Why Cultivate Wisdom in Luciferianism? a: ability to discern inner qualities and relationships : insight b: good sense : judgment c: generally accepted belief d: accumulated philosophical or scientific learning : knowledge 2: a wise attitude, belief, or course of action 3: the teachings of the ancient wise men - Merriam Webster Wisdom is a concept or quality associated
antizionist judaism On Being a Jewish Devil-Worshipper As I mentioned in my last post "My Work With Bune," I have a good reason for being quiet on here as of late. A little less than two weeks ago as of this writing, I moved from southern California to one of those weird Pacific Northwest cities.
Luciferianism Recombining Near Eastern Devotion and Judaism As an occultist, polytheist Jew a lot of my practices as far as most modern people are concerned don't have precedence. However, this is not necessarily true if you look at the Tanakh because you get lines like these: And Samuel said to all the House of Israel,
tikkun olam My New Tikkun Olam Meditative Exercise The house I moved into was built in the 1950s and, as an investment rental property, has seen better days. This week, the landlord's contractor son came over to perform some much needed repairs that should have been reported earlier by the previous slew of tenants. He told
growing up jewish Forging a Spiritual Path Outside Religious Trauma One time in the first witchcraft server I regularly frequented, I got into an argument with someone who joked that "they'd probably turn into a vampire" if they entered the Jewish shul nearby because like many people it never occurred to them that shuls are not
Judaism I Liked My Mother Better Fat Hello from Florida, one of the last places a transgender person should be in the so-called United States starting in a few weeks. I'm here for the unveiling of my grandfather's tombstone and, appropriately for the event, a lot of trauma has reared its head
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
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/
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
Judaism A Found Family Model to Solve the Loneliness Epidemic Or: Recreating Jewish Havurah Through a Queer Lens When I was growing up, my family was part of a havurah ("fellowship" in Hebrew). To me at the time, that meant that I was a Jewish kid in a Jewish family and we went to events and had basement
ancestor veneration How to Venerate Jewish Ancestors When You're Not a Jew Because I grew up in the second most populous Jewish area in the world, I met a variety of Jews. Most of us were religiously Jewish to some degree, some of us were simply culturally Jewish, and then there were the few who had been raised completely outside of Judaism.
planetary polytheism TRANSitional Astrology: Finding a Life-based Framework for my Practice A couple of weeks ago I was fretting about finding a framework for my astrological practice. I resolved this fairly soon after by ordering over 20 books from my library system on astrology. I then pulled out my Thoth Tarot deck to locate which of the 20 to start with
ancestor veneration The Pain of Being a Trans Anti-Zionist Jew I am probably making a mistake writing this blog post given all I have to lose and how high tensions are about Palestine. I am subjecting what is a hugely personal and vulnerable side of me to the very nuance-lacking and mob-happy internet. So my second mistake would
Jewish magic Thoughts on Love Spells in the Jewish Tradition Recently on Discord someone begged me for a love spell, which is one of those things that Just Happens on a semi-regular basis whenever you're in occult spaces. Like anyone remotely ethical, I always turn the person away when this happens. But I don't judge.
