I originally posted this about a year ago. I just made a permanent page for it (link in the sidebar of this blog), and I’m reposting it here because I don’t know if the RSS feed picks up pages. The first time I posted it, it received zero comments, which was disappointing. Thank god I Continue reading →
Wow, Nostalgia
27 December 2009 By 13 Comments
My mood has been all over the place lately. The last couple of hours, I’ve been damn happy. Mostly lately, I’ve been blah. I’m savoring this happy time. So I’m working on my book and listening to Winamp. And Rush’s “The Trees” comes on, and wow… what a rush. No pun intended. I’m remembering with Continue reading →
My First Column from 2006
14 December 2009 By Leave a Comment
This is my first Into the Aethyr, my column for Rending the Veil. I’ll post more stuff at a later date. See also previous post. Through the Glass An aethyr is one of a succession of worlds in the Enochian Astral planes, and the fifth element, or spirit, in Wicca and Ceremonial magick. Also, depending Continue reading →
Bit of Thelemic Humor
16 November 2009 By Leave a Comment
From a chat log moments ago, as proof that I’m silly when I’m tired: david: before he says the thing about interpreting your own mystery he says about 24 “which to them that hath understanding signifies the interplay of the 3 and the 8.” 8 im assuming he means the magician — and 3 is Continue reading →
Seeker Email, Part Deaux
16 March 2009 By 3 Comments
My newest reply to the seeker, J, who replied with relief regarding her (not his, oops) fears and stated she wanted to find an “old” religion… Hi J, I’m very glad I was able to help you understand your fears and how they were affecting you. That is an important step. Christianity never sat well Continue reading →
Email to a Seeker (of the week)
16 March 2009 By 3 Comments
I’m working on the glossary for the book – the last thing I have to work on. I’m also trying to remember to finish the survey I posted on Facebook last week (or earlier); I intend to post my answers here, assuming I remember. Right now, I’m going to post my reply to a young Continue reading →
Meridjet Motives in a New Light
12 February 2009 By Leave a Comment
I was reading Wikipedia a bit ago, about schema therapy. There was a link at the bottom to their page on Cognitive Dissonance, in which I found this gem: Most of the research on cognitive dissonance takes the form of “induced compliance without sufficient justification.” In these studies, participants are asked to write an essay Continue reading →
A Break, For a Dream
30 December 2008 By 4 Comments
My birds were being so loud for so long that I had to take an Ativan. Sheesh. Now I have headphones on so as to gain some control over what noise I’m exposed to. It reminded me of my dream this morning. The dream seemed important so I want to make a record of it. Continue reading →
Christian Entitlement
1 December 2008 By 2 Comments
I was on my way to bed when I checked my email one last time. I had a couple of comments on my PeopleJam blog, so I went to check them out as I’d managed to forget all about that site over the long weekend. One person gave a comment about believing it was wrong Continue reading →
The Season is Busy in 3… 2… 1… NOW
27 November 2008 By 8 Comments
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means cooking, travel, and the strong urge to take a nap. Our turkey dinner has shrunk over the last several years, so that now we’ll snack on a small tray of raw veggies with dip, then for the meal we have turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, Continue reading →
Crossing the Abyss, From Meridjet
19 November 2008 By Leave a Comment
Well, as I said a few days ago, I’ve begun posting on this new site, PeopleJam. I made one post on spirit companions, and had some very nice comments. Quite a few, in fact, for a first post. So tonight I made another. For some reason, I used the rich text editor, which I never Continue reading →
