A Gentle Conception Ritual for Hope
Wanting a child reaches a depth almost no other subject does, and the road there can be long, quiet and at times painful. A conception ritual takes nothing...
Remote Viewing and the CIA Stargate Files
In July 1974, in a room at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, a former Burbank police officer was handed a slip of paper with nothing on...
Ayahuasca: Tradition, Science and U.S. Law
Ayahuasca is a plant brew from the upper Amazon basin, used in ceremony by Indigenous peoples of the region for generations and taken under the guidance of experienced...
Aleister Crowley: Thelema and the True Will
No figure in modern Western magic is argued about the way Aleister Crowley is. The tabloids of his own day called him the wickedest man in the world....
The Morphic Field: Sheldrake's Claim and What Holds Up
I used the phrase for years without ever checking it. It fits so well: when something is in the air, when a group suddenly moves differently, when the...
Light Language: What It Is and What Linguists Found
Light language turns up at retreats, in videos and in one-on-one sessions: sounds, syllables and gestures nobody can translate, offered anyway as a language. Here is what is...
Ringing in the Ears: Spiritual Meaning, Left and Right
A high tone, out of nowhere, in the left ear only, a few seconds long — and then gone. Almost everyone knows it, and almost everyone has thought:...
Witch's Garden: What to Plant and What to Leave Out
A witch’s garden sounds like a secret and is in fact the oldest practical fixture of a household: an herb bed holding everything you actually use. Here is...
Dreamcatchers: Ojibwe Origins and How to Bind One
Dreamcatchers hang from rearview mirrors, over cribs and in vacation rentals — usually large, brightly dyed and strung with craft-store feathers. The originals were small enough to sit...
Can You Wear a Pentacle at Work? US Law and the Practical Answer
Title VII protects sincerely held religious belief, including Pagan practice. What that covers, what changed in 2023, and how to handle the moment a colleague notices.
How to Get Rid of a Ouija Board: What Actually Matters
A Ouija board is a patented American board game, not a container. What the object is, what the folklore gets right by accident, and the three disposal routes...
What Is Florida Water? Uses, History, and What It Actually Does
Florida Water is an 1808 New York cologne that became a fixture of American altar practice. What is in the bottle, how it is actually used, and what...