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Want to make your magick more powerful? Connect it more deeply to yourself and who you are. Regardless of your tradition or magickal methods, the more you can personalize the work you do and make it resonate with your deepest self, the more potent it will be. If you're an LGBTQIAP2S+ person, one way you can personalize your magick is to celebrate your queer identity in your practice. Here are six practical ways you can do that: 1. Create, Find, or Buy Meaningful Magickal ToolsWork with magickal tools with which you feel a connection. When selecting or creating a tool, pay attention to where the materials came from and what they mean to you. For example, I have an athame with a wooden ...
Chinese Astrology, being a calendar-based system, gives us insight into the energy of the upcoming year. Each year has an energy signature determined by its animal sign and element. In 2024, the energy was Yang Wood Dragon, which lived up to its reputation with big announcements and high-flying promises competing for our attention. Optimism ran high, often to the point of being unrealistic. In 2025, the energy shifts to the Yin Wood Snake. While the Dragon and Snake may look similar, the Snake does not fly. The entire body of the Snake lies on the ground, feeling every vibration, every footstep, every pin drop. The Snake's energy is grounded, practical, and cautious. The Snake is highly ...
Yes, nocturnal dreams are strange and may often feel utterly incomprehensible, but there is always method in their madness. Once you learn this method, you'll find that your dreams are your ultimate reality check. They are your most devoted friend, the one who stands by you regardless, refreshingly honest and always there for you. The pressures of daily life can sometimes be too much to resolve when you are awake. The answers, leaps of faith, and creative connections you need can often only be found when your logical mind is sleeping, and your intuition is unleashed in your dreams. You are always your own best adviser, but sometimes it takes a whole lot of self-awareness and self-belief ...
I love a mind-blowing moment, and not just in the colloquial sense of being intellectually awed. I mean in the mystical sense, where the mind blows itself up into enlightenment. Reducing suffering for myself and others has been my goal. Luckily, there are many manuals from many traditions on how to do this. It's called mysticism. Most mystical traditions eventually lead to a cessation of the mind where suffering finally ends. That's enlightenment, the recognition of your true nature. All the great spiritual traditions have a different way to conceptualize this, from the Yogic samadhi, to the Buddhist nirvana (which literally means, "blown out"). It's quite literally mind-blowing. The ...
