Occult Garden Parties

The biggest safeguard of lodge and coven based esoteric traditions is the presence of trusted peers, other human beings, also working the system by your side, who know you personally in real life and can talk some sense into you when you go off the rails. Guess what part of group based traditions and systems get ripped out and tossed off a cliff the most? Yeah, the part where your peers can tell you to your face while in the same room that you have become more delusional than normal. I swear that I am working on this project. Want to see more Flash Reads? Visit my wife's pottery shop: Khari's Wiccan Treasures Offering plate handmade by Khari S.

Service A loaf of bread. That is why I ended up enlisting in the New Egyptian Allied Astronautics and Support Services. A stale loaf of bread. There is a myth that people join the armed services because they are patriotic. Maybe after getting your head stuffed with lessons straight from the Ministry of Doctrine and Enlightenment, if you are a citizen of the Holy American Protectorate; art from the Ministry of Art and Humanity, if you live on one of the Free American Islands; field trips to see the war debris that litters the Ring of Defiance, if you happen to live in the Free City-State of Denver, maybe after that you might be a patriot. Maybe then, you will join for patriotic reasons. That was not me. The closest thing I got to being patriotic was the annual block party celebrating armistice. I like watching fireworks, especially the Catherine Wheels and Thor Hammers. The only thing I like better on Armistice Day is the food. Of course, that was because of my home life.

Welcome to the Spring Equinox Tarot Blog Hop. Or as I like call it--"Reading Tarot with the help of a cat." For those who are reading more than just my blog, here are the links that you need to navigate the rest of the Tarot Blog Hop. Previous Blog   Master List Next blog  Without further ado. . . For this Tarot Blog Hop, we were given two topics—for those who have two blogs—or as I am going to call the topics, “The bread that surrounds whatever my muse wanted to write about.” And while I have another blog—I am no longer supporting it with new posts because my writing style has changed—so both topics are going to be done right here. It is not ambition—I just like to talk. The first topic was "Out of the whole deck, what card or cards would you say represent you either professionally or personally? As always these are just guides, if your muse wants to play about and take you on a journey that is perfect, as long as its within the refrain of the topic, be