the cloud of depression

I exhale a black cloud that lingers around me, and inhaling, I taste the bitterness all around me. I exude malignancy, and all who can avoid the toxic stink that heralds my presence. With herculean effort, I push off the covers and sit up in my bed. It’s past noon, and I’ve been mostly awake

New book release: Hymn to the Many Gods

I am thrilled to announce the publication of Hymns to the Many Gods, my newest devotional book. I give this work in offeringto the many gods.You, who are rightly worshipedby my people and others,and may delight in this offering. This is a book that is centered not on specific gods, but on the many gods

Depression, food, and the gut

I eat my pain. I eat my stress. I eat my sadness. I eat, gain weight, and eat my self-esteem. Food is far more than a source of physical sustenance, and the human digestive system reflects that truth. Feeling things in our gut is not simply a metaphor; the bacteria in the digestive system interact

Life under Earth Day

The first Earth Day was celebrated April 22, 1970. If the environmental movement was conceived with the publication of Silent Spring in 1962, it was born on the first Earth Day. I was born not long earlier into a world where rivers burned and people were starting to ask what sort of life children of

to the reader falls the responsibility

Pagans were reminded that they are not a monolith in the letters pages of Witches and Pagans issue 37. The previous edition had included an interview entitled, “The Binding of Donald Trump.” Strong reactions were sent in, both from those opposed to using magic in this way generally, as well as those who felt that