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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May
15
The Manhattan skyline viewed from upon the island itself. Skyscrapers are lit up amid a pink, hazy sundown.

Last Quarter: Autism versus modernity

Hello. It's Friday, and I am riding the high of creation. Any time I step, look, or listen
24 min read
May
08
A landscape: the black silhouettes of conifer trees in front of bluish mountainous terrain. The sky is twilight blue with patchy clouds and the Moon rises full.

Full Moon (Again): A fertility prayer

6 min read
May
01
A black & white photograph of young children cavorting with ribbons around a maypole. Those presumably gendered as boys form an inner circle while girls form the outer circle.

Full Moon + Solar Summer: To gather a bundle of May

It's Friday, and by wonderful chance this year the Full Moon has aligned with today's holiday
16 min read
Apr
30
Monthly Music Mailing: Taurus Season

Monthly Music Mailing: Taurus Season

1 min read
Apr
24
A vibrant blue, indigo, turquoise, and green piece of knitting, on yellow metal needles, in a basket.

First Quarter: Knitting updates

Hello. It's Friday, and this is going to be a relatively practical reflection; I haven't written
8 min read
Apr
17
A large grey-black orb, dimly discernible with the features of the lunar surface, covers the Sun's silver corona on a black backdrop speckled by stars and planets.

New Moon (Occult): Strange ecstasies

4 min read
Apr
10
An aerial view of a white industrial building whose shape and surrounding parking lot form a rather soulless footprint on the surrounding green landscape.

Last Quarter: The maximum entropy scam

Hello. It's Friday, and at this latitude Orion has begun setting before midnight, and come nightfall I expect
19 min read
Apr
03
Full Moon: Nordic myths

Full Moon: Nordic myths

12 min read
Mar
27
Yellowish, dry grass on a flat plain with blue sky and small white cumulus clouds overhead. Possible blurry animals near the horizon.

First Quarter: Living with land(s)

Hello. It's Friday, and the dawn chorus seems louder by the day, and the very first flowers have
11 min read
Mar
23
Monthly Music Mailing: Aries Season

Monthly Music Mailing: Aries Season

2 min read