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Taking the Show on the Road

Whether you have a dedicated temple space, a room you practice in as needed, or something else, every sorcerer can benefit from a mobile ritual kit. Let's...

Video doing some geomancy live coding

I made a video doing some geomantic "live coding" (actually recorded, but you get the idea). Ever wonder what we are actually doing when we geomantically...

Mosaic Beta Release

January 7, 2023

Mosaic, the digital divination project that Heather Freeman and I have been working on for the better part of a year now, has finally shipped! Grab your free...

Figma for Magicians Video (part 2)

The second half of the Figma for Magicians class is now up on YouTube. Enjoy! Figma for Magicians (Part 2) Drawing seals? Making your own grimoire/book of...

Figma for Magicians Video (part 1)

Just a quick post to let folks know that if you missed my class on Figma for Magicians you can now catch the same content over on the YouTubes. Well, at...

Upcoming Free Class: Figma for Magicians

February 17, 2022

Drawing seals? Making your own grimoire/book of shadows? Creating illustrations for planetary talismans? Designing a new cartomantic deck? Whatever part...

Holding What Must Be Held

February 13, 2022

Trying to share elements of a personal practice with others is a game of extracting the parts that are useful (the practice) from the parts that situate the...

HoD Redesign + Upcoming Classes

January 21, 2022

What better way to usher in a fresh new year than a fresh new website! I've talked before about the importance of one's investment into one's personal online...

Taking Magic Notes with Obsidian

October 5, 2021

I know how much you all love nerding out about taking notes! If you missed the prior two videos I’ve done on this topic, they are linked below for your...

Urania 1.0.2 + New Arnemancy Episode

Just a quick post to let folks know that there is a new update for Urania which adds support for chart rotation, and that the lovely Reverend Erik and I had...

Aspectarian + More

Read at HoD: Aspectarian + More Just wanted to quickly let you know there's a new Urania update over at urania.app with lot's of screen shots and info! Also,...

Interview with Reverend Erik on the Arnemancy Podcast

Read at HoD: Arnemancy Podcast Discussion Another thing that happened just before Aries I, which I didn’t discuss in the last post because it wasn’t out yet,...

Aries I: Blastoff

Read at HoD: Aries I: Blastoff The sun just moved into 10° Aries which means we've just left the decan of Aries I, and have entered Aries II. As such, and in...

Sissy That Decan Walk

Read at HoD: Sissy That Decan Walk Whoo damn! It's been a while since the last HoD update. Such is the cycle of things I suppose, particularly when one has,...

We're not out of the woods yet...

November 22, 2020

Read at HoD: We’re not out of the woods yet… It’s a bit of a long one folks. I’m going to try and make up for my gap in updates with one big update. Quantity...

October 6, 2020

Read at HoD: Office Hours Just a very quick announcement that, in an effort to make better use of Discord, and to generally be available to folks that want...

October 4, 2020

Read at HoD: Urania + Swiss Ephemeris It’s going to be another fairly quick update, but this time with a bit more detail on why. But first! Houses I’ve got...

Urania + Swiss Ephemeris

September 20, 2020

Read at HoD: Urania + Swiss Ephemeris I’m doing this update as a video because I’m a bit crunched for time, and because talking is easier than writing....

Squeak 'Em If You Got 'Em

August 30, 2020

Read at HoD: Squeak ‘Em If You Got ‘Em One thing I’ve been saying about Urania since the very beginning is that the entire thing is hubris. Now that the beta...

Read at HoD: https://hallofdoors.com/posts/magic-notes Just a very quick update (text-wise, content wise it's actually long) with links to a couple of videos...

Read at HoD: https://hallofdoors.com/posts/thanks/ I would like to start by acknowledging that the title of this post is in opposition to the hero image...

Did I Say Prometheus?

Read at HoD: Did I Say Prometheus? While you would have a legitimate complaint about the time it has taken me to get this post out, I feel like I have a good...

Black Lives Matter

Read at HoD: https://hallofdoors.com/posts/black-lives-matter I know that an update to Hall of Doors, which doesn't currently have a large following, will...

Well, my weekly update streak lasted for a little over two months. Posting an update every week may have been… hm, a bit of hubris on my part. I’m glad I...

OMG YOU ARE A DAY LATE! Yes yes, well simmer down there partner. Yesterday was a holiday, you know, the 1st of May? Does that sound like an excuse? Well, it...

Gracious Gradients

You know what time it is! This week was the first full week of development since the end of the design sprint. Productivity mostly reflected that fact. You...

Well, I finally made it out of design mode. And just in time too, because I was about to loose my mind. But, like, in a good way. Also, this was a bit of a...

OMG IS IT FRIDAY ALREADY?!? Well that week went by insanely fast. And also insanely slow, in a way. I think you know what I mean. Let the update parade...

The Pretty Stick

It's that time once again! Did you miss me? Of course you did. It's a shorter update than usual, not because I don't love you, but because I don't have...

The Malefic Tango

It's time, once again, for the weekly Hall of Doors update. This is the fourth week in a row, can you imagine? I've been doing these for a month. Who gave me...

Transits, Golden Oracle and Love

Before we dive in to this week's updates, can I just take a moment to pat myself on the back? I can, and I shall. This is the third week in a row that I have...

Aspects and Absurdity

Aspects and Absurdity In keeping with my promise from last week to post regular updates, I present to you this: a Friday the 13th (ooo scary) update...

Checking the new subscription service

Hey Peeps I'm moving Hall of Doors from MailChimp to Buttondown for subscriptions and updates. If you get this message, you are already subscribed and all...