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Creativity Has a Plan
As the Gregorian year of 2023 drew to a close, I used this arbitrary marker to take stock, to glance at my process of the year, and to...

T. Thorn Coyle
Jan 6, 2024
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A Spell for the Turning Year
Invoking Good Things to Come Wash your face and hands. Imagine cleansing away layers of struggle, disappointment, or grief. Know that...

T. Thorn Coyle
Dec 30, 2023
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Cui Bono?
I'm nobody special. Not an expert on history or politics. Just a person with an autoimmune disorder and brain injury that sometimes keep...

T. Thorn Coyle
Nov 21, 2023
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Flinging Joy in the Face of Oppression
On Fighting Tyranny at Every Turn I wrote the essay below in mid-September of 2023. This was before I heard about mass displacement and...

T. Thorn Coyle
Nov 4, 2023
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The Ghost Behind the Ivy Gate
A Magical True Story (Content Warning: Mention of Suicide) The house was small but lovely. It was a rental, up the hill from a busy...

T. Thorn Coyle
Oct 24, 2023
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You Are the Spell
I'm running another Kickstarter campaign! This time for a book of magical meditations and a companion oracle deck. The book and deck are...

T. Thorn Coyle
Oct 16, 2023
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Our Queer Love will Not Die
“It’s still a world with plums in it, my loves, and chamomile, lipstick, and cellos. It’s still a world with us in it. Find a hand and...

T. Thorn Coyle
Jun 16, 2023
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A Home Blessing
Sigil and Ritual Blessing a home begins with gratitude. Gratitude for what we have. A roof. Some walls. A bed. Whatever food is in the...
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Apr 1, 2023
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Why Crowdfund?
On Gratitude and Leveling the Playing Field A group of people gather on an assortment of chairs in a living room. A cellist tunes her...
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Mar 11, 2023
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TO PRAISE A POET
IN MEMORY OF NTOZAKE SHANGE poetry is unavoidable connection/ some people get married/ others join the Church i carry notebooks/ so i can...
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Feb 25, 2023
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To Manifest What We desire
Some Magic for the Coming Year Seven Steps to manifest what you desire in the coming year: First: what is your current dominant emotional...
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Dec 31, 2022
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Stories Keep Communities Alive
“Past events exist, after all, only in memory, which is a form of imagination. The event is real now, but once it’s then, its continuing...
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Oct 29, 2022
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Sigils For a Waiting World Part Two
Perseverance Over the course of the next few months, I’ll be sending out sigils to help us navigate these times. These sigils can be used...
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Aug 13, 2022
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On Lightening Up
And Listening to Wasps and Bees I periodically pause, tune in, and pull a rune to ponder. Off and on lately, I’ve been getting Ansuz. It...
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Aug 6, 2022
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Marley's Hot on the Box
On Art, Joy, and Rebellion I was singing Stevie Wonder’s Master Blaster yesterday, and a friend said, “I haven’t thought about that song...
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Jul 9, 2022
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A Walk in Soft June Rain
In the midst of the hustle, and the worry, and the pain, how often do you pause to breathe and feel moisture on your skin?
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Jun 18, 2022
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The Gift of Asking
Gratitude comes
In small doses.
Ordinary encounters...
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Jun 11, 2022
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Corn Chips Give Me Brain fog
And Why I Wear a Mask Part One: I have a chronic illness. Thankfully, it's under control, or mostly, at any rate. It went undiagnosed for...
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Jun 4, 2022
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Stories Matter
"Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it." — Lloyd Alexander As a child, I was a voracious reader. Still...
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May 28, 2022
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Crows and Other Gifts
On Making Connections in a Hurried World This is a meditation on gifts and the web of interaction that keeps us all connected in this...
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Feb 19, 2022
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