or How I Got Oliver to Stop Screaming and Learn to Love My Mom I recently had cause to write up some of my thoughts on the practice of charm, a neglected, but in my experience extraordinarily practical, esoteric skill. Charm will earn you affection, attention, access, and actions that money and influence will only … Continue reading Keys to Feline Charm: A Case Study
Tag: Animals
Athena’s Message: Jan 6, 2021
In early December of 2019, Recluse invited me to speak on his podcast The Farm on the topic of misogyny in the paraweird, focusing on my own personal experiences. This is a topic that has been very important to me for a long while. I have been outspoken about wanting to create a climate where … Continue reading Athena’s Message: Jan 6, 2021
The Cat with Faculty X
“Faculty X: A latent, ineffable power of the human mind and soul to reach beyond itself, literally and figuratively.” J. F. Martel reads Colin Wilson’s definition of Faculty X in the latest Weird Studies podcast, which looks at Wilson’s 1971 history of the occult and manifesto on human potential “The Occult”. I cannot … Continue reading The Cat with Faculty X
I Was a Middle Aged WereFox: Shapeshifting and the Brain
"Skinwalker's Coat Closet" by Aaron Babel of Steam Pony Designs This spooky article provides an outsiders’ take on a werewolf panic back in 1970’s Sweden. It came up on my social media feeds around Halloween. Reading this story reminded me of the time I got a feel for the personal and interior side of these … Continue reading I Was a Middle Aged WereFox: Shapeshifting and the Brain
Drew Beck’s Childhood Owl Encounter
Drew Beck wrote up an experience he had as a child in response to my request. He was reminded of this experience when i posted the above picture of an owl mural in a facebook group to which we both belong. His narrative follows: “I used to stay in town (population 500) with my great … Continue reading Drew Beck’s Childhood Owl Encounter
Nazca Hummingbird Liberation
Mike Clelland kindly published my account of a hummingbird synchronicity on his hidden experience blog in July of 2012. This is the first synchronicity which I wrote up and released on the internet. I was inspired to send him an email about this experience after reading about a dream he had which he described and illustrated … Continue reading Nazca Hummingbird Liberation
Chimeras of Burning Man
the gallery card I picked up at Tara Ice Cream the day after my dream, with corners dog eared from time spent in my sock drawer “One measures a circle, beginning anywhere.” Charles Fort I begin with this quote because I have a story to tell and no idea how to tell it. I’m hoping … Continue reading Chimeras of Burning Man
Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box
Earlier this year (March 2018) I followed an online discussion about “mystery boxes” amongst Greg Bishop and some members of his Radio Misterioso podcast fan group online. It prompted me to write up an experience I had which involved one of these enigmatic boxes. I’ve long been perplexed by the small boxes which show up … Continue reading Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box
Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box 