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T. Thorn Coyle
Jan 6
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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