D&D Tarot – First Thoughts
Initial thoughts and impressions on the intersection of geeky-interest and collecting tarot decks. It’s a rough merging, at least when it comes to me and my beginner tarot-reading self.
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Vlad Dracula Tarot – A Preliminary Review
In which I review my immediate, preliminary opinion on the most gorgeous Gothic-inspired tarot deck that I have seen — and also share some geeky history facts about Vlad Tepes.
Read MoreHow to Make a Good Dream Jar
Ever have dreams keep waking you up at night? Not just nightmares, but dreams that were stressful or so hectic that you feel exhausted in the morning? Source: How to Make a Good Dream Jar – This Crooked Crown I seriously enjoy This Crooked Crown and the write ups on spells they do. It gives […]
Read MoreSpring Equinox
General life and world events have made me not feel much like celebrating anything lately. It has not been a celebratory month. So, the passing of the seasons was relatively low-key this time.
Read More“May You Live in Interesting Times”
Has never felt more like the curse it really is, than these last few years. The last 5 years have done nothing but continuously prove it in ever growing, more horrifying ways.
Read MoreTea as a Ritual
Kind of a thought that came to me yesterday when I was doing the reading for 2022 Year Cards – I might not do a ton of heavy work on rituals and setting up elaborate things on my altar (which is currently a shelf on a bookcase). In fact, I’m kind of really bad at […]
Read MoreNew Tarot Project
So, one of my long-standing goals (that I’ve admittedly sucked at actually diving into) has been to get better at working with tarot and having a better understanding of the cards, their meanings, and how to read them. I’ve been better with runes for years, but I always wanted to improve my work with tarot. […]
Read MoreReview: Witchcraft and Medicine in Pre-Petrine Russia
I finally got around to reading this article, here on JSTOR, now. It’s really short, just about 10 pages long, and about 1/3-1/2 of that is footnotes. It’s a bit older (1970s), nothing too amazing in terms of information, at least not as where I am in research. The main reason I like this article […]
Read MoreSpooky Season!
It is officially the best season of the year! Yes, I know technically autumn/fall started like 12 days ago based on the solstice. That’s fine from a technically correct and astronomical point of view. Don’t care. Doesn’t affect me really, not with how I go about my workings. I’m not 100% bound to the seasons […]
Read MoreSacred Tree Profile: Birch’s Medicine, Magic, Mythology, and Meaning
Originally posted on The Druid's Garden:
When I was growing up in the Allegheny mountains of Western PA, and I was still a very small child, my father and I would seek out the sweet birch saplings. A good sapling was tall and lithe, but bent easily. Dad would bend a sapling down, and…
The Slavic Polytheist 