The Journal
Essays on the occult, the esoteric, and magick: tarot, astrology, ritual, the body, and the inner path.
The 22 Major Arcana are a journey, not a fortune — the Fool's path from innocence to wholeness. How the tarot maps the soul's arc, and how the body walks...
Read →Libra rules the lower back and kidneys, by Venus. How the seventh sign moves — graceful, symmetrical, poised — and how to find the body's balance and ease the lumbar...
Read →From the Vitruvian circle to the golden spiral, the body is built on the forms of sacred geometry. The shapes beneath the body — and how movement traces them.
Read →Virgo rules the abdomen and digestion, by Mercury. How the sixth sign moves — precise, refined, core-focused — and how to calm the nervous gut it governs.
Read →Ayurveda reads the body by quality — three doshas, Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. What air, fire, and earth mean in your constitution, and how each one wants to move.
Read →Leo rules the heart and spine, by the Sun. How the fifth sign moves — radiant, expressive, strong — and how to open the heart, free the spine, and keep...
Read →Before the twelve signs, the sky was read by the Moon — 28 lunar mansions: the Arabic manazil, Vedic nakshatras, Chinese xiu. What they are, and how to move with...
Read →Cancer rules the chest, breasts, and stomach, by the Moon. How the fourth sign moves — tidal, protective, restorative — and how to open the chest and soften the belly.
Read →Every weekday is ruled by a classical planet — Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn. Why, where the names come from, and how to train with the day's ruler.
Read →Gemini rules the shoulders, arms, hands, and lungs, by Mercury. How the third sign moves — quick, dexterous, two-handed — and how to free the hands and steady the breath.
Read →Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water — the Wu Xing five phases map the body as a turning wheel. The generating and controlling cycles, and how movement keeps them flowing.
Read →Taurus rules the neck, throat, and voice, by Venus. How the second sign moves — slow, grounded, sensual — and how to free the throat and neck it guards.
Read →The Kabbalah's Tree of Life is also a map of the body — ten sefirot from crown to feet, three pillars of balance. How the Tree falls on human form,...
Read →Reading is the first step. Practice is the rest.
