Reconciliation

We are all made up of a multitude of different parts. I’m not talking physical parts here–I’m talking the ethereal parts that are just as, if not more, important than our physical base. We have different moods, different hopes, different fears and different attitudes. And we don’t always want or need to share all of [...]

On Divination

Fortune telling and prophecy are staples of any story that involves the supernatural. The classic soothsayer predicting victory or death, the traveling Gypsy turning the cards and seeing the future, even the Biblical prophets passing on notes from the Divine to people who don’t always get quite what they mean at the time, these are [...]

Metaphysical Monday: Secrecy and the Magickal Arts and Sciences (Part I)

Once upon a time, there were two types of magickal practice: that which happened in large (clan or village-wide celebrations of holidays), public group ceremonies and that which happened in small, specialized groups (the Shaman taking his apprentice on a vision quest). When strong and inflexible regimes came into power–groups who preached their way was [...]

…and Beginnings

Just as there are no true endings, there are also no true beginnings. Nothing springs into being fully formed and ready to play. Everything “becomes”–growing from a diverse set of circumstances or base parts, changing constantly as it develops. Sometimes the process can take seconds, sometimes months and sometimes decades or more. We don’t always [...]

Endings…

All things end. You get to the last page of a book. The closing credits roll in a movie. The sun sets as the clock ticks away another day. People and pets grow old and die. Even the Earth will some day most likely be swallowed up by the sun going nova. All things end, [...]