Salt for the Eclipse
Meditations on witchcraft, kink, ecstatic mystery, old lifeways, fertile arts, and trauma healing in an apocalyptic era.

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First Quarter: A short(?) manifesto on survivalism

First Quarter: A short(?) manifesto on survivalism

Special Announcement: Subscription tier adjustments & summer sale

Special Announcement: Subscription tier adjustments & summer sale

Salt for the Eclipse: Totality

Salt for the Eclipse: Totality

Last Quarter: Progress does not exist

Last Quarter: Progress does not exist

Last Quarter: Not walls, but protocols

Last Quarter: Not walls, but protocols

New Moon: Kink as primordial principle

New Moon: Kink as primordial principle

Last Quarter: On violence

Last Quarter: On violence

Solar Autumn + Full Moon: Celtic calendars

Solar Autumn + Full Moon: Celtic calendars

Last Quarter: Eternal summer

Last Quarter: Eternal summer

Full Moon: Fertility in extinction

Full Moon: Fertility in extinction

Last Quarter: Fear as the mind killer

Last Quarter: Fear as the mind killer

Full Moon: Why I choose animism, Celtic and otherwise

Full Moon: Why I choose animism, Celtic and otherwise

Last Quarter: On heat deaths of universes

Last Quarter: On heat deaths of universes

"And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say." Welcome.

"And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say." Welcome.

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20
A lit, round beeswax candle carved with floral-ish motifs. It sits on a white plate with a few decorative pinecones nearby.

Winter Solstice + Full Moon: Yuletides of yore, and those yet to come

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Dec
13
A small, lit candle in a dark container sits on some dark fabric near a white scarf and two sprigs of American holly.

First Quarter: Hail to the candlemakers

Hello. It's Friday, and unfortunately a busy one, so I don't expect I can be as
9 min read
Dec
06
Two people wearing all black attire and stylized gas masks play electric guitars on a stage. Heavy orange lighting.

New Moon: Ecstasy in the rhythm

It's Friday. Hello. In these very difficult weeks, I have found music more of a sanctuary than ever.
12 min read
Nov
29
A cinematic shot of several people seated together. The focus is a woman with dark hair, blue clothing, and silver jewelry.

Last Quarter: Blood on this ground

Hello. It's Friday. As warned last week, I am not in a position to really write a full-bodied
4 min read
Nov
26
An old-fashioned illustration of the constellation Sagittarius overlaid by a centaur archer.

Monthly Music Mailing: Sagittarius Season

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Nov
22
Dramatically lit folds of a red velvet curtain.

Full Moon: Strange shadows

It's Friday. Hello. I took note of this in last week's paywalled post as well, but
15 min read
Nov
15
A large pile of relatively clean but unpeeled potatoes. Their skins are yellowish.

First Quarter: A recipe interlude

7 min read
Nov
08
A glittering impression of colorful, shining objects on a night-black backdrop, too many to count.

New Moon (Again): Meanings of life

7 min read
Nov
01
A Baroque altar at a cathedral. The photograph has had color channels adjusted to only show black, red, yellow, and white.

Solar Winter + New Moon: Black Mass

It's Friday, and it's Calan Gaeaf — or Samhain to many of you. Hello. From an animist
13 min read
Oct
31
A forest canopy, mostly deciduous trees now devoid of leaves. A few pine tops stand among them. Black and white.

Monthly Music Mailing: Scorpio Season

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