How well can you listen? How well can you hear the calls of the spirits, the commands and desires of the gods, and the whispers […]
Writing the Next Chapter
Sometimes I feel like Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgamesh, who traveled to the Underworld with knowledge of everything right to do while he was there […]
Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries
“The ultimate design of the Mysteries […] was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, […] a perfect enjoyment of intellectual […]
Hermes’ Theft of Apollo’s Cattle
“Hermes wants for nothing for through hard work, cleverness, the weaving of fine tales and simple treachery or theft he can get whatever it is […]
Dionysus & the Anthesteria, Festival of Love & Death
“We are mortals. It’s not possible for us to maintain that peak of pure experience, of divine joy, indefinitely. Some try and manage an intimacy […]
Profound Love, Forgiveness & Change, the Purest Forms of Suffering
That sunny warm Beltaine deep in the marshes, when I made my first oath to the gods, the spirits, and the ancestors, sticky with witch’s […]
Divine & Holistic Purpose
I was once asked if a white stripe is painted down a black cat’s back, is it a skunk? And if a mug handle is […]
Ayahuasca Dreams on Anthesteria Eve
Last night I dreamt that winter was the chaos beyond the boundaries of our tribe, that the onslaught of the cold whiteness was imminent like […]
Dogs in Mythology & Folklore
Dogs and hounds are sacred and otherworldly in many cultures and prevalent in many myths, particularly those regarding the gods of the wild places. They […]
The Gods of Waincraft
Those modern folk who have worked with the Powers of the Land, in whatever European form they prefer, have found that there are certain archetypal […]