risingIt's been just over a month since the disaster of Hurricane Helene.Before a phoenix can rise from its ashes, I imagine it spends a long time stinking; a composting thing that once was, transmuting.After the rot, it catches fire -- more unpleasantness.I know the smell of burning hair well from …
Mermaid
Mermaid invocation
This invocation is especially for The Mermaid archetype. Use it on Autumn Equinox, under the Mermaid moon, and any day at sunset. We do invocations in a ritual for many reasons.It’s a way to honor the land where we to live and its features, and a way to “call in” the support of …
Capturing The Mermaid
This is an excerpt from The Mermaid Materia Mystica, the workbook included in this season's Writer's Group and the Darkwood 101 mystery school. When I began formulating The Mermaid anointing oil, I was a Mermaid.I was living and working in Marshall, NC, and if you’d walked into the town’s …
Weird Wanting
We are under a "Mermaid moon" today.That means the moon looks like The Mermaid's season of Autumn Equinox; half light-half dark, with waning light. The Mermaid archetype kindles our wisdom of independence and integration.She's also the non-conformist, and we call her "the divine …
what you call yourself
You know those stickers they pass out at meet & greets?They say, "Hello, I'm", and then you write your name on the sticker. Once you've written your name in it, you slap that baby on your shirt and wear it so people know who you are and what to call you.In other words, you tell people your …