Category: Introspection
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Cringe, Personal Strangeness, and The Desire to be Understood
Communication is a strange beast, dear readers. What is the point of language, if not to express something to someone else in a way that leaves less room for error and misunderstanding? It’s odd, though, just how much room there is for talk to go awry. And it’s even worse when it comes to online…
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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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Personal Reality and Self Limitation in Frieren
In the manga and anime Sousou no Frieren, or Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Frieren encounters a number of other mages who attempt to take the First Class Mage Exam. One of the most notable of these mages is Übel, who is considered a dangerous oddball at best and a psychopath in general by the other…
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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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Addressing Toxic Productivity and Hustle Culture
I am not 100% that this fits neatly into the usual content for this blog. At the same time, it does fit into many of the themes I discuss on here. In many ways, I consider my approach to crafting to be very similar to taking Pop Culture Magic seriously. First, many people disagree with…
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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…