Category: Magic Diary

  • Do Magick August ’18: Day 6 – Satiety

    Last night I sat with the mala feeling like a complete newb all over again. But it was the best way for me to pace myself, keep myself focused, and measure my progression without the anxiety that comes with watching the clock. 108 mantras later, I sat confused because while I did not attempt to…

  • Do Magick August ’18: Day 5 – Sniff

    During last year’s series of daily summonings of [Patient Caller], in lieu of burning incense, I had used a heavily scented candle with a airtight lid. There were folks in the house with COPD and other folks who would view my personal hobbies as a personal offense so this was my compromise at the time.…

  • Do Magick August ’18: Day 4 – Signor

    A thing you should know, dear Reader, is that I am not doing well. The optimism that the June 2018 DoMagick challenge ended with was brutally and systemically annihilated by a rapid series of betrayals, revelations, and exposures in the intervening month. Physically, I am intact. Emotionally, I am hollow and collapsing. Completing this challenge…

  • Do Magick August ’18: Day 3 – Slumber

    If you noticed the timestamp on the previous day’s post, you’ll see it was posted quite late. Work was a bear to wrestle, and while I was able to get the wording of the post done early in the day and saved to my drafts, I didn’t get to finish the post until I was…

  • Do Magick August ’18: Day 2 – That Rings A Bell

    He said to be prepared to spend more time with my “lessons”. So I set the alarm clock to “Too Early” again and this time snoozed through two sets of alarms. My morning obligations took longer than I expected and the clock found me with just as little time for summoning Patient Caller as I did…

  • Do Magick August ’18: Day 1 – Welp. Here We Go Again.

    Hi, I’m Keri, and against all notions of propriety, manners, grace, and self-preservation, I will be participating in another thirty days of the Do Magick challenge. What. The. Hell. (right?) To spare you the long version if this post is your first catch up with me since the June Do Magick challenge, lemme summarize the month…

  • Do Magick June ’18: Day 30 – Last Call

    The last DoMagick challenge I participated in triggered a series of events that led to me having a ten-thousand dollar war-chest at one point (one of last year’s “Low Probability” sigiled desires even to the dollar amount) and then spending that war-chest to obtain and furnish an apartment for my daughter and me in secret…

  • Do Magick June ’18: Day 29 – Mad? Good!

    The early start meant skipping yoga. But it will take a disaster to make me skip my coffee. Drawing the shoal sigil in the air with the full coffee mug requires attention and wakefulness so not to spill a drop. Life hack: Use your weaknesses to draw out your strengths. By the time I had…

  • Do Magick June ’18: Day 28 – A Peer and a Fellow

    Last night I came home from work too damn late than I should have. I thought the carousel discourse in the closed door meetings would be the high point of the day. I keep forgetting that no plan ever survives contact with the public. I came home, drew the shoal sigil over my pillow for…

  • Do Magick June ’18: Day 27 – Luck Doesn’t Wait

    Coffee. Yoga. Looked at the lottery ticket I had bought last week and had forgotten about almost immediately.  Resolved to check the ticket at lunch and stuck it in my pocket. Some days, if I don’t make my own luck, I have no luck at all.