December 10, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot The Case Against Hope Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here Contrary to popular belief, Pandora didn’t actually have a “box.” In the tale captured by Hesiod– the oldest extant version, in his Works and Days, Pandora owned (or rather brought with her as a kind of dowry when she was delivered to her husband-to-be Epimetheus) a pithos, a large vase-like jar: […] | more
November 23, 2024 Jeremy Tarot Hey hey Hades I’ve started doing a Tarot card pull per day from my absolute favorite deck, the Tarot of the Greek Magical Papyri. Sometimes, when inspired, I’ll take a deeper dive into the subject of the card over here. Pour one out for poor Hades. Not only does he always end up getting confused with Thanatos (the […] | more
November 19, 2024 Jeremy Plants, Writings and Whatnot Participatory Ecology 101: Reframing “Nature” Step One: Reframing Nature We must take care of Nature! “Be stewards of the Environment!” “TOP TEN WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PLANET” What a nice idea, taking care of “Nature” (whatever that is)! It makes us think of cleaning streams, throwing litter into the proper receptacles, recycling at home, buying organic. All good, […] | more
November 10, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot Be Weeds Now is the time for Resilience weed (n): a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants. What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how […] | more
November 7, 2024 Jeremy Grimoire How to use Dark Magic Against Trump What’s up, Spellcasters? Looks like I have to dust this off again, unfortunately. So who wants to cause some magical mayhem and hit back against the MAGAt pigs a little more forcefully than we have been so far? The time for “nice” magic is over. They sure as hell aren’t using lavender and vanilla and white candles, so […] | more
November 2, 2024 Jeremy Grimoire How to Contact Your House Spirit Almost every culture has a concept of a “Resident Spirit,” House Spirit, or Household Deity. They’re known by a variety of names (Nisse, Tomte, Lares), although individual house spirits each have a name of their own as well. Most of the time their activities go unnoticed and are mistaken for the sound of the “house […] | more
October 24, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot How to Navigate Climate Change And now for something completely different…. Getting through the tough times ahead If you don’t believe in human-caused climate change, guess what? You’re going to die. Secondly, if you’re one of the smart ones who knows climate change is a real thing, you’re also going to die. The question is, how are you going to […] | more
October 23, 2024 Jeremy Grimoire You Don’t Need a Telephone to Call a Forest The Liminal Spirit Oracle Part 2 (see Part One) Now that we’ve discussed the nature of the Liminal Spirit, you’re probably wondering just how you can start connecting with your Genius Loci and exploring what it has to communicate to you. The inspiration for the Liminal Spirit Oracle can be found in the practice of Western-style […] | more
October 17, 2024 Jeremy Grimoire How to Talk to Your Yard The Liminal Spirit Oracle Part 1 Did you know you can talk to your yard? You can communicate with a forest, or desert, or pond, or even a shopping mall? All it takes is recognizing that every “location” has its own “spirit,” and that this spirit can communicate with you once you’ve learned how to […] | more
October 10, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot The Joy of Pareidolia “Pareidolia” is a term given to the human tendency to find patterns where none are understood to exist. In the world of the paraweird, it’s typically used to disprove images or audio of so-called “paranormal” experiences. The most basic example is seeing a face in the clouds, or a rock that looks like a celebrity, […] | more
