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[shortcutsradio]

Spells, poetry and art come to life in Short Cuts with Josie Long. Hear Incantations here. Download here.

[thegodthief]

Listening to Radio Free Golgotha is like sitting next to a pair of very close friends at a coffeeshop and eavesdropping while they mentor someone else in a public space. The person they are talking to knows all the unspoken connections and unexplained caveats that a right proper student of theirs should know, and I’m here pretending to be writing angst-filled poetry on possessing spirits and jealous gods, but really, I’m scrambling to write down key phrases for me to look up later. I know there are show notes, but let’s face it, just because I can parse the words doesn’t mean I understand what is being said.

And there is a lot being said. And a lot more unsaid.

[gods-and-radicals]

Dirt Sorcery I – Home

From Al Cummins (@algremlin): Dirt Sorcery I – 'Home'

By Al Cummins

  Emma Lazarus’ sonnet to the Lady of Liberty, ‘The New Colossus’, written in 1883 as a donation to the Pedestal Fund, and engraved onto this bronze plaque in 1903.

  This is the first piece in a series about dirt and its magics: the works of the Earth itself, of foundation, of terroir, of foot-tracks, of land spirits, of the dead. Dirt as a magical materia arguably presents…

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[grimoiresontape]

Having seen some coscinomancy talk on these here Tumbls tonight, I thought I'd post my talk for Scarlet Imprint's 2012 Summer of Love. It was a semi-experimental talk-performance on the history and occult philosophy of scissor magic and the cut-up technique - combining analysis, methodologies, poems, and a bit of reflection - using an old paper playground divination tool to randomise the sections. It's based on a piece I did for Scarlet Imprint's Mandragora collection, available here.