My Original Guestbook

Not that anyone will probably care, but thanks to the Wayback Machine, I have been able to restore my long lost entries in my guestbook which I accidentally deleted back in '03.

If, for some strange reason, you are interested in reading them you can go here.

Color me happy. J

Call 'em like we see 'em

Here's a great article I just read...

Superstition-based institutions:
http://www.alternet.org/story/21641/

Fire Delay!

From MoveOn.org:

Republican Majority Leader Rep. Tom Delay has one of the most egregious records of ethical misconduct in Congress today. Yet he remains in one of the most important positions--deciding what legislation Congress considers.

To see a list of some of Delay's offenses, and join me in signing the "Fire Tom Delay" petition, go to:

http://www.moveonpac.org/delay

Blurf!

Icky sicky ick.

My purity test...

Decidedly Perverted You are 23% pure

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 5% on purity

Link: The 100 Point Sexual Purity Test written by ocicat on Ok Cupid

UPDATE: FeriTradition.org

Crossposted to

This is just a quick note to let you know that the online store at www.FeriTradition.Org is now up and running! Now you can buy Feri books, Feri art, and Feri altar tools, created by Chas Bogan, myself, and other initiates of our tradition. We will be adding to this collection as time goes on. For now, check out our selection of books by the Andersons, Anaar, Thorn Coyle, and myself, as well as our Ouija-style Witch-Boards, devotional statuary, porcelain amulets, and altar pentacles/patens.

Coming soon: wands, ritual clothing, scrying mirrors, and more.

If you have any questions, or would like to commission a special piece, please email orders@faerywolf.com

Witch Eye #10

Hot off the presses!

After a long road, fraught with technical and financial challenges, Witch Eye has emerged from the chaos better than it was before! I am proud to present the New and Improved:

Witch Eye: A Zine of Feri Uprising #10: The Gods of Feri

Highlights include:

The Winged Serpent: Seeing the Divine Twins
Lilith: Lost Goddess of Feri, Pt. 1
Close Encounters of the Green Kind
Our Faith Has No Hell: A Cleansing Ritual with Melek Tawus
The Gods of Infinity: The Lemniscate and its Presence in Feri Magick
Astarte: The Divinity of Sex
Light for the Gods: The Art of Candle Magick
Modern Queer Mythology: The Divine Twins

As well as the usual art, poetry, reviews, humor, and MORE!

But what’s new, you ask? How is it 'improved'?
Well, I’m glad you asked…

When I took over Witch Eye one of the first things I did was to increase the number of pages… and so by increasing the total by eight over the previous average we now offer a 52 page Zine… but wait! There’s more…

Remember the ‘olden days’ when Witch Eye had only a B&W interior? Well, those days are over and now we can boast COLOR and lots of it! This issue has some beautiful full-color art gracing its pages, a trend that I hope to continue.

Witch Eye is made possible by the creative efforts of people like YOU. We always welcome submissions from F(a)eri(e) folks (initiates, students, seekers, and other interested people) and while we now have a “Spotlight theme” for each issue (issue #11 will be “Secrecy in the Craft”) all submissions are equally welcome. If you have an idea for a piece, but aren’t sure about it, why not ask us? Contributors receive a free copy of the issue in which their work appears. Submission guidelines can be found at www.feritradition.org/witcheye/submissions.htm

ORDERING INFO:
Issues are $8 each (Shipping in the U.S. is FREE! International customers please contact us for shipping rates to your country), check or MO payable to “Faerywolf” and send to:

Witch Eye
c/o Faerywolf
PO Box 3736
Antioch, CA 94531

Orders may also be paid with credit card (via PayPal) by using the shopping cart on our website: www.feritradition.org/witcheye

If you have any questions, please direct them to witcheye@feritradition.org or by sending a SASE to our PO box.

Update

I have posted a new essay on my site: How To Dispel a Curse

...and for those interested, I have also updated my class schedule. This Summer I will be offering a 2-year foundational class in the Feri tradition of Witchcraft.

Level One:
2 Year class to begin
Summer 2005
(Exact dates to be determined based on student availability.)

$60-120 per quarter, sliding scale^*

Class size is limited.
A non-refundable deposit of $60 required to hold your space.

Classes will meet twice per month,
lasting approx. 3-4 hours per session.

This foundational class deals with the establishment of a basic Feri spiritual practice.

Covered topics include: History of the Tradition Meditation Working with Energy Cleansing/Kala Aligning the Three Souls Basic Feri Ritual The Iron and Pearl Pentacles The Black Heart of Innocence The Elements of Feri Working Tools The Guardians The Divine Twins The Infinitum (Gods of the Feri Lemniscate)

Classes are held in my private home in Antioch, CA.
 
To enroll, send an application
along with a cover letter and SASE to:

Faerywolf
PO Box 3736
Antioch, CA 94531

Applicants will be contacted to set-up an interview.

For more information about my other Feri Classes,
please send me an email or write to the address above.
Be sure to include a SASE if you require a reply.

^* Based on your situation, work-trade is also available.

I'm a bad, bad boy...

Through the magic of BitTorrent I have just aquired the very first episode of the brand new Doctor Who which will premiere in the UK later this month.

Apparently it was leaked out onto the internet a few days ago. I always hear about this sort of stuff after the fact, but this is the first time that I've ever taken advantage of it. I'm extra glad for two reasons:

1. There are still no plans to release the show in the U.S.
2. I'm a total Dr. Who nerd.

From what I understand it's a "rough" version, meaning that there will be some finishing touches on the final release. But that's fine by me. I'm excited to see it no matter what. Joining Chas and Daniel, my best-friend David, will be coming over later this evening to watch with me. We've both been Who-geeks since back in the day, and in fact it was our mutual interest in the travells of the Timelord that started our friendship over 20 years ago.

And for those interested, I will be buying the DVD set when it is finally released, so I'm not ripping anyone off. They will certainly see my money. And probably lots of it. J

Interested in interests?

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in:

1. tarot score: 61
2. magic score: 46
3. movies score: 39
4. love score: 38
5. herbalism score: 35
6. kissing score: 32
7. wicca score: 32
8. dancing score: 31
9. stars score: 28
10. queer score: 28
11. men score: 27
12. friends score: 26
13. bisexuality score: 25
14. cats score: 25
15. nature score: 25
16. sci-fi score: 25
17. divination score: 25
18. blue fire score: 23
19. fetch score: 23
20. honesty score: 23

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What I did

What have I been up to, lately? Well… let’s see. Kinda long, so it's behind a cut-tag.

I recently celebrated my 34th birthday (on the 4th). The night before I started coming down with a cold, which sucks, ‘cause I had all these delicious plans. Delicious because they mostly involved food and drink. But I didn’t let a little thing like a cold stop me. Oh no! My mom came out to visit me in the afternoon, shortly thereafter followed by my sister and best-friend, David. We went out to lunch at Johnny Carino’s, which if you haven’t gone to one yet, then please stop reading this and do it now. I recommend the Chicken Milano or their homemade lasagna. And desserts? Don’t get me started on their desserts. Mmmm… so tasty. We ate too much and drank a bit (which was an odd experience, considering I was on DayQuil at the time). My sister had a bit of a cold as well, so we were both loopy on a drink and cold medicine. Good times!

After eating a bit too much, we decided to make our way home to recover and to wait for Daniel (nullzeit) to get off work because then the real plans would begin. We had late reservations at Schooner’s (home of the best f---ing nachos ever as well as the ever popular Gilroy Garlic Fries™. Oh! And Long Island Iced Teas. Lots of ‘em. Delicious. My sisters boyfriend joined us for the evening too, which was nice, and since it was after Chas’ mom went to bed, he was able to come along too. It’s always nice when your husband can join in for those little things. J

I made out like a bandit this year. From Chas (chas_bogan), a beautiful peacock shelf from the Design Toscano catalogue that will now serve as my eastern Blue God altar in my temple room. From Daniel, a great hardcover book of the cartoons of Chas Addams, creator of the Addam’s Family. He also got me a delicious looking dark chocolate and raspberry candy bar. I got some candles and some other candy from my sister, and a booklight from my mom-in-not-law. David got me an Amazon gift certificate, which was promptly spent. My mother went crazy (as usual) and bought me a portable art studio (a 106 piece wooden carrying-case that has oil/watercolor/acrylic paints, brushes, colored pencils, pastels, a wooden palate, a palate knife, and more, along with an adjustable easel built right in to the case). The next day she took me out to breakfast and we stopped by a couple bookstores where she got me a few books I had my eye on. Go mom! J

Ryan (darthjarjar) came over on Sunday to spend the night. We had a lot of fun making dinner (soft tacos) and watching the fun yet stupid Chronicles of Riddick. Oh well… cross that one of my NetFlix list. (Which reminds me… anyone else here on NetFlix? Let’s be NetFlix Friends!) J

The next morning, I made French Toast, and Daniel nuked some delicious pre-packaged bacon. Chas made mimosas for the mimosa-inclined, and we watched Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. Daniel and Ryan worked on their DJ stuff after that and I got some work done

Last night I went out with Chas to Death Guild, where we met up with Daniel and Ryan. There was some angst going on when we arrived which kinda started to poison our evening making me withdraw a bit more than usual. Chas kept talking about how much he was craving a cigarette and so, which my dysfunctional encouragement, he went off to buy a pack for us. (Big mistake as I am getting over a cold and today my lungs are paying for it.) While we were in the middle of some of this silly angsty feeling, our old friend Thom (f8) showed up out of the blue. He had missed his bus nearby and decided that we would probably be around. He convinced the doorman to let him in to the club just to retrieve us and we stood outside and chatted for awhile. It was so good to see him and to hear what he is up to.

After Thom left to catch his back-up bus, we went inside where I immediately saw the semi-famous Thorn Coyle (yezida). Well, actually she saw me first. We hung out like well-dressed wallflowers for a bit, then she went and danced while I took it all in. (I wasn’t really in the mood to dance, for some reason.) We talked a lot of life, the Feri tradition, her crazy and needed teaching schedule, and my own decision to start a Feri class soon. The music was so loud (it is a dance club, after all) I was starting to get hoarse and so I hope that she and I can find another, quieter venue to sit down and talk in sometime soon. We did make a deal with the Goddess that we would dance to whatever the next song was… to which I reminded her that the Goddess has a sense of humor. The next song came… nothing I knew and nothing I would consider at all “good”. We joined the ranks of the dancing, and did so for about 30 seconds. “We never said how LONG we would dance for,” she said. Indeed! I ended the evening by finding Starr (pulsar_glitch) and giving her the Cadbury Mini-Eggs that she so desires this season. She squealed and wiggled, which was pretty much the reaction that was expected and that I was going for! Here’s for pretty goth-chicks wiggling! J

Well that pretty much brings us up to the present day. Hopefully I’ll actually update this thing with some regularity soon.

Ha! Right…

Traditional Witchcraft Quiz

I just had to...

THE CROOKED HEATH Witchery Quiz Result:

Excellent work, you've passed the quiz perfectly/near perfectly. Congratulate yourself, you actually know more than 70% of the pagan community.

Witness my Geekdom!

I found this today.

I'm such a Geek. ;)

A silly survey

In the interest of trying to update my LiveJournal more regularly...
This was stolen from skinheadbrian
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THAT'S RIGHT KIDS .... IT'S A SURVEY!!!!!!!!!
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1.What color is most reflective of you?
gold & dark green

2. How did you get the idea for your LiveJournal name?
It's my trademark public Pagan name.

3.What time were you born?
7:31am

4.What song are you playing now, or wish you were playing?
"Into the West", by Annie Lennox

5. Has the death of a celebrity ever made you cry?
Yes. Phil Hartman.

6.What color underwear are you wearing?
Um... none, actually.

7. Do you want a baby?
only if it's a baby dog.

8.What does your mom do for a living?
Works for Family Support. (Enforces Child support. Go mom!)

9. What does your dad do for a living?
Retired military guy. Mostly he just drinks now.

10. What is your pet's name?
Dog= Bandaloop
Cats= Loki, Allistar, Kabuki

11. What color are your bedsheets?
Cream & Beige with tan checkers

12. What are the last 4 digits of your phone number?
6817 (business line)

13. What song are you playing now?
none

14. What was the last concert you attended?
oh wow... um... it would have to be Dave Matthews Band about a year and a half ago.

15. Who was with you?
Chas.

16. What was the last movie you saw?
tv= Slipstream (Sci-fi channel... it sucked.)

17. Who do you dislike most at this moment?
George W. Bush

18. What food are you craving right now?
none

19. Did you dream last night?
Yes... a bad dream... I was being investigated for the 2-year old murder of Condoleeza Rice. (!)

20.What was the last tv show you watched?
Desperate Housewives (Love it!!!)

21.What is your fav. piece of jewelry?
My 7-pointed star necklace

22. What is to the left of you?
A box of Valentine chocolates (which is why I am not craving food right now) and my sweet Daniel's desk.

23. What was the last thing you ate?
See above.

24. Who is your best friend of the opposite sex?
Melissa who has moved away to Texas. :(

25. Write a song lyric that's in your head?

"You who open the vault of heaven
Out of the blackness comes spinning of stars."


26. What song is that from?
"Song to the Secret Name of the Star Goddess" - T. Thorn Coyle


27. Who last IMed you?
Melissa


28. Where is your significant other right now?
One is being dropped off at BART, while the other is doing the dropping.

29. Do you have a crush?
Not really

30. What is his/her name?
n/a

31. What shampoo do you use?
soap & hot water.

32. When was the last time you cut your hair?
last night
33. Are you on any meds?
nope

34. Do you have a mental disease?
Not any more than the next guy.

35. What shirt are you wearing?
black t-shirt and a black Nightmare Before Christmas Hoodie.

36. What time is it?
7:01pm
37. What color is your razor?
blue & silver

38. What is your fave frozen treat?
cookies and cream ice cream

39. Are you sexy?
hell yeah!

40. What’s your favorite shopping store?
I love bookstores, and metaphysical shops. Ancient Ways in Oakland, although I haven't been there in quite awhile...

41. Are you thirsty?
no.

42. Can you imagine yourself ever getting married?
As soon as they make it legal...

What I've been up to...

I’ve been pretty busy lately.

On the business front, I have been busying myself with the creation of a soon-to-be-released online store at FeriTradition.com which will be populated with all of our various Feri-related art and even some books from other Feries like Victor & Cora Anderson, Anaar, and T. Thorn Coyle. Altar pentacles, Witch-Boards, and meditation mandalas inspired by our Feri spirituality will also be available. I hope to have it up and running sometime next month. (Stay tuned!)

Speaking of Feri folks, I’ve been going to Death Guild every week, and got to see and dance with Thorn Coyle (yezida) there a couple weeks ago. (Hiya, hon!) It was a blast and I hope to do it again sometime soon. I meant to introduce her to our new beau Daniel, but I didn’t get a chance to see her before we left. Hopefully next time…

The next issue of Witch Eye is coming along rather nicely. (Thank you, elfwreck, for all your hard work!) We got some great submissions and Daniel even designed a new logo for the zine as a present for me. J With a little design tweaking in Photoshop by yours truly we now have an excellent new logo that will be revealed when the new issue comes out sometime in February.

That’s all for now… hopefully I will start being able to contribute to my LiveJournal more regularly in the near future!

Status Report

Well… it’s been quite a busy time over here lately.

Not only am I compiling the submissions for the upcoming issue of Witch Eye, but we hosted the holiday dinner this year… all this and a sudden upswing in sales and it’s been quite a ride! Luckily we’ve still been able to get some fun time in too, usually in the form of cuddles and Myst 3: Exile, one of the Playstation2 games that I got the household this holiday season, the others being Spyro 2, and the extra super awesome Sonic Super Mega Collection Plus, which contains several old Sonic the Hedgehog games originally written for the old Sega Genesis console. I loved Sonic, although the real reason that I got this game (for Chaschas_bogan, for X-mas) was because of one of the games on it: Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine, a Tetris knock-off which involves an evil menace, some sentient jellybeans, and a whole lot of whoop-ass. Oh yeah… bring it on, baby! Chas and I use to spend HOURS playing that thing back in the day, and were sad when we eventually got rid of our old Sega. Now we can waste that time once more… brightly colored jellybeans floating in my mind… sweet computer-generated bliss.

I got some good things for the holiday this year. Chas got me a few things of note including a hardcover graphic novel with Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman (“Trinity”), a Dr. Who DVD, and a kick ass door stop that is a couple of feet & legs that stick out from under the door. What makes them so cool is that they are wearing striped socks and sparkling ruby slippers. (We all remember that scene, don’t we?) So funny. Daniel nullzeit got me the three Harry Potter DVDs (yay!), Ryan got us a couple of hilarious books… “Giraffes? Giraffes!”, and “Your Disgusting Head”. Trust me… run out and get them NOW! So awesome. (Thanks, Ryan!) ;)

On a productive note, today I waded through the throngs of receipts accrued in the post-holiday (lack-of) book-keeping madness, as well as got around to filling the last remaining orders we got just before the holiday. My desk, I am happy to report, is now clean and organized. Let’s see how long it lasts!

We’ve been having fun going to Death Guild these past few months. I am grateful to Daniel for having introduced me to this venue as I have met some very interesting people there. As of this last week I have knighted my friend Ryan darthjarjar as my new drinking buddy and we have together discovered the bliss that is vodka and cranberry. (Mmmm… yummy.)

Speaking of Death Guild, I went to the X-mas party they had at DNA Lounge and saw that beautiful Witch Thorn Coyle, yezida (check her out looking sexy on the cover of New Witch Magazine… hubba hubba!) I’m hoping she’ll want to make it out to the regular Death Guild some Monday night as it is a much better venue than DNA. Unfortunately DG will soon not be at its regular venue for a couple of weeks next month… something to do with alcohol, minors, and the loss of a liquor license. Interested parties can check out the Death Guild blog for more info.

All in all things are going quite well. I’m even working on a new art project (finally!). Thank you to Chas and to Daniel for riding my ass about it. (Hey, get your minds out of the gutter, kids… mine wants to float on by…) I love my life right now. I am filled with gratitude and happiness for all of the goodness that I have been experiencing.

Witch Eye: A Call for Submissions

Crossposted to

Have you always wanted to share your creative Feri-centered spirituality with the world but didn’t know how? Well, why not contribute to the longest running Feri zine?

The deadline for Witch Eye #10 is fast approaching (January 1st) and so we’re getting the word out that we are still accepting submissions. The spotlight theme for this next installment is ‘the Gods of Feri’ although material on any Feri-related subject will be gladly appreciated.

What? You’ve never submitted anything before? Well, why not now?

What? You feel you have nothing to contribute? You have been working on that Pride point, haven’t you?

Well?

Here at Witch Eye we feel that everyone has something to contribute because we each have a unique perspective. Initiates, teachers, students, seekers… it doesn’t matter what your ‘connection’ to the Feri tradition is… if you are called to this work and to these Gods then your voice is just as valid as the next. Why not let it be heard?

Got a new spin on traditional material? We’d love to see it! Have you watched a movie that screams Feri to you? Write a review! Got a great recipe for a ritual food? Send it in! Got a story? Whether fact or fiction we’re interested in hearing it. In a tradition in which we all bring something to the work, the possibilities are literally endless.

Send your written materials to: witcheye@feritradition.org or snail mail them to:

Witch Eye
c/o Faerywolf
PO Box 3736
Antioch, CA 94531

(We’re sorry, but submissions to our PO Box are non-returnable, so don’t send us your originals!)

Artists please email us to determine how best to get your work to us.

For more information regarding our submission guidelines please visit: http://www.feritradition.org/witcheye/submissions.htm

If you have any questions then please don’t hesitate to ask! Let’s get those submissions coming!

Website: http://www.feritradition.org/witcheye
Discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WitchEye

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QUIZ: Eye on the Storm

Because everyone else seems to be doing it, I made a SILLY QUIZ to see how well people know me. 

You can also Check out the Scoreboard!

A Salty Liberal Shoots Back (Now with Links!)

I was sent this today and thought I'd share it. It's behind a cut-tag for length and expletives. ;)


A Salty Liberal Shoots Back
from http://www.fuckthesouth.com/

Fuck the South. Fuck 'em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they'd stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves - yeah, those are states we want to keep.

And now what do we get? We're the fucking Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?

Cause we fucking founded this country, assholes. Those Founding Fathers you keep going on and on about? All that bullshit about what you think they meant by the Second Amendment giving you the right to keep your assault weapons in the glove compartment because you didn't bother to read the first half of the fucking sentence? Who do you think those wig-wearing lacy-shirt sporting revolutionaries were? They were fucking blue-staters, dickhead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the fucking monuments are up here in our backyard?

No, No. Get the fuck out. We're not letting you visit the Liberty Bell and fucking Plymouth Rock anymore until you get over your real American selves and start respecting those other nine amendments. Who do you think those fucking stripes on the flag are for? Nine are for fucking blue states. And it would be 10 if those Vermonters had gotten their fucking Subarus together and broken off from New York a little earlier. Get it? We started this shit, so don't get all uppity about how real you are you Johnny-come-lately "Oooooh I've been a state for almost a hundred years" dickheads. Fuck off.

Arrogant? You wanna talk about us Northeasterners being fucking arrogant? What's more American than arrogance? Hmmm? Maybe horsies? I don't think so. Arrogance is the fucking cornerstone of what it means to be American. And I wouldn't be so fucking arrogant if I wasn't paying for your fucking bridges, bitch.

All those Federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you, so shut up and enjoy your fucking Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we paid for. And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane you can come crying to us if you want to, but you're the ones who built on a fucking swamp. "Let the Spanish keep it, it’s a shithole," we said, but you had to have your fucking orange juice.

The next dickwad who says, "It’s your money, not the government's money" is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least... can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, motherfucker, they're red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states. It’s not your money, assholes, it’s fucking our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: buy your own fucking stop signs, assholes.

Let’s talk about those values for a fucking minute. You and your Southern values can bite my ass because the blue states got the values over you fucking Real Americans every day of the goddamn week. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It’s fucking Massachusetts, the fucking center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that’s right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the fucking nation. Think that’s just some aberration? How about this: 9 of the 10 lowest divorce rates are fucking blue states, asshole, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad. And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to fucking guess? 10 of the top 10 are fucking red-ass we're-so-fucking-moral states. And while Nevada is the worst, the Bible Belt is doing its fucking part.

But two guys making out is going to fucking ruin marriage for you? Yeah? Seems like you're ruining it pretty well on your own, you little bastards. Oh, but that's ok because you go to church, right? I mean you do, right? Cause we fucking get to hear about it every goddamn year at election time. Yes, we're fascinated by how you get up every Sunday morning and sing, and then you're fucking towers of moral superiority. Yeah, that's a workable formula. Maybe us fucking Northerners don't talk about religion as much as you because we're not so busy sinning, hmmm? Ever think of that, you self-righteous assholes? No, you're too busy erecting giant stone tablets of the Ten Commandments in buildings paid for by the fucking Northeast Liberal Elite. And who has the highest murder rates in the nation? It ain't us up here in the North, assholes.

Well this gravy train is fucking over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass.

And no, you can't have your fucking convention in New York next time. Fuck off.