Category: Exercises
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What is a Paradigm? Or: Why is Chaos Magic so Different than other Systems?
Good evening my dearest readers. This week, ya girl is doing something that she’s never done before—which is taking a whole week off from her day job in order to actually try to rest. With mixed results. But, that means I had some time to think about what this blog really needed in terms of…
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Is there an Overlap Between Occultism and Gaming?
The first time that I ever had contact with a Deity was after three solid years of being ‘type cast’ in a LARP as what I would describe as some form of Corvid Princess. And this LARP was run by occultists. Did I encourage this? Oh, absolutely. It is said that to be perceived is…
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Celebrating the Seasons Without the Wheel
Wicca is one paradigm of magic, but it is one that also has its fair share of drawbacks and controversies. One of these is a very distinct preference for Northern Hemisphere and general Eurocentricity. This can be seen in the Wheel of the Year, which is based off of a specific climate in a very…
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Understanding Your Nature
There are countless witchcraft or occult books that say more or less a variation on ‘To Know Thyself is to Know the Way.’ This was also a canned phrase used in a very unfortunate and cultish circle that I used to be a member of—but managed to escape. And what’s curious is that a lot…
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Cultivating Your Character
When I see the term ‘Cultivation’ I usually see it within a context of martial arts and immortal stories. The idea, as far as I can tell, is that one can develop their soul and ascend to near heights by training their body, mind, and spirit. This can be seen in a lot of Xianxia…
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The Sacred Self Insert
Do any of you remember back in the day when self-insert characters were the ultimate fan fiction sin? I remember both my public face as a Protectors of the Plot Continuum (PPC) member who was strongly against self-insert characters as a whole—and did participate in what is flat out bullying of fan fiction writers. (That…