Tis the season of the thinning of the veil between worlds and I don't fear visits by ghosts or spirits, but instead the demons and hell of my own making. I find the worst hauntings occur from the phantoms of my psyche, the ones that loop me into patterns of pain and emptiness--hungry ghosts and ghostly lovers. We all have a hole in our soul, or in Buddhism the "realm of the hungry ghosts" a place with beings who will never have enough ruled by their unending desires...for me

More than 2000 years ago the philosopher Plato believed we each have an assigned star that guides us throughout our time on Earth. Then after we die we return to our companion star to watch the universe unfold from the heavens, or atmosphere above Earth where the Gods dwell. He called it ether, or aether. This enchanted worldview has been the guide for my own astrology practice and philosophical studies. The word desire inspired my entire thesis research as it evolved from Gr