Blog
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A Magic Bike Named Hope: Movement as Magical Practice
Advanced hip arthritis took away much of my mobility and one of my greatest joys: exercise. Then an affordable charity-shop bike gave me hope—and a new understanding of movement as magical practice.
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What I’d Do Differently If I Started Learning Tarot Today
If I started learning Tarot today, I wouldn’t try to reinvent the wheel. I’d study the tradition behind the cards, learn Tarot’s symbolic grammar and use the Western Mystery Tradition as a map without surrendering my discernment.
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I Prayed to Physis. Then I Saw Her Face.
What happens when embodiment stops being a spiritual concept and becomes painfully real? A prayer to Physis led me into an unexpected encounter with fear, mortality and the God I instinctively called upon when everything else fell away.
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The Alex Reads Tarot Controversy Took Me Back to 2017
The Alex Reads Tarot controversy brought back memories of Doreen Virtue’s conversion and my own role in the outrage that followed. Looking back nearly a decade later, I reflect on what Henry Cornelius Agrippa taught me about dialectics, discernment and the search for the Good.
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Hekate Alexikakos
Yesterday I prayed to Hekate Alexikakos, the Averter of Evil. I didn’t expect the answer to come through a barking dog, an owl feather, and a change of heart. This personal essay explores suffering, faith, grace and the many ways the Divine meets us when we keep walking.
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When the Gates Are Barred: How to Move Forward in Life
After a difficult medical diagnosis, four Tarot cards led me to reflect on vocation, grief, spiritual loneliness and the unexpected possibility that the way forward begins with sisterhood.
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Iamblichus: How Reading On the Mysteries Led Me to a Spiritual Homecoming
I wasn’t expecting to cry while reading Iamblichus. What began as an exploration of theurgy became something far more personal—a recognition that I’d been walking towards this moment for years without fully realising it. This is a reflection on On the Mysteries, Mercury retrograde, the Three Weeks, grace and finding my spiritual home.
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7/7 Portal Musings: Psalm 77, The Chariot & Synchronicity
Is the 7/7 portal more than numerology hype? A personal reflection on Psalm 77, The Chariot, synchronicity, healing from religious trauma and learning to trust your own discernment.
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3 July 2026 – Crossroads Devotion & Divination: Psalm Magic in Daily Practice
Can a random number generator become a spiritual tool? In today’s devotional journal, I share how Psalm 72, the Temple at Lagina oracle card and a simple practice of Psalm magic came together in a beautiful lesson about Divine provision, sacred embodiment and trusting the guidance we receive.
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1 July 2026 – Crossroads Devotion & Divination: Asking Yeshua
A morning prayer, a Tarot reading and a difficult question led me to stop seeking permission from scholars and ask Yeshua directly. This is what happened.