Staff of Asclepius
I’ll be on the Magical Experiments podcast June 1, 2015 6-7 PST with host Taylor Ellwood. We’ll be talking about the role of health in magical work, and how magic can be used to work with health. Read more
I’ll be on the Magical Experiments podcast June 1, 2015 6-7 PST with host Taylor Ellwood. We’ll be talking about the role of health in magical work, and how magic can be used to work with health. Read more
The earth is wakening. Persephone, Brigid, and other goddesses of Spring and new life are doing their magic. What I think of right now is the death that offers itself to life. Old leaves decay and enrich soil where new plants blossom; this is good dark, the sleep that contributes to the wakening. Read more
The Spring, the new moon, a solar eclipse and Guanyin (Kuan-Yin). Today is an especially powerful day for transformative magic. Read more
This Friday, March 20 is the Spring Equinox and a Solar Eclipse. It will be a powerful day. Find out more about this eclipse at There will be a collaborative three part piece about the Spring Equinox from Friday to Sunday here at the Staff of Asclepus. In the mean time please read a wonderful piece by Catharine Clarenbach “Nearer, my Goddess, to Thee: Divine Communion and Mental Illness” Read more
Megalithica Books is seeking submissions. We would like to hear from the founders and leaders of as many different traditions and organizations, established and brand new, as possible through submissions and interviews. Deadline for submissions is June 21, 2015. Read more
Don’t Hit the Girl Many sleepless nights she and her sisters cried As their mommy and daddy would fight Shouting words of shame Playing the adult blame game And as she grew Her father began to curse her too With his harsh words From his spiteful world Don’t hit the girl Don’t hit the girl With your words of pain And your tongue of flame Don’t hit the girl And now that’s she’s grown When she’s all alone His voice... Read more
The book that was inspired by the readers and contributors of The Staff of Asclepius is now on sale. Rooted in the Body, Seeking the Soul: Magic Practitioners Living with Disabilities Addiction and Illness An Anthology Edited by Tara Miller Now 50% off the cover price with $5 shipping and handling a total of $15 It is also available on Kindle at Amazon.com for their price. To purchase Rooted in the Body, Seeking the soul use PayPal. Visit your PayPal... Read more
Public health in sacred space is important. We take part in actions of community. We pass the drinking horn and the plate of cakes. We dance hand in hand. We even engage in sex magic, or working a ritual through sexual pleasure. The problem today is this: we are facing a day when diseases are global and drug resistant, and people have fewer ways to protect themselves. We are living in a day where there is the potential for diseases... Read more
There are several things Imbolc, or the Feast of Flames, makes me think of. It was the first sabbat I led a group ritual for, and indeed the first time I led a group ritual at all. So there is some significance there. There’s also the meaning of the holiday. This is a time of hope, of making plans and looking ahead. As I said, it was the first time I led a group ritual. At the time I was... Read more
I live with chronic pain. I have undiagnosed muscular pain in both hands, from years of typing, crafting, and other activities. I’ve got tendon damage in my left heel, and arthritis in both knees, stemming from a bad fall I took a couple years ago, off a curb and onto ice. I’m also prone to migraines and stress headaches. Thirteen Aspects of the Ouch Life 1. “Dude, just get over it.” 2. I can’t find my Allieve and I have... Read more
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