Author Archives: I.O. Kirkwood

Embracing Shadow: Step 1

Last installment, you discovered that you are a very complex holograph of personalities.  You also learned that Shadows are fragmented pieces of your holograph—blocked energies that will express through your subconscious if you don’t pay attention. Since you can’t banish or destroy energy, you’ll have to find another way to get your Shadows to toeContinue reading “Embracing Shadow: Step 1”

Anatomy of the Shadow

This is a continuation from the Call for Interaction post. Please click here if you missed the beginning. Excellent! Whatever you wrote is correct. Why? Because magickal people understand that you are the creator of your own universe. No one else has your perspective, your experiences, or your shadows. What you wrote, if you playedContinue reading “Anatomy of the Shadow”

Call for Interaction

Blogs require multiple posts to be successful, so I’m soliciting your input into the process. I need you to hold me, a writer/procrastinator extraordinaire, accountable for producing exceptional, and ultimately useful, product. You’ll also help me shake a serious case of the holiday blues. Here’s the plan: You, the audience and co-creators of all things bloggable,Continue reading “Call for Interaction”

Hocus Pocus?

A “published” writer since the tender age of 12, IO KIRKWOOD’S fantasy short stories have graced the pages of many a school literary magazine. She set aside her dreams of writing to raise a family but the fever never quite left. Io’s genre runs towards dark, urban and ultimately pagan fantasy. As one of theContinue reading “Hocus Pocus?”