Changing Paths will be published by 1000 Volt Press in April 2023.
The Changing Paths Book Launch will be on Zoom, on 16 April 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific Daylight Time, 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time, and 7:00 pm British Summer Time.
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Nature notes 5
Nature notes, Sunday 26 February, -7°C.
Walked by Hespeler Millpond. The fresh layer of snow was not slippery. We saw four or five swans. There were some rabbit tracks across the snow that’s laid on the frozen surface of the millpond. There’s also a fallen tree that was felled by a beaver. The sky was blue, crisp, and clear.
Queer Pagan Reading List 2023
New titles this year: Mat Auryn’s Mastering Magick, books by Jack Chanek, The Pagan Heart of the West by Randy P Conner, The Witches of Thistle Grove series by Lana Harper, books by T Thorn Coyle, Chaos Monk by Steve Dee, two new books by Casey Giovinco, Traversing Gender by Lee Harrington, Sacred Gender by Ariana Serpentine.
Continue readingContext is everything
I know that some people use “there’s only one race, the human race” to erase the existence of racism. However, race is a socially constructed category based on the idea that there is more difference between ethnic groups than within them. The fact that race is a socially constructed category doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have real effects. Racialized people are treated differently and it affects their health, employment, housing, access to education, justice, and life chances generally. Racism is real and does real harm. Continue reading
Monarch butterflies
In Mexico, Monarch butterflies are associated with the Day of the Dead, because that’s when they arrive back there after their long migration from Canada. The Day of the Dead is on the same day as Samhain and Hallowe’en and comes from the same roots.
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This book is an excellent overview of the languages of cults, and what attracts people to them. One of the most significant aspects of cults is the …
Review: Cultish
I’ve reviewed this book over at my Changing Paths site, which is a resources site for my forthcoming book, Changing Paths, which will be published in 2023 by 1000 Volt Press. Do give me a follow on there to get news and updates of the book.
If you enjoyed this post, you might like my books.
Orange Shirt Day
Today is Orange Shirt Day, the day for remembering Indigenous children who died in residential schools and honouring the survivors.
It was organized by grassroots Indigenous activists for many years before it was officially adopted as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Continue readingOccult Clerihews Challenge
The Occult Clerihews Challenge! Write a Clerihew about a famous occultist (and post it in the comments or link back to this post so I get a ping-back).
The only rule of clerihews is that they have four lines with an AABB rhyme scheme, and the first line ends with the subject’s last name. I’ve bent the rule slightly because it’s hard to find words to rhyme with Gardner and Valiente. Clerihews don’t have to scan, nor be a complete biography of the person they’re about, and they’re comic rather than serious.
Continue readingGood night, Moon
Inspired by the title, and the quasi-animism, of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon, which I only found out existed today, as it was featured on CBC.
Continue readingBooks I read in July 2022
A varied month: bisexuality, climate fiction, and essays.
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Dowsing for Divinity 