Letters from Luna – Summer 2023

Hello friend, A gentle belated supermoon in Aquarius to you! Here’s luna in all her glory at 5::45am this morning, the recommended dog-hiking window during summer months in the desert. We’ve had thunderstorms and a small amount of much-needed rain in parts of this high desert region. It’s that time of year that has become … Read more

Issue 6 – Upgraded Print Quality

Greetings from a mind-meltingly hot desert, after a deep hibernation period, we’re excited to announce that Luna Arcana’s issue 6 is out. This issue is a whole new experience, completely self-funded, with no ads. It’s an exploration of the nuanced experiences around the threat to wilderness and ecological grief –  and making space for grief … Read more

Wintering, and other stories

Trusting that the entry into winter (the season of retreating into a bowl of nourishing, hearty soup!)  here in the northern hemisphere is going peacefully for you. It seems that many of the conversations I’ve been a part of recently have been expressing a desire to go slow, to not get swept away by the … Read more

Autumn updates + the story of Goddess

Belated Autumnal Equinox greetings to you! After an unexpected, grief-induced pause over the summer, Luna Arcana’s issue 6 is back in production. We have an awesome cover painting by a tremendously talented Joshua Tree -based painter whom we’ll be telling you more about soon. And over the coming weeks, Letters from Luna will be featuring contributors to … Read more

RITUAL – DAMIEN ECHOLS & LORRI DAVIS

We’re partnering with the Joshua Tree Retreat Center again to bring the magickal powerhouse, @damienechols and his wife, Lorri Davis back to Joshua Tree for a weekend retreat to celebrate their beautiful new book RITUAL, published by @soundstrue From 2-4 September we’ll be diving into an immersive experience of magick rituals guided by Damien + … Read more

All Roads Lead to Joy

by Rohini Walker Since the desert took me in almost a decade ago, I’ve been shedding layer after layer of ill-fitting beliefs lurking within me that were not of my conscious choosing; distorted value systems and their attendant powers to make meaning and create realities instilled in me by family, culture and society, who for the … Read more

The Feather of Ma’at

by Rohini Walker The days of dwindling light are officially upon us here in the northern hemisphere. I write to you from a gusty Mojave high desert, where the cooling temperatures are greedily welcomed after another merciless and revelatory summer. We have just exited the season of the ancient Egyptian goddess, Ma’at – symbolized by the scales … Read more

Damien Echols – Invoking Angel Intelligences: The Royal Science

INVOKING ANGEL INTELLIGENCES:THE ROYAL SCIENCE A weekend immersion into the foundational practices of Magick & Meditation Friday, Sept. 17 through Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021 + Friday 7pm: Talk & Book Signing  by Damien Echols $40Includes a signed copy of Damien’s new book, Angels & Archangels + Saturday & Sunday: In-person retreat $400 (not including accommodation + … Read more

Letters from Luna – The Migration of Memory, Part II

by Rohini Walker Click here The Migration of Memory, Part I It’s the in-between time here in the Mojave high desert, as winter shapeshifts into spring. Calm, sunny days are peppered with winds so wild, it’s a wonder the house doesn’t end up in some other, other-worldly faraway. On days like this from my remote spot, the wide … Read more