The Cauldron of Poetry
“Unlike most other mystical works, the Three Cauldrons text teaches the practitioner to embrace emotion and use it to activate spiritual power rather than denying or dissociating from it.”
Coronavirus + Capitalism = Sad Face: Why the American Capitalist System Will Make the Coming Coronavirus Pandemic Worse
When the rich and our politicians let us down, we only have each other to rely upon to get through the dark times.
How to Hijack National Identity
People of color are the ones who need to deal with the question “Where are you really from?" Unless you want to start asking this question to white people, you shouldn't be asking it at all.
On Being Kind
As I await my ride into work, I close my eyes and breathe deeply, imagining how easy it would be to just hide myself away from the world of man and stay in this, what feels like the real world, the one that makes sense. But alas, the moment must come to an end and I must head out to work, into the world of mindless chatter, gossip, of money and bills and all of the other worries and vexations that come with this life, But still, even in the most stressful moments I can close my eyes and breathe deeply, remembering the scent of the early morning garden, the feel of it. More and more I find myself doing this for the world most think of as the real world is dull and lacking, full of hypocrisy that heavies the heart and deadens the soul.
I Watched Pantheacon Die
It isn't like Pantheacon dying is going to make three wolf moon t-shirts go away. Or books offering native spirituality as a product.
How Indigenous life dissipates in the Amazon
“Stop being Indigenous, start being a worker.”
Rainreturn
Our land is dying; our neighbors are dying; everything sacred is being hunted down and destroyed. But tonight, at this moment, all I can do is pause to feel gratitude for the rain.
Folklore of Trees: The Hawthorn - The Green in the Storm
I write a lot of stuff about folklore, I know an in part it is because I am something of a nerd. I always have been, preferring to nose through old and forgotten books as well as newer tomes than watching tv or any other distraction of the modern world. But there’s also something else that folklore offers and in a way that is lost to the modern world. It’s the stories of our ancestors, passed from generation to generation and the knowledge of them. It’s the history of the people as opposed to the history of the politicians and the controllers of the world. It’s a shared knowledge of the world around us both physical and spiritual. Folklore is more than just old stories, so much more.
The Manor of Tara
“Taking this idealized portrait of early Ireland as a mental map, we see particular Buada or ‘excellences’ associated with each of the four directions as well as the sacred center. The purpose of the Manor of Tara ritual is to invoke these excellences...”
Colonialism and Decolonization Processes in Brazilian Witchcraft
Are we giving real support to indigenous peoples, offering their proper place in society and fighting against their still present eradication process? Or are we only concerned with gaining more knowledge for our spiritual evolution, thinking that these spirits are also here for us to use because they are similar to the Europeans ones we know, or even that these spirits could feel honored if we force them into our Witchcraft boxes with European, foreign and white roots?
Why I Stopped Protesting and Started a Garden
Certain gardens are not retreats, but attacks—attacks on the kind of world that says it is meaningless to do something so small, so local, so specific.
ANGIE SPEAKS 20: Black Little Mermaid
Join Angie Speaks as she unpicks how Diversity under capitalism can often obstruct deeper analysis of power, aesthetics and images.
Imbolc Musings - Folklore of the Crossroads
The crossroads are steeped in mystery and folklore. The place where two or more roads intersect is a liminal space, a no man’s land belonging to no person. Perhaps that is why they are places of magick and folklore. Perhaps this is why they are spaces to commune with the spirits of the wild, unseen forces that pull at us. In this world where every inch of land is owned, where we are expected to be on the go, never stopping, trying to fit it all in, where we must always be something other than our true natures, perhaps that is why the crossroads call to us.
Land Acknowledgments in NeoPagan Rituals: Perspectives from Ohlone Territory
We invite you to engage with your community about how the ideas presented here can transform your community and your practice. A land acknowledgment is just the first step of imagining and co-creating a better world where the lands, waters, animals, and human beings can thrive.
Learning to organize in a time of repression, climate crisis, and war
Humanitarian crises will weaken borders between “developed” and “underdeveloped” nations, and guaranteeing these borders will continue to weigh on the US Military. How can we better prepare for this impending fate?
The Wounded King Surrenders to the Land
Today there's going to be a conjunction of Saturn and Pluto, including a conjunction with the Sun, so astrologically it's a Big Deal. Many astrologers I follow observe that whenever there is a Saturn and Pluto conjunction there also tends to be a spike in Fascism. In service of this I wrote the following allegorical ritual poem that draws on the myths of the Fisher King / Wounded King.