protective charm
Aug 14, 2026
The Line Nothing Crosses
A short account of the salt circle, a protective boundary drawn against unwelcome spirits, and why so many unrelated traditions arrived at the same substance and the same shape.
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Aug 9, 2026
The Rearing Cobra of the Delta
A journal entry on Wadjet, the cobra goddess of Lower Egypt, whose rearing form once guarded the brow of every pharaoh and still guards the doorways of the dead.
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Aug 1, 2026
The Fire That Must Not Go Out
A journal entry on the old, near-universal duty of keeping a fire alive through the night, from the Vestal flame in Rome to the smoored peats of the Scottish Highlands.
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