Category: Reflections
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Multitudes of Spirits, Unverified Personal Gnosis, and Respect
I hope you have been doing well, my dearest readers. Over here, it’s way too fucking hot. As some of you may know, I live in a home built in the 1870s, and therefore we have no central AC. Instead, we have a portable AC unit that stays in the room we sleep in, and…
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A Startling Lack of Self-Awareness (MEEE?? A CHAOS MAGICIAN???)
Dearest Readers, I had assumed it would be at least half a year before I dolled out another ‘one free roast’ of me. And yet, here we are. Yes, this means that some of you who have been hoarding them up have a whole two free roasts in your back pocket. I know you’re saving…
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Becoming, Shedding, and Embracing the Monster
Welcome back for another week and another blog, Dearest Readers. How have you all been? This week, I’d like to discuss something that has been a little difficult for me to grasp. Maybe talking with all of you will help me organize my thoughts. Recently, I have been having very interesting discussions with some of…
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Killing Plants and the Freedom to Be Bad at Stuff
Weird title, I am well aware, my dear readers. But, bear with me. Have I truly ever steered you wrong before? Actually, it is quite possible. Regardless, this thought came up while I had the pleasure of a totally unsupervised visit to my local plant nursery for Mother’s Day. There were a number of people…
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Defining Terms
Dearest Readers, this week I come to you with a concept of high importance—and one that I was recently reminded of via a good friend. Alexander Speaks did a reading for me earlier this week, and the crux of it came down to one thing: I needed to start defining things. Also, note: Alexander saw…
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What is the Freedom to Stop and the Freedom to Start?
Originally, I was going to write this week’s blog post about a far more serious matter. But, I somehow couldn’t make myself start. Dear readers, I think a lot of us get a lot of bad news these days. I couldn’t quite get the words to start. So, instead, I’m going to talk about this. …
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How can clothes increase your occult power?
Dearest readers, this week I am only a few days late. It looks like we very much are still recovering, but we are recovering. I spent last weekend at a wonderful fashion convention, and it did get me thinking about clothes. The Power of the Mind Do any of you remember the unmasking of the…
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Is the Concept of a True Self a Myth?
Now this is a topic that I didn’t think I would have gone back to. When I have difficulty coming up with a topic for each week’s blog post, I consult a list of topics that I routinely add to and then cross off once I have covered the topic. And this one was sitting…
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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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Strawberry Fanta and Shortcakes: the more things change the more they stay the same.
Did you all miss me? I apologize for the late post. My partner and I were sent to represent our branch of the family to a huge wedding in Thailand over the holidays this year—and it was shockingly difficult to gain access to the three necessary components to craft a blog post all at once:…