‘Sip of the Day’ Archives
Journals, Books… Why are We Always Supposed to »
Whether you consider your craft to be artistic or magical, it seems as if someone is always telling you to Write Down Your Experiences. Dream Journals, Rehearsal Journals, Books of Shadows, Books of Scripts---no matter what you call them or claim as their purpose they all amount to the same thing--extra time added to your daily practice [...]
Flashback: 2004 »
Yesterday I spent much of the day going through un-filed paperwork in preparation for doing taxes and having people over for my upcoming Tarot as a Body of Lore Class and I came upon a couple of things that I knew would make for Sip of the Day material. I've spent much of the morning deciding which to use today, and over my walk decided to go [...]
Understanding Dreams »
We, as human beings, have throughout time believed in the importance of our dreams. From our dreams have come incredible pieces of art and literature and even scientific breakthroughs. However most of our dreams seem to be cryptic, fleeting and difficult to decipher. So how do you work with dreams? There's lots of material out there, but what's [...]
Banishing and Binding »
File this post under Spell Crafting 101--Banishing and Binding are generally the first things a magical practitioner learns how to do regardless of their path or preferred magical practice. In fact, banishing and binding is so easily understood and readily practiced in our culture that even those who would claim that they absolutely reject [...]
New Years Resolutions Part 2 »
Yesterday I mentioned the big push of astro-energy that jumped us into the New Year. Today I want to touch upon the other bit of astro-energy that is with us as we embark upon turning our resolutions into realities and that is the current retrogrades of Mercury and Mars. To preface the article, I am not an astrologer (if you are looking [...]
New Year’s Resolutions 2010 »
So here we are about a week into 2010. How are those New Years Resolutions going? I can hear the guffaws already. Most people fall into two categories when it comes to New Years Resolutions--either they make New Years Resolutions every year in hopes that *this year* they'll succeed at keeping those resolutions or they have given up on [...]
In Honor… »
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day when we remember those in the Transgender Community who we have lost. My personal definition of Transgender is broader than most. I define gender as "a set of societally created codes of appearance and behavior attached to individuals on the basis of their anatomical sex for the purpose of [...]
What is Coming Out Really? »
What is coming out really? Is coming out the first time you recognize your self in the word gay, lesbian, bi, trans, homo? Is coming out the first time that you act on your self identification? Is coming out the first time that you tell someone of your new identity? I view coming out as a call. Calling or vocation is most often talked about [...]
Coming Out as a Spiritual Practice »
Sunday, October 11 is National Coming Out Day, an event that will be celebrated this year with a March on Washington DC, a presidential address to the HRC, and many other events in various communities and towns the world over. Most commentary that you will read or hear about Coming Out over this weekend will talk about the socio-political value [...]
Returning to our Day Jobs »
While dreaming is an important and necessary part of our work, we do not primarily live in dream space for a reason: we need to eat, we need shelter, and to attain the things we need we need to work. So just as I have an evening cantrip that I use to set my dream intentions, I also have a morning cantrip that helps me put my dream journeys [...]
