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The Key to Our Collective Liberation

The Key to Our Collective Liberation

If you are the only one that’s doing the work on a systemic problem, it’s gonna be r-e-a-l-l-y hard to make a change. Because you can only do so much. The same is true for larger systems. And you might want to get involved in efforts to shift the system also, because you may not make the change for you at a systemic level right away, but you’re starting to make that change.

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God is not Santa Claus

God is not Santa Claus

There is no seeking God without finding myself.What if every single day of your life you woke up in the morning with the absolute power to make your...

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Welcome to Another World

Welcome to Another World

Elisa Loncón, a 58 year old Mapuche woman, was elected on July 4 to be the president of the Constitutional Convention – the group of people who will...

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The Magic is Back

The Magic is Back

Neoliberalism was born and dies in Chile It was never really gone, but it is now front and center, proud, visible. Not hiding. Taking it’s righteous...

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How (and why) to cast a magical circle

How (and why) to cast a magical circle

A circle is a psychic space where we transform the world. A circle is a sacred space where we transform ourselves. A circle is also a physical place, and can even be physically traced on the ground, and visible to the regular observer, or exclusively energetically, only visible with the mind’s eye. Most importantly, a circle is a space separate from our ordinary lives, it’s a purposefully designed container to work magic.

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The day the sun didn’t rise

The day the sun didn’t rise

It’s Wednesday September 9, 2020, and the sun didn’t come out in San Francisco. Actually, it didn’t come out in the Bay Area at all. Cars are...

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How a Witch Works Energy

How a Witch Works Energy

My version of witchcraft is deeply experiential. I don’t read about it, or think about it, or talk about it, as much as I experience it. I live it....

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How I Use My Altar

How I Use My Altar

I have had an altar in my home for most of my adult life. The most recent incarnation of my altar is about 15 years old, it’s an Ikea coffee table...

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As Within, So Without

As Within, So Without

The lovely Brian Truskowski interviewed me for his podcast “Illuminate”. In introducing myself, I found myself saying that I’m a witch, I work...

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The Time for Magic

The Time for Magic

It’s time for me to teach magic. As in, formally, to aspiring witches that need guidance in bridging Earth and Fire.To those that sense Spirit, that...

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What Magic Is and Isn’t

What Magic Is and Isn’t

I live a very magical life and I am so deeply grateful for it. A magical life is a wonderful and wonder-filled existence. It’s a life of delight, of...

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50 Reasons Why I Work Magic

50 Reasons Why I Work Magic

Why do I work magic? Well, there are literally countless reasons, but let’s start with 50, off the top of my head, in no particular order: I work...

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The Liberation in Discomfort

The Liberation in Discomfort

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be uncomfortable and why folks are so terrified of the idea. The illusion of certainty (even if the...

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On Transforming Toxic Relationships

On Transforming Toxic Relationships

Not that long ago, I was in a relationship that was not good for me. It was not good for me before I left it, but I guess I had to stay for as long as I stayed to make sure that it wasn’t gonna get any better,

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The Language of Genocide

The Language of Genocide

George Floyd was assassinated by Minneapolis police for no damn good reason. I personally believe there’s very very very rarely a good reason to...

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Why Go Back to the US?

Why Go Back to the US?

On May 15, 2020, I posted on social media: THREE years ago today I moved back to SF from Australia. I cannot believe I'm gonna say this but it was...

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Better Than You

Better Than You

Amongst all the violence and bullshit going on in the world, specifically in the US, it’s hard to know where to put my attention. Black people have...

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A Witch’s Inner Work

A Witch’s Inner Work

  In the time of Covid, there’s been a lot of discussion about what “work” actually is. Many men (mostly men, anyway), who weren’t able to...

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The Gift in the Economic Crash

The Gift in the Economic Crash

As I have mentioned before, the economy is a collective hallucination. Given the world came to a halt and the majority of people on the planet are...

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Who has the Power and Authority?

Who has the Power and Authority?

I have two main interests in life: making my life better, and making everyone else’s life better. Yes, I come first, cause if I’m doing like shit...

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On Being OK

On Being OK

Over two weeks ago, Bay Area residents were asked to please stay in their homes as much as possible in an effort to curve the global pandemic that...

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Akashic Records

Akashic Records

I spent some time last week working with my Akashic Records, just because having a look at everything that ever was, is, and will be, since before...

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Lockdown

Lockdown

Yesterday, the Bay Area went into lockdown in an attempt to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. For someone who grew up in a place with actual, real...

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El miedo al miedo

El miedo al miedo

Ayer tuve la suerte de estar en Chile para el #8M, la marcha celebrando el día internacional de la mujer. Fue increíble participar en el evento. A...

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Belonging with My Human

Belonging with My Human

  There is a man in my life. I like everything about him, except for his freezing cold feet that startle the shit out of me when I accidentally...

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Ekeko

Ekeko

I am so super incredibly busy right now. I have to deliver a huge paper to a client this Friday. It’s not actually due til Monday but I want to...

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A Cup of Concrete

A Cup of Concrete

I spent last week with a group of Australians working on some strategy to help restore the world’s ecosystems. It was a complete privilege to do...

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On What Might Work

On What Might Work

Tonight I went and saw a dear friend of mine perform in “Butterfly Effect”, a dance show about climate change, activism, and how a diverse community...

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2020

2020

I love me a new year. As an Aries, the idea of a fresh start is what I’m all about. The blank page. The cleanliness of not having messed up yet. The...

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The Tech Bubble

The Tech Bubble

  As you know, the economy is a collective hallucination. It is not a natural occurrence that we have no control over, it is agreed-upon...

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Fear vs. Intuition

Fear vs. Intuition

“How do we distinguish between fear and intuition?” My friend texted me this question the other day, with no context and no further detail. Rather...

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Trolling the trolls

Trolling the trolls

For the last couple of years, I’ve made it a habit to call out, to varying degrees of “publicly”, all white and/or all male spaces, specifically...

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On Magic and Science

On Magic and Science

For the last few weeks, I have noticed that pretty consistently, things that I think of come to pass. I did notice such a phenomenon as a child and...

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Short-term Memory

Short-term Memory

A month ago, in the middle of July, I was in Aylesford, Kent, in England, teaching a leadership training for social justice leaders. It was a dream...

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The Revolution of Insanity

The Revolution of Insanity

One of my besties is certifiably insane. As in, not having “bouts of depression”, or “panic attacks”, though that is certainly a part of it (and...

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Impossible Love

Impossible Love

I am surfing the edge between a psychiatric diagnosis and the next step towards spiritual enlightenment. Everything is going so incredibly well, and...

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