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...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Dec 30, 2023
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
Nov 21, 2023
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 4, 2023
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
Oct 24, 2023
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 16, 2023
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
Jun 16, 2023
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...
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Apr 1, 2023
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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Mar 11, 2023
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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Feb 25, 2023
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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Dec 31, 2022
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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Oct 29, 2022
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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Aug 13, 2022
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 6, 2022
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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Jul 9, 2022
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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Jun 18, 2022
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 4, 2022
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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May 28, 2022
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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Feb 19, 2022
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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