Alright, so I'm on my quest for a wand. I know the wand I want, the one that calls for me. It's not cheap. It's a fuckin' Harry Potter wand from Allivans, of all things. Made of ebony. So it's simple: No crystals, no wire, no markings. It's just right for me. Just a straight-up ebony wand. That's definitely my style.

I'm reading The Outer Temple of Witchcraft and going through each exercise and homework. The thing I find coming up for me again and again has to do with the elements and their directions. I find that I just cannot work with four elements; I always feel like I'm missing something. I realized today just how ingrained my concept of a fivefold elemental system is, and it feels just so very, very right to me.

Center: In the center abides Earth, strong and stable, the axis mundi, the point...

The whole world is a form for truth.
When someone does not feel grateful to that,
the forms appear to be as he feels.
They mirror his anger, his greed, and his fear.

Make peace with the universe.
Take joy in it.
It will turn to gold.
Resurrection will be now.

Every moment,
a new Beauty.

- Rumi

My dad sent me a message over Facebook asking if I would be interested in going to the Wizard Training Camp next year; he said he would like to pay for it for me as a gift (it's not cheap).

I feel very conflicted about this. I went to the Enlightened Warrior Training Camp last year and it was one of the most terrible experiences of my life but, as much as I resent it, I can't deny that it hasn't affected me in helpful ways. I am healthily assertive, I'm quicker and more willing to...

Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian continental philosopher and critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis.