Tai-Phanny Biscuit

Death is merely the transition of consciousness, or energy, from one state to another, the pulling back of the vale to rejoin the collective consciousness of all that is.

Don Komarechka’s beautiful short film, “Winter’s Magic,” captures the beauty of soap bubbles as they freeze. It’s a delicate process and one difficult to capture in video. The bubble freezes first at the bottom, where it touches the cold surface – in this case, snow. That freezing releases latent heat and creates a temperature gradient along the thin liquid film. With that temperature gradient comes a variation in surface tension, and it’s this that creates the flow that lifts the ice crystals from the surface and turns the bubble into a snow globe. Eventually, as the frozen crystals continue growing, flow in the bubble walls comes to halt as the film solidifies. 

For more on the physics of freezing bubbles, check out this interview with the researchers, or, to learn more on how to film freezing bubbles, check out Komarechka’s description. (Video and image credit: D. Komarechka; via Laughing Squid; h/t to Jennifer O.)

Hey so I made this wand in the summer and totally forgot to post about it.

It’s made from a willow tree, the wand had been sanded, stained, and anointed with rosemary oil; I did some wood burning along the entire length of the wand and laid copper over top as it is a great metal for conducting energy. Then I got an array of Crystal’s (some which I already had) and glued/attached them on the bottom, top and along the handle. All of which was done by hand by me.

I wanted this wand to sort of represent me, I am a very firey person in all aspects including when it comes to magick and I wanted that to come across, but I also wanted it to be kind of a combo of fire and spirit.