One of the first lessons of magic is this: There are many worlds.This truth is why we don’t care for maps. Or for clocks. Or for most of the tools of the modern world which present our reality as a single immutable truth that can be described and measured and put on the shelf as […]

Black cats and masked ghouls have begun their autumnal march, drowsy kings are returning to their undermountain lairs, and the moon is kissing the leaves with all the colors of the sun. It is the best time of the year. But it is also a time when we have to be honest about the things […]

We were recently had a conversation with a friend about a particular Tarot card, and about our name.It was a conversation held at some remove in space and discontinuous in time. Perhaps because of those separations, the dialogue helped us to put together some thoughts about an oft-maligned card, The Hierophant.Our name owes more to […]

We’re humble sorcerers, not great politicians or social scientists. We’re certainly not revolutionaries, but we believe that remaining silent at this moment would be acquiescence to an unjust status quo. Thus, we want to make it clear where we stand. We believe that racism is alive and real. That racism is not just in those […]

  There must be a Magic Shop. That’s a rule inscribed upon the firmament just a few degrees from the Hennaed Hand of Cassiopeia. Next time you’re away from the bright lights of the city and the night sky is clear, just look up and you’ll see it. You may have to squint. We take […]

  Magic rarely presents itself as such. Postal owls are quite rare. Aged maps, cryptic advertisements, and vagabond ravings are more typical introductions to the uncanny. The sensible thing is to ignore it. That’s always an option. Magic never arrives as a demand. It doesn’t even make a promise, just offers an invitation. Mine came […]