Tiny House Living

Reflections and advice based on years of thrift and simple living in a tiny house on wheels.

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Fantastic and earthy, playful and melancholy poems on such topics as love, nakedness, disillusionment, hidden creatures, and breakfast.

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Thoughts on—and free resources for—fantasy, science fiction, worldbuilding, tabletop role-playing, and game design.

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Placebo Magick

Spiritual, religious, magickal, and mystical practice for rational folk! Subscribe to the Placebo Magick Podcast using your favorite podcatcher or our RSS feed.

The Realm of Habdur

A re-imagining of human culture! At the intersection of fantasy worldbuilding, social action, spiritual practice, and homesteading awaits the vast ten acre realm of Habdur.

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Podcast from Friday, March 15, 2019:

E15 The Hero's Journey

the heavens

Today on the Placebo Magick Podcast we give a bird's eye view of the archetypal Hero's Journey (as described by Joseph Campbell) and its usefulness in spiritual practice. The Spell of the Week is a simple divination method based on the Hero's Journey.

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Podcast from Wednesday, March 6, 2019:

E14 The Afterlife

the heavens

Today on the Placebo Magick Podcast we discuss some ways in which imagining a (fictional) afterlife can prove helpful, and we propose a new definition of "soul" or "spirit" entirely compatible with a skeptical, scientific worldview. The Spell of the Week is a ritual to summon the presence of a …

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Patreon-supported poem from Sunday, March 3, 2019:

At the Crossroads

the Crossroads of Multiverses
The only right sacrifice
in the timeless temple
is to leave
by but one

of the Thousand Thousand Ways.
It would seem a sacrilege here
to forsake
Nine Hundred Thousand
Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine
perfectly good
roads to happiness
and right living

—Nine Hundred Thousand
Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine good wives
each …
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Podcast from Tuesday, February 26, 2019:

E13 Synchronicity

Magic Hourglass

Today on the Placebo Magick Podcast we discuss synchronicity (meaningful coincidences) and how to use "magick" to engineer apparent coincidences while still remaining grounded in reality. The Spell of the Week is a simple luck potion.

The Placebo Magick Podcast explores why and how to cast spells, brew potions, commune …

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Podcast from Tuesday, February 19, 2019:

E12 Yourself: Into the You-Verse

alternate reality FarmCodeGarys

Today on the Placebo Magick Podcast: How to open magickal connections to alternate universes and alternate selves to help you loosen up your constricting beliefs about yourself and make decisions with more confidence. The Spell of the Week is a daily morning ritual to link minds with a parallel universe …

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