The Moon: The Living Ground
The Moon is the first heavenly body most of us love. Before we know the names of planets, before we understand the zodiac, before we ever think of the sky as meaningful, we know the Moon. She follows us down…
Magus Bear
The Sky Is Meaningful
Magus Bear
The Sky Is Meaningful
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The Human Center of the Sky
One of the oldest accusations against astrology is that it belongs to a discarded universe. Once the Earth was no longer understood as the physical centre of creation, the argument goes, astrology should have collapsed with it. If the planets…
Writing & Alchemy
Writing has always seemed to me a kind of alchemy. The old alchemists believed that hidden within common and seemingly worthless substances lay the possibility of transformation. Their work began with the prima materia — dark, unformed matter — and…