Salt for the Eclipse
Using witchcraft and kink to make space for ecstatic mystery, ancient wisdom, fertile arts, and trauma healing in an apocalyptic era.

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New Moon: Kink as primordial principle

New Moon: Kink as primordial principle

Last Quarter: On violence

Last Quarter: On violence

Special Announcement: Changes to posting schedule & subscription tiers

Special Announcement: Changes to posting schedule & subscription tiers

Solar Autumn + Full Moon: Celtic calendars

Solar Autumn + Full Moon: Celtic calendars

Last Quarter: Eternal summer

Last Quarter: Eternal summer

Last Quarter: An alchemy of grief

Last Quarter: An alchemy of grief

Solar Summer + First Quarter: All work is work

Solar Summer + First Quarter: All work is work

Full Moon: Fertility in extinction

Full Moon: Fertility in extinction

Last Quarter: Fear as the mind killer

Last Quarter: Fear as the mind killer

Winter Solstice + New Moon: The night of the goat

Winter Solstice + New Moon: The night of the goat

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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26
A black conical pendulum on a metal chain capped with a clear bead. It all lies on a wooden surface.

Full Moon (Occult): Pendulum

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Jan
19
A section of a red wool scarf, shown in closeup over a wooden surface. The scarf is knit with garter stitch.

First Quarter: Putting-yourself-into-thing

Hello. It's Friday. Where I live we are still in real winter, praise be, a reprieve from the
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Jan
12
A black and white photo of a couple smaller hand floggers, three lengths of rope, and some sharp or pointy objects.

New Moon: Kink as primordial principle

It's Friday. Hello. I have had my doubts about whether I would actually finish and send this piece
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Jan
05
A vivid oil painting featuring a large bouquet of flowers next to jewels, coins, a goblet, and a book with a skull on top.

Last Quarter: Mortuary arts & death science

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Dec
29
At a high table sit a king and his men, who regard a guard with an axe, and a headless green man on a green horse.

Full Moon: New Year's, old ways

It's Friday, and it's nearly the New Year. Hello. For me, having spent the last six
12 min read
Dec
27
Red pine, scotch pine, and cedar woven into a circle, tied with a red ribbon, set with pinecones and jackalope figurines.

Monthly Music Mailing: Capricorn Season

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Dec
22
Dark green, spiky European holly leaves, with their red berry clusters.

Winter Solstice + First Quarter: Holly, ivy

Hello. It's Friday, and I've come back to another post for what I call Jól, the
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Dec
15
New Moon (Occult): Two in one in two

New Moon (Occult): Two in one in two

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Dec
08
Two women hold a man down on a bed. One woman holds a short sword with which she is bloodily severing the man's head.

Last Quarter: On violence

It's Friday. Hello. I'm writing in the middle of waiting for results for an important medical
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Dec
01
A weathered page of vellum parchment, inscribed with a strange script and illustrated with colorful flowers.

Full Moon: The rite of writing

Hello. It's Friday, and in the month that just ended, I made some progress on my next novel.
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