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Day 11 – The Tax Man Cometh #domagick

Last night I dreamt about doing my tax prep and woke ready to work. I also woke feeling relatively good about my work.

I did a lot of seated yoga today. Long, deep stretches for about thirty minutes. It really hit the spot. Took my vitamins. Go me.  Got about half the tax prep done, then a friend called and asked if we wanted to do dinner at our favorite German restaurant. Yes, please! LOL

Got through some email, which is a giant relief. Got an offer in my email (which I can’t talk about plai...

Day 10 – Dumping Ground #domagick

Woke up late. No dreams, but didn’t sleep well.  Skipped yoga but remembered vitamins.  Late to the office.

Today’s Focus: Data Entry + Commission + Niece Pick Up + Bank Run Tonight’s Focus: Cook dinner, spend time with spouse.

Notice how writing is scheduled nowhere in there. Not. one. fucking. word.  Yes I’m feeling resentful and angry at myself for being stuck in a self-created position where I have so many other obligations that my Work suffers. I can’t even find 15 minutes for fucking...

Day 9: Bathin Upon Ashtaroth #domagick

Today’s Plan: Sun Salutations, vitamins, blog posts, lunch with a friend, writing, pick up niece from school, pick up groceries, run to bank, do a mail run, taxes, potentially more writing, meditations, dream work. My task focus for today is to manage the schedule and get as much done as possible. Especially with regard to taxes.

Tarot Card of the Day: Six of Swords — Viewing things from a wider perspective and gaining distance to see it more clearly.  I have been working to step back and tak...

Day 8: Bathin Upon Ashtaroth #domagick

So I’m posting this a day late because I was wicked busy yesterday. First, I woke up late so I had to settle for five sun salutations. Then, I forgot to take the vitamins. You see where this is heading, right?  HA!  I did manage to focus on payroll and my daily to-do’s yesterday at the office.  I also managed to write 700 words, which was 800 short of my goal, but what the hell, right?

I got home, hubby and I had to make a Walgreens and Harbor Freight run, then we stopped home so I could do t...

Day 7: Ashtaroth Offering + Prayers #domagick

I want to establish first off that I’m glad I went with a self-caring schedule for the beginning of this challenge. This month has been wicked busy and it’s only going to get busier. Between a lot of family to-do’s, writing to-do’s, the day job, and so on – I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. But also, the weather is wreaking havoc on my sinuses and joints, so I’ve been dealing with a constant, dull, thudding pain in my ankles, toes, knees, fingers, and head. I finally broke down today and drugge...

Day 6: Bathin Offering & Prayers #domagick

I woke at 7, fed the cats, then went into the temple to leave offerings and prayers to Bathin. Today, in offering, I just burnt incense of frankincense and sandalwood. I said a quick prayer. I won’t lie and say it was a long one, it wasn’t. I simply asked for guidance on how to stop self-sabotage. The response I got was one word. Discipline. I’ve been seriously lacking the discipline I need in the past nine months. That discipline is essential in catapulting me toward the Sorath work, and end...

Day 5 – Yoga & Pranayama #domagick

Card of the day: Ace of Wands

This card is giving me the heads up that there is a creative career opportunity that will present itself.

To this end I was able to finish creating some magickal items for one of my friends/clients, which was a sorely needed creative outlet. It also gave me time to work on my own tablet.

The Work:

I started with five sun salutations, then moved into lion pose. I had some abdominal discomfort during fish pose, so let that go and alternated between plank and lion p...

Day 4 – Qigong + Chakra Work #domagick

I SO needed this today.  My morning qigong and chakra work really energized me. I started with about 10 minutes of Tai Chi to loosen everything up then moved into about 10 minutes of Qigong meditation/breathing exercises (Shen Breathing today). Then I sat down on the mat and did a fifteen minute chakra activation and balancing meditation. When I was done, I felt electric – energized.  Not in the manner that I got a lot done. On the contrary, I spent the day hanging out, watching television, t...

Day 3 – Ashtaroth Invocation + Ascension #domagick

I woke up at 7am and went into the temple (after feeding the cats — always feed the cats first!). It was about 7:10am when I started by lighting a few tealights and doing some deep breathing. Then I invoked Ashtaroth using her enn: Tasa Alora foren Ashtaroth 

I used my astral key and went into my temple to find Ashtaroth in the work room drying out bundles of what looked like sage.  Don’t think this imagery was lost on me. Sage itself is an herb of cleansing and clearing. Starting over with a...

Guest Blog: Carl Alves – Conjesero

Author Interview

What is your favorite thing about being a writer?
My favorite aspect about being a writer is coming up with a cool story idea and letting it unfold. I generally don’t know how the story is going to play out (although I usually have an idea of how it will actually end). I like to create characters, put them in situations in the context of story, and make them work through different scenarios. It’s a process of discovery for me.

What genre(s) do you write and why?
I don’t have...