These 10 controversial truths have been the root of amazing things in my life — seriously trippy synchronicities, revelations of union with my expanded self, a lot of happiness, and a lot of money. These truths are challenging. They're odd, they're offensive -- and they work great.
Read MoreIn our modern world we tend to take writing for granted, but the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, in the Phaedrus, referred to writing as a pharmakon. What's a pharmakon? It's a medicine, a drug, a poison. Something that can be used to heal or to harm.
Read MoreI've heard thousands of leaders and influencers over the years blame themselves for the stuckness that they feel in not knowing how to get to the next level in their lives and business. But "not working hard enough" is never the real trouble with folks who are born to lead. The real trouble is that they're not being held and supported by people who can truly see, feel, and celebrate them in their fullness.
Read MoreThe more you notice these barriers in yourself and decisively let go of them, the more you'll be able to embody the bold arcana of the Emperor who guards his territory, which is so, so crucial in this Capricorn-dense 2020 year.
Read MoreNumerologically, 2020 is a "4" year, which corresponds to the Emperor in the Tarot, an arcana of sovereignty and self-rulership. This theme of sovereignty also gets an astrological boost this year from the presence of heavy-hitting Pluto, Saturn, and Jupiter all up in ambitious, royal, no-nonsense Capricorn.
Read MoreIt's possible to undo long-standing painful patterns and create beautiful manifestations in one's life not by looking relentlessly for "the silver lining" and making endless Vision Boards… but rather by plunging right into the most foul, nasty bits of one's life and psyche with freaky gusto.
Read MoreThe more I pondered this great orange enigma and the sway he holds over half the US ...the more love and appreciation I felt for his demagoguery, blithe nationalism, and general violating-ness as human being.
Read MoreIn my time as a magician I've done a lot of what's known as "success" or "results" magic - a lot of it involving money and wealth. And: the kicker - it worked.
Read MoreLately I've been thinking about how grateful I am for all the body positive stuff in pop culture right now celebrating an array of shapes and sizes... and I've also been thinking about what it takes, internally, to go beyond just a veneer of positivity and into a fundamentally altered relationship with one's physical form?
Read MoreSeeing the god in each other is all very lovely, but often us humans in our on-going tendencies towards denial like to act as if the reptile in us somehow isn't part of god. Oh, but it is. The beady-eyed predatory serpent concerned only with selfish survival, willing even to eat its own offspring if need be, is soooo much a part of the divine.
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