The Fairy Godmother
A recurring fixture in the folklore of northern Europe is the fairy godmother. This mysterious woman appears by magic to attend the birth or Christening of an infant, often a ...
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Rending the Veil News
4 January 2009 Rending the Veil is officially on hiatus until we can get the bulk of the archives moved over. I expect it to take a couple of months, but that’s just an estimate. I’ll keep you posted here as I learn more. Meanwhile, enjoy the Yule issue, send your submissions for the next issue to submissions@rendingtheveil.com, and... [Read more...]
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Magick
Magic: Is It Another Four Letter Word?
In my most recent article for Reality Sandwich, Magic: It’s More Than Just Finding Parking Spaces, I discussed the stigmas or problem issues that surround the use of the word “magic” and the subculture of the occult, and... [Read more...]
Convergence: Taking Multiple Paths to One Goal, Part Three
Results and Observations Firstly, my apologies for the long time between the first two articles in this series and this one. There were several reasons for the delay, one of which was that I was still seeing the continuing manifestation of... [Read more...]
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The Otherkin Avatar Project - A Ritual by Michelle Belanger
The Otherkin community is a fascinating collection of individuals, all of whom feel as if they are differently souled. Although in human form, Otherkin believe that the essence of who and what they are originated elsewhere and can most often be associated... [Read more...]
Guttershaman - Meanings and Patterns, Part Two
“What is truth, man? You heard the weirdo…” — Zaphod Beeblebrox Earlier, I made the point that there’s a difference between what is (for want of a better word) real and what we can actually describe. This is an idea... [Read more...]
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Art and Spirits
Artistic Visions - Lotus
About the Artist My name is Jesse Lindsay. I am a freelance artist currently living in Portland, Oregon after hitchhiking around the U.S. for 6 years. I refer to my work as “alchemical surrealism.” Most of my art is derived from dreams... [Read more...]
The Fairy Godmother
A recurring fixture in the folklore of northern Europe is the fairy godmother. This mysterious woman appears by magic to attend the birth or Christening of an infant, often a child who is seemingly of no special importance. She may be alone, or accompanied... [Read more...]
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Fiction
Beyond the Veil: Melissa
1 It was not the worst hangover Melissa had ever had, but it was bad enough. She was grateful her parents were out as she stumbled and retched her way through the morning. By the time they came home shortly before noon, she was recovered enough... [Read more...]
Beyond the Veil: Road Kill From the Ends of Time
It is physically impossible to travel through time, until such time as a time machine is created. From that point, theoretically, someone from the future of that time machine could travel back as far as the creation of that time machine, wherever... [Read more...]
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The Dictionary of Traditional Magick and Etherical Science
Ain (Qabalah) Hebrew Literally, “no thing.” Some texts suggest that this is the condition of being that is God. Or, to put it another way, God is absolute nothingness or negative existence. No thing that can be understood. Ain represents... [Read more...]
Lupa’s Den: Shrine to Dead Critters
Shrine to Dead Critters Recently, my husband Taylor and I moved to a new home. This, of course, meant uprooting everything, packing it into boxes, bins and bags, and trucking it across town (thankfully the day before Snowpocalypse 2008 hit the Pacific... [Read more...]
Occult Author Spotlight: Franz Bardon
Franz Bardon I first encountered Franz Bardon’s works approximately five years ago, and was amazed I hadn’t read or explored his concepts earlier. It likely didn’t help that until recently his works were out of print or printed... [Read more...]
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Book Review: Runes for Transformation
Runes for Transformation: Using Ancient Symbols to Change Your Life by Kaedrich Olsen Weiser Books, 2008 ISBN 978-1578634255 230 pages Reviewer: Lupa When I first became interested in paganism back in the mid-1990s, the very first divination... [Read more...]
Book Review: When God is Gone, Everything is Holy
When God is Gone, Everything is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist by Chet Raymo Sorin Books, 2008 ISBN 978-1933495132 148 pages Reviewer: Lupa This is another one of those “Why is this important to pagans, anyway?” books.... [Read more...]
Book Review: Modern Shamanic Living
Modern Shamanic Living: New Explorations of an Ancient Path by Evelyn C. Rysdyk Weiser, 1999 ISBN 978-1578631254 110 pages Reviewer: Lupa There are numerous introductory texts on neoshamanism out there; most have the usual material – what... [Read more...]
Book Review: The Goat Foot God
The Goat Foot God by Diotima Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2008 ISBN 978-1438233666 104 pages Reviewer: Lupa This is my first review of a Bibliotheca Alexandrina title; I’ve been anxiously awaiting my chance to dig into the promising line of... [Read more...]
Book Review: Our Gods Wear Spandex
Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes by Christopher Knowles Weiser Books, 2007 ISBN 978-1578634064 234 pages Reviewer: Lupa I had a number of reasons for being really excited about reading this book. One, I am a geek.... [Read more...]
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