Through the darkness I part the Veil ( Read more... )

I addressed this some in my post, Cup of Life, Cup of Death: The Two Hands of the Poisoner (which I didn't get posted to LiveJournal, it appears), and have touched on it in other posts, but I'd like to talk about it directly ( Read more... )

When you run a magnet across metal repeatedly, the metal becomes a magnet.  Likewise, when you run electricity through a coil of wire with a core of metal in the middle, you get a magnet.  The magnetic field exists at a right angle to the direction of flow.  A third direction, at a right angle to both the electrical current and the magnetic field, ( Read more... )

Last night, I walked in the snow.  I love walking at night when it snows, for the night is so bright when it snows.  The snow was falling when I first started, but it slowed and stopped as I walked.  It started out really bright, then dimmed some as the snow stopped, but it was still brighter than normal because of the snow on the ground reflecting ( Read more... )

When I was walking last night, I pictured myself as Odin as Vegtam, the Wanderer.  I wore a hat (a stocking cap because of the cold, not the brimmed hat of Odin), and I carry two raven totem stones in my pocket that I call Muninn and Huginn.  And, of course, I was wandering ( Read more... )

I'd like to define a few terms concerning areas of presence to help me in my discussions of such things ( Read more... )

Walking does one other thing.  As I mentioned before, when I walk, it builds paths of presence.  I connect myself to the places I walk and the places I walk to me.  Each walk builds a new path, since I don't repeat the same route.  The paths I build interconnect, like a web.  Some parts overlap, some don't.  With each walk, the web is built and ( Read more... )

If spending time in a place changes it and creates a soul, what happens when you pass through?  Travelling creates paths connecting places together, like the umbilical cord connecting a mother to a child.  The same five factors create these paths ( Read more... )