[COMMENTARY] A new op-ed warns of a growing mental health crisis among conservationists, driven by ecological loss, funding pressures and a culture of self-sacrifice. The authors call for greater investment in workforce well-being and support. ** Views are authors'.

Trees in the Sky, 1939 by Canadian painter Emily Carr #womensart

Work and play make the world go ‘round. After finishing a full lunar cycle of devotional sorcery to Mene-Selene, which resulted in some fertile symbolic imagery and two powerful new incantatory chants, I’m enjoying a week of downtime and nothing but labors and leisure! Gods bless us, every one!

$10 from every sale of Barbarous Tongues to the Center for Biological Diversity! tinyurl.com/barbaroustongues #lifeonearth #biophilia #esotericart #greensky #witchsky #artandecology

Sun Disk accumulation. A friendly reminder that there are no shipping charges this month on domestic orders of Barbarous Tongues: a Journal of Arts and Esoterica! Details at tinyurl.com/barbaroustongues #helios #witchsky #ancientgods #solardeities

Seeking inspiration for your magical path in 2026? Use code BARB26 for Free Shipping on all domestic (US) orders of Barbarous Tongues: a Journal of Arts and Esoterica, now through end of January. tinyurl.com/barbaroustongues #witchsky #occultbooks #esotericarts #happynewyear2026

Post-Solstice incantatory prepwork

This graphic for my Food Justice class presentation is getting a little out of hand; Acid-Socialist communion wafer? #foodjustice #sciencevisuals #researchagenda #graphicdesign #psychedelicart

Turn your life Like a key Push hesitations wide open And enter the road As if it is a foggy tablature

Historian and folk magician Dr. Alexander Cummins talks necromancy, divination, land spirits and more in Barbarous Tongues: a Journal of Arts and Esoterica. Available now at tinyurl.com/barbaroustongues #folkmagic #necromancy #geomancy #witchsky #booksky #esoterica #grimoires

Mandy Wilde ruminates on the dark aspects of the Goddess Hekate as accessed through William Blake’s The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy. Wilde also presents Aug 19 for Salem Witchcraft and Folklore! tinyurl.com/barbaroustongues #hekate #hecate #williamblake #artwriting #witchcraft #esotericart #witchsky

Francis Dot is a research-based artist living and working in Portland OR. Featured alongside an impressive group of visionaries in Barbarous Tongues, available from Ecstatic Agendas! tinyurl.com/barbaroustongues #collageart #portlandoregon #esoterica #timetravel #contemporaryart #witchsky #booksky

Delighted to be part of this hot new zine journal, and had a blast chatting about folk necromancy, geomancy, and more in this interview.

Artist, occulturist, and merry prankster Tom Banger is featured alongside a fantastic cohort of creative minds in Barbarous Tongues, now available from Ecstatic Agendas! tinyurl.com/barbaroustongues #templeofpsychickyouth #collage #cutups #anansi #zines #booksky #witchsky #artsandculture

I’m stoked to announce the arrival of BARBAROUS TONGUES: A Journal of Arts and Esoterica. BT bridges art, poetry, magic and ecology in a spirit of nondogmatic cultural cross-pollination. 80p paperback, 8.5x11”. tinyurl.com/barbaroustongues #esoterica #occulture #paganpride #witchsky #booksky

“Natural climate solutions have already locked away vast amounts of carbon and offer co-benefits like biodiversity and water security. Delaying action while chasing "permanence" or perfect solutions is more dangerous than managing the risk of carbon reversals.” www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

Happy Pride Month!!! 🏳️‍🌈

“… the importance of the magical fire in goetic ritual assumes a greater symbolic importance, given the connection of the original Goes with fire as well as mountains and volcanoes and their associated divinities.” - Jake Stratton-Kent, Geosophia Vol 2, p 83 (2010).

Yesterday’s native groundcover and edible tuber spree heralds the next phase of my urban greening research. (cont. in 1st image) #urbangreening #nativeplants #communityresilience #greensky

Life is such glory The air is so crisp The berry so juicy It pours down my wrist

False Solomon’s Seal starters fresh through the mail from Cane Creek Meadows on Etsy! These PNW natives provide luscious punctuation marks to the understories of local wooded parklands. Can’t wait to bring them up here at home! #falsesolomonsseal #nativegroundcover #urbangreening

The Devil Archetype Liberation, Shadow Self, and the Journey to Authenticity The Devil archetype represents the confrontation with the parts of ourselves that we often conceal, the shadow self, hidden desires, and the chains we place upon our own freedom. open.substack.com/pub/wickdcro...

“I remember when this whole thing began, no talk of God then we called you a man! and believe me my admiration for you hasn’t died…”

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

Dandelion has the face of the sun and pale roots like fingers reaching down into the earth

Greeting you on Bluesky with this reminder They are living, thinking, feeling beings And they deserve our respect, even if we haven't earned theirs. One love

I think BlueSky’s “Achilles heel” may be that, as people break away from the soma-pump of Meta platforms, many of us may be realizing that we are better off without ANY social media - at least as a daily habit of consumption.

On mornings like this one, when the sky is the color of a ghost, and the bare branches and the power lines are swaying in the wind, it is right and proper to give sappiness free reign, and to put on a wistful old song, and feel the tears on my cheeks as I drink my coffee. youtu.be/TvMS_ykiLiQ?...

There needs to be a full academic boycott of Columbia. It's an institution not worth saving. No one should speak there, go there, or collaborate with academics there. Let it crumble into irrelevance.

I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.

I had a very pleasant interview this morning with a DEI-focused staffing agency for a job working on environmental justice and food security. I feel invigorated and inspired, whether or not I get a callback!

Bash Back

To those who celebrate youtu.be/uIT_ov0lOXo?...

"Let fall what wants to fall; if you hold it back, it will drag you with it." -Carl Jung

An itty bitty dirty ditty from a few years back: m.soundcloud.com/sun-duel/bur...

All I want is some Good clean fun www.americanrivers.org/2025/01/keep...

My final video presentation for Cultural Resource Management class explores the effects of Climate Change on Heritage Resources, with suggestions for researchers and planners. #culturalheritage #climatechange #historicpreservation #disasterpreparedness

A wonderful whitefish chowder variation tonight with cannellini beans, dijon mustard, tomatoes and white wine. Lots of garlic and butter of course.

Just saying.

Pagan Community Notes for 2/27/25: Interfaith community in SC responds to the events in Pickens, Hellenic religious leaders call for protest after court blocks construction of new Temple of Zeus, Matronalia approaches, Tarot of the Week, & more events on the horizon wildhunt.org/2025/02/paga...

Honk Honk

My trusty yet hard-to-photograph silver phylactery based on PGM IV 2705, which is expanded upon in Jack Grayle’s “Hail Hekate” class. During the consecration, I felt compelled to call on Hermes Chthonios as well. #greekmagicalpapyri #hekate #pagansorcery #protectionmagic