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Jan 22

Elevating Incense

How to burn incense on charcoal to elevate your mind and spirit — When most people think of incense, they think of this: Or this:

Incense

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Elevating Incense
Elevating Incense
Incense

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Jan 17

Games that aren’t D&D you could be playing right now (Part 1)

Pro tip: You can play “D&D” without going anywhere near a Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast product As we watch the ongoing shitshow of Hasbro of the Coast’s fumbling attempts to kill and recreate their open game license (OGL), which has essentially overtaken my entire social mediasphere (and probably yours, too), I feel the real story is being completely overlooked. Psst: You can play D&D without playing…

Dungeons And Dragons

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Games that aren’t D&D you could be playing right now (Part 1)
Games that aren’t D&D you could be playing right now (Part 1)
Dungeons And Dragons

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Dec 12, 2022

Magical Gift Ideas, Part 2

As promised in part 1 of my gift guide, here are some more magical gift ideas. I’m including three shops across the U.S. that are run by ethical friends who make exquisitely crafted products and offer magical or spiritual services, too. They all ship anywhere in the U.S. and some…

Gifts

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Magical Gift Ideas, Part 2
Magical Gift Ideas, Part 2
Gifts

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Dec 12, 2022

Magical Gift Guide, Part 1

It’s that time of year again! Chances are you celebrate some form of holiday gift-giving traditions, so I’ve rounded up some of my favorite gift suggestions for your magically inclined friends (or to give to your best friend of all — yourself!). We’ll look at tarot and divination decks and a few of my favorite books…

Magic

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Magical Gift Guide, Part 1
Magical Gift Guide, Part 1
Magic

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Nov 3, 2022

Tarot, Ritual, and Magic

(Note: If you’re interested in learning tarot, please read to the end for a special limited-time offer on The Art and Magic of the Tarot: Fundamentals class, which I truly believe is the most comprehensive tarot course available). I spent the weekend of October 14th in Nashville at the Strange…

Tarot

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Tarot, Ritual, and Magic
Tarot, Ritual, and Magic
Tarot

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Aug 8, 2022

Haunting Cemeteries

My first article for The Baltimore Banner (where I’m now a copy editor) is about one of my favorite hobbies: visiting and photographing cemeteries. You can read it here: Baltimore’s cities of the dead. I always feel a strange and distinctive sense of peacefulness coupled with — and yeah, I…

Cemetery

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Haunting Cemeteries
Haunting Cemeteries
Cemetery

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Jun 30, 2022

Review: The Black Power Tarot

I like to be as inclusive as possible when doing tarot readings. It’s not always easy when the skin color of the characters on the cards in most decks is paper-white or some shade of pinkish-caucasian. That…

Tarot

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Review: The Black Power Tarot
Review: The Black Power Tarot
Tarot

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May 13, 2022

How to be an Ethical Tarot Reader

Dos and Don’ts for Reading Tarot (or any Divination Practice) NOTE: My online course, The Art and Magic of the Tarot: Foundations, is available now and is getting rave reviews from students. It includes over 10 hours of video, a detailed workbook, extra PDF material, sample reading videos, and much…

Tarot

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How to be an Ethical Tarot Reader
How to be an Ethical Tarot Reader
Tarot

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Apr 13, 2022

Improve Your Tarot Readings by Avoiding “Meaning Paralysis”

Stop asking “what do these cards mean?” and tell the story right in front of you Many years ago, I had a breakthrough when it came to reading tarot. It changed my whole perspective and made my readings exponentially better. Now, it’s the way I teach others to read, too (including students in my Art and Magic of the Tarot class — see details below!). I…

Tarot

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Improve Your Tarot Readings by Avoiding “Meaning Paralysis”
Improve Your Tarot Readings by Avoiding “Meaning Paralysis”
Tarot

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Mar 25, 2022

A Visit to “Cursed” Moll Dyer Rock

The Legend of Accused Witch Moll Dyer — On February 26, 2022 I drove three hours south of Baltimore to historic Leonardtown in St. Mary’s County for Moll Dyer Day. It was just like many small-town festivals, with live music, people in costumes, specially drinks at local bars and restaurants, and families and kids on a scavenger hunt. …

Witch

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A Visit to “Cursed” Moll Dyer Rock
A Visit to “Cursed” Moll Dyer Rock
Witch

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