Do you practice magick or witchcraft? Do you want to help stop those who wish to harm, exploit, and oppress the people of the world? Despoina wants YOU for MSF! Apply now: forms.gle/VD6CKnmGko56...

Do you practice magick or witchcraft? Do you want to help stop those who wish to harm, exploit, and oppress the people of the world? Despoina wants YOU for MSF! Apply now: forms.gle/VD6CKnmGko56...

Do you practice magick or witchcraft? Do you want to help stop those who wish to harm, exploit, and oppress the people of the world? Despoina wants YOU for MSF! Apply now: forms.gle/VD6CKnmGko56...

Are you a mage? Want to help stop those wish to harm, exploit, and oppress the people of the world? Despoina wants YOU for MSF! Apply now: forms.gle/VD6CKnmGko56...

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “The Road To Dawn”. I hope that you all enjoy it. #pagan #magick #magic #poetry open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Virgin Of The Dawn”, (1890)

Are you a mage? Want to help stop those wish to harm, exploit, and oppress the people of the world? Despoina wants YOU for MSF! Apply now: forms.gle/VD6CKnmGko56...

The post detailing my proposal for a new type of magickal organization dedicated to pursuing political, economic, and social goals is up on Without Authority. I would love it if you all gave it a read. #witchcraft #magick open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “The Beacon”, (1883)

I see a lot of mages who seem embarrassed to admit that they actually believe in magick. They parse the word as meaning anything vaguely self-improving, or as mysticism, or as psychology that doesn’t require credentials. But I believe in magick. Actual magick. And I’m not embarrassed. Do you?

New polemic up on Without Authority: “Against Transcendental Bullshit (And Magick As A Grift)”. I hope that it makes an impact. #pagan #witchcraft #magick #magic open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Buddha Walking Among The Flowers”, (1905)

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “Gallowglass”, which is Hymn To Demeter 1. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #witchcraft #poetry open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Cauldron Of The Sorceress”, (1879)

New homily for the Full Moon up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Struggle”. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #witchcraft #FullMoon open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Jacob Wrestling With The Angel”, (~1905)

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “Outer Olympus”. I hope that you all like it. #poem #poetry #originalpoetry #originalpoem open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “A Strange Juggler”, (1885)

New poem up on Without Authority: “Singing Anyway”. I hope you all like it. #poetry #poem open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Mystical Conversation”, (~1896)

New homily for the Full Moon up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Openness”. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #witchcraft #newmoon #eclipse open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Mystery”, (~1910)

Capitalism: the idea that if everyone lives like con artists constantly trying to scam each other out of as much as they can get, everyone will be better off and happier. That if we just encourage everyone to be their worst, most greedy, and self-involved selves from birth it will all work out.

New homily for the Autumn Equinox up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Mercy”. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #witchcraft #Equinox open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Icarus”, (Unknown Year)

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “Silhouette”, which is Theiatry Cycle 3. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #magick #magic #poetry #poem open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Angel In Chains”, (1875)

Oh no. Charlie Kirk died. Anyway…

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “This Tattered Playground”. I hope that you all like it. #occult #magick #magic #mysticism #pagan #poetry #poem open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Girl With Chrysanthemums”, (~1905)

Republicans are a force of evil. #Resist #AbolishICE #MAGAsAreNazis #AntiMAGA #AntiFascist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New homily for the Full Moon up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Openness”. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #FullMoon #witchcraft #witch open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Mystery”, (~1910)

His birth was accompanied by miracles. He was an ascetic, a miracle-worker and a religious reformer. An article on Apollonius of Tyana and the Pythagorean movement from which he emerged. www.robindouglas.org/post/an-anci...

Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.

Mark Carney needs to stop trying to be everything to everyone. There is no finding common ground with the extreme far right. There is no need to give them a platform, or a voice in Canada. Get your shit together.

The first ritual of theiatry, the magick of healing the family of the gods, is up on Without Authority. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #witchcraft #magic #magick #occult open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Antoine Coypel, “Jupiter And Juno On Mount Ida”, (~1700)

Apologetics argues but it does not convince. Mysticism convinces but does not argue. Choose ye well.

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “Yet I Barely Know You”, which is Hymn To Queen Hera 1. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #poetry #witchcraft open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Eduard Niczky, “Hera”, (~1880)

New homily for the New Moon up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Failure”. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #NewMoon open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Pandora”, (1912)

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “The Smell Of Flowers”, which is Theiatry Cycle 1. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #poetry open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Lady Of The Flowers”, (1895)

New narrative horror poem up on Without Authority: “The Testimony Of Detective Paul Reynolds”, which is part 4 of “The Beatrice Cycle”. #horror #poem #poetry open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Unknown Artist, “The Court Of The Jackal Raja”, (~1870)

Messaging Guidance: Want to help Trump and fascist MAGA implement their latest policy to dehumanize disabled people? Call what they want to do “institutionalization” Want to increase opposition to this attack on basic human freedom? Call it “incarceration” (formal, professional) or “locking up”

You don’t have to perform gender in order for your gender to be valid.

Embrace the mystical.

Again, you're welcome. (And BTW, they're *not* perfect. That's why I've already revised most of the series once...) 😏 (ebooks.direct/products/you...)

New homily for the Full Moon up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Inspiration”. I hope that you all enjoy it. #pagan #witchcraft #FullMoon open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Gustave Moreau, “The Voices”, (1967)

Want to read awesome wizard young adult fiction without giving money and mind-space to bigoted transphobic TERF? Read the series I grew up with, the “Young Wizards” series by Diane Duane. Not perfect, but a lot better than Harry Potter. Give it a shot.

I am happy to say that Without Authority now has 250 subscribers. Thank you so much, everyone. I really appreciate it.

New essay up on Without Authority: “Theiatry Pt. 2: A Magus Without Authority”. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #witchcraft #Thelema #magick #occult open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Diego Velázquez, “Mercury and Argus”, (1659)

New homily for Lammas up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Time”. I hope that you all like it. #pagan #Lammas #witchcraft open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Carlos Schwabe, “Death and the Grave Digger (La Mort et le Fossoyeur)”, (1895)

New essay up on Without Authority: “Theiatry Pt. 1: This Family Must Be Healed”. I hope that it speaks to you. #occult #mysticism #magic #magick #Thelema #witchcraft open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Odilon Redon, “Evocation Of Butterflies”, (~1910-1912)

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “A Word, If You Will (Ζένη)”. This is the big one. #pagan #magick #Thelema #poetry open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Félicien Rops, “La Tentation de saint Antoine”, (1878)

New homily for the New Moon up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Family”. I hope that you all enjoy it. #pagan #witchcraft #NewMoon open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Giovanni Bellini, Dosso Dossi, and Titian, “The Feast Of The Gods”, (1514)

New essay up on Without Authority: “Reclaiming Mysticism Pt. 2: The Empire Business”. I hope that you all enjoy it. #pagan #witchcraft #magick open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Artist Unknown, “The abandoned Ariadne”, ancient fresco from Pompeii, National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy

New essay up on Without Authority: “Reclaiming Mysticism Pt. 1: The Empire Never Ended”. I hope that you all enjoy it. #pagan #magic #magick #Thelema #occult open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Angelica Kauffman, “Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus”, (1774)

I’ve been thinking about the labyrinth a lot lately. About Ariadne sitting there alone as the story goes on without her. And it haunts me.

New homily for the Full Moon up on Without Authority: “On The Blessedness Of Play”. I hope you all like it. #pagan #witchcraft #FullMoon open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, “Children’s Games”, (1560)

New narrative horror poem up on Without Authority: “An Interview By Dr. Richard Stark”, which is part 3 of the Beatrice Cycle. I hope that you all enjoy it. #horror #poem #poetry open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Mary Spring Walker, “The Family Doctor ; Or Mrs. Barry And Her Bourbon”, (1869)

New mystical poem up on Without Authority: “All The Gods Are Tragic”, which is number 2 of the “All The Gods Are Tragic Cycle”. I hope that you all enjoy it. #pagan #poetry #witchcraft open.substack.com/pub/sororali... Art: Carl Andreas August Goos, “Orpheus And Eurydice”, (1830)

My life philosophy put simply.

Associations and Symbols of Dionysos I have attempted to write one of the most comprehensive articles on the symbols and associations of Dionysos. It is my hope that this will be a reference guide for future generations.