2026-02-17 archive

Michel Foucault: Does My Writing Have a Soul? (Or is it Just Borrowed?)

Michel Foucault’s name keeps popping up in my sociology readings, but it wasn’t until I stumbled upon his essay “What is an Author?” that I felt compelled to take a closer look. His ideas on power dynamics and knowledge production resonated deeply with me, perhaps because they mirrored some of the discomforts I’ve experienced as …

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Gremory the Crowned Duchess of Secrets: Love, Lost Treasure, and the Enigmatic Power of the Ars Goetia

There is something undeniably theatrical about Gremory. In a catalog of spirits that ride beasts, command legions, and build fortresses from shadow, she appears adorned with a duchess’s crown, seated upon a camel, radiating nobility rather than brute force. Within the pages of the Lesser Key of Solomon, Gremory—sometimes spelled Gomory—emerges as a Great Duchess …

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