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From The Harvard Gazette, May 10, 2007 Colloquium attracts scholars, witches Students and practitioners of witchcraft mix it up at folklore and paganism conference By Ken Gewertz Harvard News Office What does the word “witchcraft” mean to you? If it’s Elizabeth Montgomery’s twitching nose or something some hapless woman in Colonial Salem was put to death for, you’ve got some catching up to do. Witchcraft is very much of the present, a 21st century religion or philosophy or... Read Full Story

Some people you meet and you just know… There will never be another friend, like this friend. No one else can make you as angry or as happy.  No one else “gets” you.  No one else can get away with saying the kinds of things you’d let this person say.  Certain people become a part of your insides.  And when they exit before you do, it’s hard not to spend the rest of your life wondering, “what would he/she have thought about this, done with this, said about this…” You make your peace... Read Full Story

Yep, you are.        Read Full Story

The Crowley quotes that revolutionized occult thinking for Jimmy Page and countless other seekers of truth: “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.” “Love is the law.  Love under will.”  “Every man and every woman is a star.”        Read Full Story

The thirteen lines below are the only lines from the Christian bible that I have any use for.  It’s always amusing (and frightening) that most of the Christians I have met don’t seem to know it or heed it.  Funny.  Ah well, it’s just poetry… The Excellence of Love If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so... Read Full Story

I was thinking about Nev Tillak today, as I do every day.  Nev passed away October 31st, 2002.  Six years later, I all of a sudden need to write about it because Nev would have LOVED being blogged about.  A friend wrote this one month ago.  Today, with the Full Moon coming, it seemed safe to re-read. “I still think about that summer we all spent together. Do you remember when we all sat in Nev’s room and watched the film he made of all of us at the pool. I remember he projected it on the... Read Full Story

So the obvious question is, “If this is a Witch/Revolutionary site, then why aren’t you blogging about Sarah Palin”?  My obvious answer to that is “Do I need to?  Isn’t she doing a wonderful job of scaring the hell out of us entirely as is?”  What nuance of right wing stupidity could I illuminate that Sarah Palin doesn’t already convey every time she speaks publicly?  Dissecting Sarah Palin has become the national pasttime of all the Democrats anyway.  Fun times.  They love that shit... Read Full Story

Renaissance Tarot The Empress “The Empress holds a fan of worldly pleasure and the orb of sovereignty. Hera (Juno) and the peacock accompany her. The queen of the pagan gods gave the hundred eyes of the vanquished Argus to the foul to adorn its tail, and adopted the bird as her attribute. Later, Mary the Christian queen of heaven inherited the symbol of the peacock and its “eyes” became the all seeing eyes of providence.” “The Renaissance Tarot is a modern deck, with symbolism drawn... Read Full Story

bell hooks!  bell hooks!  bell hooks! Video credit: I WANT DEMOCRACY NOW        Read Full Story

I have never been one to offer unsolicited dating advice to men or women, but when it comes to the following, I’d like to warn any reasonable man not to say or do this particular thing (especially to the woman who gave birth to your child). I know long-term relationships can breed complacency and no relationship is ever perfect, especially one between two artists, but when you and your woman are sharing a moment like this: …that’s probably not the best time to utter the following phrase... Read Full Story