Astrology, Divination, and Pattern Recognition

A little while back I got a reading done by my friend Erik Roth. He does shamanic astrology, and I highly recommend his services. I’ve gotten my astrological reading done in the past, and each time what has struck me about the readings has been the accuracy of the description of patterns in my life. [...]

Zhine and Dream Work

I’ve been having a lot of vivid dreams lately, which have been helpful for doing some internal work, specifically in relationship to some deeper issues of conflict I’ve been feeling out within myself. Part of what I’ve been doing during the day to prepare for the dream work is a form of Tibetan meditation called [...]

Elemental Balancing Ritual Movement month 5

2-21-13 I’ve been meditating on movement in terms of subtle movement, both mentally and physically. For example, when I meditate, how does my mind move, and what does it move to or away from? Or when I am walking or breathing what am I noticing when I move my body? How aware am I of [...]

Why I think of myself as spiritual

I couldn’t resist including the above picture for this post, just because it is a good question and I see this meme done a lot. It’s a good example of pop culture magic actually, but that’s a different topic altogether. To answer his question however, I’d say I’m not cherry picking the parts of religion [...]

Why the Apocalpyse doesn’t matter

The end of the current Baktun (Mayan Cycle) is today and a new one starts on Saturday. Some people are getting ready to hold end of the world parties while other people are telling us that its the end of the age of Pisces and the true beginning of the Age of Aquarius. Some people [...]

The Value of Refining your Spiritual Practices

While I am an experimenter, I also believe in learning different spiritual practices. All of the practices that I study are subject to revision and I’m excited when I’m able to learn more about a tradition that will help me refine the practices that I’m doing. I’m reading the Six Yogas of Naropa right now. [...]

Mystery, Secrecy, and Magic

In a recent conversation about the process of magic, one person mentioned that they felt that mystery was an essential part of what makes magic magical. My response was: “Why does there need to be mystery? Mystery is a trope associated with magic, but its just a prop in the end. Looks nice…the real question [...]

Meeting the author through writing

I can’t say all writing does this for me, but I’ve had a few experiences in my life where I’ve felt that reading the books of a given author has put me in touch with that author directly, in a way that I’d think of as spiritual transmission of sorts. It’s actually happened with four [...]

Embodied spirituality and liberation

I posted this recently via my various social media accounts: An embodied spirituality recognizes the value of the material world and celebrates it and experiences as an inherent part of a person’s spiritual evolution. When the body is discarded as dirty or something to be left behind, and desires are perceived as unacceptable or attachments [...]

Elemental Fire Month 3

12-26-11 Fire burns and consumes. What you don’t want can be burned away, turned to ashes. You can recycle the ashes, contribute to new growth. For Christmas, my mom gave me a picture album with lots of pictures I don’t believe I ever saw. I can’t remember anything about a lot of those pictures, because [...]

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