The Melaninated Magician Blog
Nick, the Melaninated Magician
They/Them
“Hello fellow traveler! There are certainly people who know more about ghosts or time loops or ceremonial magick or Paganism than me. Many of them are fellow Weird Collectivists. And there are also people who are more studied in Queer Theory or Critical Race Theory or Queer Black Feminism. I reference them all the time. BUT I’d bet that I’m close to the top of the list of people trying to merge the two.
It’s so clear that the pursuit of the Fortean/Keelean/Highly Strange/Occult/Numinous has been, at least in the popular consciousness around the West, very white, very cishet, very Christian, very male, and oriented toward abled people.
That’s bullshit.
On my little corner of the internet, I’m trying to build more theoretical space for people of color, Queer folx, people of all faiths (and none at all!), people of any gender (or none at all!!), and disable people to not just engage with The Stuff, but to use our unique perspectives to build new frameworks for understanding, as well as providing needed critique on how the communities that pop up around all of it function.
Or put another way, I’m out here talking about racism and ablism and transphobia, but also about Hat Man. And hopefully making both a little more fun for everyone.”
Blog Archive
So my friend Jay had a really good thought on twitter the other day, and it really stimulated my brain: Good morning. Here’s a shower thought I had contemplating the last WUWPOD and what @JohnELTenney said about the real meaning…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. You can read more of what I’ve worked by clicking the poetry tag. There are two things (technically 3) encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of the…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. You can read more of what I’ve worked by clicking the poetry tag. There are two things (technically 3) encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. You can read more of what I’ve worked by clicking the poetry tag. There are two things (technically 3) encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. There are two things encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of the working; if all goes well, I should put out three poems a day for…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. There are two things encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of the working; if all goes well, I should put out the last of these on…
No, not inherently. Sorry to burst the bubble. Cool, we’re done here! Let’s all go home. Here’s the actual thing: that’s a nonsense question in 2022. It’s true that Thelemic philosophy gestures toward a radical individualism that is counter to…
Do what thou wilt or whatever I really started thinking more deeply about my spiritual practice because of the fantastic High Strangeness Docu-series Hellier. If you haven’t seen it, stop reading this and go watch it right now. I mean…
*Note: I intended for this to be a bit longer, but I felt like the last big point I want to make should stand on its own. So if you were thinking I was going to talk on something that…
Do what thou wilt or whatever. I guess we’re talking about neo-Nazis this week? Awesome. Of all the things we could be talking about, it’s my favorite topic. I don’t really care to rehash what’s been in the Occulture this…
So my friend Jay had a really good thought on twitter the other day, and it really stimulated my brain: Good morning. Here’s a shower thought I had contemplating the last WUWPOD and what @JohnELTenney said about the real meaning…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. You can read more of what I’ve worked by clicking the poetry tag. There are two things (technically 3) encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of the…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. You can read more of what I’ve worked by clicking the poetry tag. There are two things (technically 3) encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. You can read more of what I’ve worked by clicking the poetry tag. There are two things (technically 3) encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. There are two things encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of the working; if all goes well, I should put out three poems a day for…
Note: I’m doing a working that’s involving writing poems. There are two things encoded in these poems, which I will reveal at the end of the working; if all goes well, I should put out the last of these on…
No, not inherently. Sorry to burst the bubble. Cool, we’re done here! Let’s all go home. Here’s the actual thing: that’s a nonsense question in 2022. It’s true that Thelemic philosophy gestures toward a radical individualism that is counter to…
Do what thou wilt or whatever I really started thinking more deeply about my spiritual practice because of the fantastic High Strangeness Docu-series Hellier. If you haven’t seen it, stop reading this and go watch it right now. I mean…
*Note: I intended for this to be a bit longer, but I felt like the last big point I want to make should stand on its own. So if you were thinking I was going to talk on something that…
Do what thou wilt or whatever. I guess we’re talking about neo-Nazis this week? Awesome. Of all the things we could be talking about, it’s my favorite topic. I don’t really care to rehash what’s been in the Occulture this…