New Moon

Oct
20
A white design on a black background. There are a lot of abstractly threatening shapes, encircled with the word ASMODAY.

New Moon: Asmodeus/Dionysos

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Sep
15
The silhouettes of hands are traced on a rock wall, using various red, brown, and white paints.

New Moon: Consciousness, collectiveness, custodianship

Hello. It's Friday, and this week has been an extreme weather hell in my region, which isn'
17 min read
Aug
18
Sissy Spacek as Carrie, covered in blood.

New Moon: On rites of passage

Hello. It's Friday, and I have some thoughts again about ordeal. Back for the New Moon in January,
16 min read
Jul
21
Etsy listings, mostly for shirts that say, "Satan is my Daddy," "Satan is my sugar daddy," "Satan is a woman," and so on.

New Moon: Mass market satanism

It's Friday. Hello. I'm writing up something very long and extra footnoted that I've
22 min read
Jun
23
A view over a wooden fence. Beyond is a lush, verdant garden of innumerable plants and trees.

Summer Solstice + New Moon: Ecstasy is everywhere

8 min read
May
26
A painting: delicate, wispy, and muted except for the red garb of the titular whore, topless on a multiheaded beast.

New Moon (Again): Great Beast, Scarlet Woman

15 min read
May
19
A pre-Raphaelite painting of a male and female couple encountering their exact likenesses, to some a

New Moon: To be, and not to be

It's Friday. Hello. I have meditations today for New Moon mysteries. They may be rather short, but in
9 min read
Apr
21
A lot of naked people with Greco-Roman hairstyles are having sex together in a fancy room.

New Moon: Indulging vs. living deliciously

Hello. It's Friday, and having opened up comments to all subscribers, I'm diving right ahead today
16 min read
Mar
24
A colored woodcut illustration of two men stripped to the waist, flogging themselves.

New Moon: Purification without sin

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Feb
24
A mysterious room with walls made of red velvet curtains. The floor is a distinctive white and black chevron pattern.

New Moon: Mysteries behind red curtains

16 min read