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Sanity in Insane Times
The world is pretty chaotic these days: political turbulence, hate crimes, pollution, economic unsteadiness. Some days it feels like the...
Laura Perry
Mar 27, 20192 min read


Book reviews: Ishmael and The Story of B
I don't repost other blogs very often, but this one really struck me as something you lovely folks would probably find valuable. Reading...
Laura Perry
Feb 27, 20191 min read


New Year, New Saying, No Resolutions
My social media feeds are full of friends and colleagues sharing the New Year's resolutions they've made and intentions they've set. It's...
Laura Perry
Jan 2, 20193 min read


Happy holidays! Or, don't tell other people how to celebrate
The holiday season is a rough time of year for many people. A lot of us have to navigate family conflicts, religious baggage, work...
Laura Perry
Nov 13, 20182 min read


Not a resolution, just a meditation
I've never really been into New Year's resolutions. To me, the energy this time of year is still too quiet, too dormant to get me...
Laura Perry
Jan 2, 20182 min read


The Tarot Tradition: Two Big Questions
Since I've created a Tarot deck, a lot of people ask me questions about Tarot, everything from the history (which I usually have to look...
Laura Perry
Dec 19, 20172 min read


The Danger of Pedestals
I recently had the interesting experience of someone being upset by some artwork I chose for my Facebook profile picture. The art in...
Laura Perry
Sep 26, 20173 min read


Taking Myth Literally: How it trips us up
It's not just Christian who get tripped up by the temptation to take myths literally. Pagans have been doing it for millennia! Don't...
Laura Perry
Jul 12, 20171 min read


Tune up for the new year
This time of year, we often turn our thoughts toward what changes we can make after the holidays, whether it's formal resolutions or just...
Laura Perry
Dec 18, 20161 min read


A Winter Solstice Healing Ritual
Several years ago I posted a Winter Solstice healing ritual I wrote to help deal with some of the difficult emotions many of us...
Laura Perry
Dec 14, 20165 min read


Seeing the Ancestors in the mirror
I'm like most people: There are things I'm not too keen about when I look in the mirror, things I'd like to change about my body. So I...
Laura Perry
Nov 30, 20162 min read


Taking a Deep Breath
It's been an unsettling year. Many people are reeling from the Brexit vote, the American presidential election, the various natural and...
Laura Perry
Nov 16, 20162 min read


Calling to the Gods: Some Things Never Change
I was going to write an article about the Pleiades in Minoan spirituality and culture for today’s blog, but the research time for that...
Laura Perry
Oct 5, 20162 min read


Excuse Astrology: A bit of a rant
I’ve been doing astrology in one form or another for years. I first learned to draw a chart with pencil, paper, a printed ephemeris, and...
Laura Perry
Sep 21, 20162 min read


Ancient Crete Was No Utopia
It's really tempting to idealize the ancient societies that are the basis of our spirituality. After all, we're good people, so we want...
Laura Perry
Sep 14, 20161 min read


Talent and Skill: Magic versus hard work
I’ve always done creative stuff like drawing and writing and playing musical instruments, as far back as I can remember. By the time I...
Laura Perry
May 25, 20163 min read


Book Review: New Order - Night Runner III
More vampires! Actually, the same ones I've reviewed before here and here. New Order is the last book in the Night Runner trilogy, a...
Laura Perry
May 4, 20163 min read


How history changes: The Minoans and their neighbors
Life doesn't happen in a vacuum and history isn't interpreted in a vacuum, either. Each of us brings preconceptions to the table when...
Laura Perry
Apr 27, 20161 min read


What does a book mean?
Back in high school, my English teacher liked to give us a form to fill out for each book we read. It listed the obvious bits – author,...
Laura Perry
Mar 11, 20162 min read


Book Review: End of Days
More vampires! Or rather, more of the twisted tale about these vampires, in the second volume of the Night Runner trilogy. First of all,...
Laura Perry
Mar 9, 20162 min read
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