the tyrant works for me

I have no desire to be a tyrant or a megalomaniac. Lord knows we have enough of those characters in the world. And yet I know the archetype lives in me. Only now

making it up as i go

Lately, I've been yearning to write—feeling as if there are things I really need to be writing about, while simultaneously feeling as if I have absolutely nothing to say. This

when the maps stop working

A personal account of what happened when my New Age spiritual practice stopped working—when manifestation felt hollow, my empowerment teachings failed me, and I had to cross a threshold with no map. This is my story of five years in the underworld and what I found on the other side.

life hangs in the balance

I think about death a lot, but have been contemplating it even more this week, as my kitty, Syntha, lies in a hospital cage with a deadly virus-parasite combo. Siezed by the #2