Author Archives: drdeepdish

When the Drums Stop, the Fire Circle Keeps Moving

And how do you catch up when so much has occurred since May? What golden spiritual truth do you pan for in the dirt and dross we have lived and are going to live through? Enough avoiding rage. Stoke the forge fire. We are the agents of change. We have to create the magic toContinue reading “When the Drums Stop, the Fire Circle Keeps Moving”

Not Maiden, Mother, or Crone: Maeja

The greatest gnosis is ultimately unspeakable, unshakeable, unteachable. Living through your own personal transformation, eating your demons, beating up your angels, re-meeting your ancestors, chasing your gods… it is inexplicably deep. But it is possible.  I was fortunate to have sisters on the same sacred path; we blessed our changing bodies, carried our own baggage,Continue reading “Not Maiden, Mother, or Crone: Maeja”

Demonic Musings, Diabolical Authority, and Devil Cards

for Jim R. Lewis, my advisor — in memoriam A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine… You’ve got to know who he actually is, first. Western folk tradition says that the Devil is Satan, who was once an angel named Lucifer, who got pissy taking orders from Yahweh and Saint Michael andContinue reading “Demonic Musings, Diabolical Authority, and Devil Cards”

New Moon Vow (or What to Tell Magical Learners and Adepts When Their Magic Doesn’t Work or When They Think It Doesn’t Work)

We’ve all been there who do this work. We get heady on the successes. We are sure the gods or angels or demons or ancestors are smiling on our work. We feel blessed, we see differently, we begin to shape the world to our dreams… And then it seems to stop. Or blow. Or ourContinue reading “New Moon Vow (or What to Tell Magical Learners and Adepts When Their Magic Doesn’t Work or When They Think It Doesn’t Work)”