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Writing by Samantha Young. Sharing information across the mycelial network about magic, astrology, anti-capitalism, and co-creating a new world.

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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    How do you subvert capitalism in the 2nd house? (opens the original)

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    If we acknowledge that to incarnate is to want and to continue to want, capitalism’s gonna take steps to make sure that’s the truth.It’s gonna make sure that no matter what, your inner appetites are not fed by whatever it is you’re consuming, so you must come back and continue to consume. Turning desires into hungers.It’s you drinking the water that makes you more and more thirsty, so you keep drinking, and then you become more thirsty.This is evil. I need to be clear about that.It is a hijackin

  2. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    I’m going after my ultimate dream (opens the original)

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    I’ve tried the strategy of “share what you went through once you’re done going through it,” but I’ve finally accepted that doesn’t work for me. The most potent teaching I can do is in real time, directly from the office of my ongoing process.Trying to re-enchant my life, or kick off the effort to do so, feels like yanking on a lawn mower to get it to start. Perhaps that is the problem, because I always approach intentional change with the energy of someone trying to rip a machine in half.But her

  3. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    I don’t believe in self-sabotage (opens the original)

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    I don’t believe in self-sabotage. More specifically, I don’t believe it fosters self-trust or a solid relationship with oneself to take on the belief that there is some gremlin living inside of you, actively working to sabotage your efforts—and that gremlin is also you. How are you supposed to learn to trust yourself if you believe that, at any moment, you might become your own enemy?Sometimes we just make mistakes. I think we’ve gotten way too deep into psychological terminology when it comes t

  4. Issue · Aug 6, 2026

    Everything you know about the houses is wrong (opens the original)

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    Starting on August 15th, I will be teaching monthly workshops on anti-capitalism through the houses. If you attended my Subverting Capitalism Through The Houses workshop, this is basically a super-expanded version of that.

  5. Issue · Jul 21, 2026

    Uprooting (opens the original)

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    Hard to feel like I’m uprooting my life when it’s never felt rooted to begin with. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1473" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6LR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu

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