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I call Great Cupid (Eros), Source of Sweet Delight:  Orphic Hymn 58 to Eros (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.

What do you call a Gathering of Mages?: “Please hold. All muses are busy right now, but your inspiration is important to us…”

A Sacred Dragon Companion: Aido Hwedo : When spirit and action meet, our world can begin to heal and sustain itself.

Sweat Lodge Vision: I believed if I stared hard enough into the darkness I would find the answers I was seeking.

Waking the Daimon:  It’s time to wake it up and start living the life you are supposed to be living.

Painting Alchemy and a Falling Angel: From sketch to final painting: Calcinatio Angelus

From Chicken Bones To Angel Wings:  Join me as I explain my painting process from sketch to final artwork.

Beowulf-The Heroic Dragon Slayer and V.I.T.R.I.O.L : An alchemical representation of the death scene in Beowulf.

Armadel Workings: A Meeting With Betel: The spirit Betel visits and we chat about the virtues of creatures and created things.

Here Be Dragons! : A video montage of some of my original dragon paintings based on myths from around the world.

Paradise Meadows, Vancouver Island: A landscape painting of one of my favourite places. Does Sasquatch really live there?

Tiamat, Babylonian Dragon Goddess: Painted with coffee, blood and tears.

World Tree-Thought and Memory: As I move through life I wonder and wander between both thought and memory.

“…Putting Allspace in a Notshall…” : “Mark Time’s Finist Joke. Putting Allspace in a Notshall.” James Joyce (Finnegans Wake)

The Bahir, First Verses of Creation: This painting is based on the first 16 verses of the Sefer Ha-Bahir. (with notes)

Bone Singer: The dragons swirled around me, and then they consumed me until I was nothing more than a blazing white skeleton.

To Fly Toward a Secret Sky: A Valentine message  and lino print for you.

Imbolc, Oimelc, February First: A gesture of respect to ancient tradition, and the Divine Feminine spirit.

IAO Sabaoth Icon for Archangel Invocation: This iconic painting was used in an angelic invocation ritual for the Archangel Raphael.

Celebrating the Landscape: Placemaking: How are you going to get started on your own path to placemaking?

Postcard to Hermes: Mmmm…he was a handsome rogue with a clever trick up his sleeve.

Paint a Lotus on Your Door:  It’s funny how our minds wander into the past to play in the ruins of old memories.

I Love the Magic in Magic Markers: Oh! How I love felt tipped pens. (includes a page pulled out of my sketchbook)

I Dreamed About the Moon Last Night: A magical dream about walking with the Moon down an old country road.

Indigo Dreams of Sea:  A painted wood carving with a poem inspired by a cabin I once lived in by the sea.

Monsters!: A couple of spooky, black and white illustrations for your enjoyment.

Heart of a Woman: Summer Exhibition: A video montage of original paintings celebrating the Feminine.

Releasing the Beast! : My interview with Rick DiBiasio from “Middle Age Crazy”.

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