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gender contemplations

A Quick Guide to Gender Neutral Greetings

This guide is written with intention to help newcomers of The Hermetic House of Life; however, I hope to write it in a way that is broadly applicable! Having been born in the 1990s, I was left with the impression most of my life that greetings like "hey dudes!

A Short List of Absurd Things That Gave Me Dysphoria

Please read the below with a tone of black humor. 1. My new Lordy fragrance oil from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab didn't smell quite right on me because my body was pre-testosterone. I did not know you could smell wrong before that 2. I had my hairstylist shave

Meditations on Masculinity

Not to infer the common misconception that masculinity as a quality is solely, or even primarily, held by cis men, but for the sake of the conversation let's start with cis men. We have all had shitty experiences with cis men. Even cis men have shitty experiences with

The Importance of My Androgyny

[Judgements 10] A retrograde planet signifies disobedience, and contradiction, and turning back and taking back, and diversity or discord. [BW VIII.31] A retrograde planet signifies antagonism (Epstein: revelationem) and the dissipation of everything considered. [BW VIII.92] Retrograde: like one returning, and pulling back. (Epstein: "rebellious and defiant.

Non-binaryness, Transmasculinity, and the Battle with Modern Feminism

I am not sure how spiritual or magical this post is going to be, but it's important for me to express. When I started writing this post, I had recently spoken to 3 fellow genderqueer people (while the Full Moon in Virgo was opposing Saturn and Mercury in