The Smoked Mirror - Issue #22

Feral Heart Season: Devotion

Feral Heart Season ends not with a confession, but with a choice.

Recognition showed you what you wanted.

Permission allowed it to exist.

Risk asked you to speak.

Devotion is where the story gets real.

Devotion is not submission. It’s not collapse. It’s not giving everything away and calling it sacred. Devotion is direction. It’s choosing what you are willing to offer—and what you are not—and standing inside that choice without apology.

Question for the week:

What are you willing to offer without erasing yourself?

Hold it carefully. This one deserves a clean answer.

February 26 – March 3

The week unfolds under a Waxing Gibbous Moon, a phase of accumulation and refinement. Energy is high but not scattered. This is the stretch where intention becomes embodied—where you feel the weight of what you’ve chosen and begin to sense whether it fits. The Moon’s growing brightness amplifies emotional truth and makes misalignment harder to ignore.

With the Sun continuing through Pisces, the collective atmosphere is porous, intuitive, and deeply somatic. Pisces doesn’t reward rigid plans; it responds to sincerity and presence. This is a week where devotion must be felt in the body, not declared in theory. If something drains you rather than feeds you, you’ll know quickly.

The Full Moon on March 3 marks a culmination point. Full Moons illuminate consequences as much as intentions. Whatever you have been offering—time, energy, desire—comes into full view. This is not a judgment. It’s a mirror. Let it show you whether your offerings are chosen… or habitual.

Devotion doesn’t ask how much you can give.

It asks how clearly you can choose.

Anything else turns sacred language into camouflage.

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The Spell of Chosen Offering

You’ll need:

• One candle (gold, red, or white)

• One crystal tied to sovereignty or devotion (garnet, sunstone, or tiger’s eye)

• A small plate or bowl

Correspondence:

Element of Fire, governed by will and direction.

The Working:

Cast a small circle. Place the candle at the center and the crystal on the plate. Light the candle and place your hands over the flame’s warmth (not touching).

Name—out loud—one thing you are willing to offer in this season. Then name one thing you are not.

Hold both statements equally. Let the candle burn for a few minutes, then extinguish it intentionally. Carry the crystal as a reminder that devotion is defined by choice, not sacrifice.

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This includes apparel meant to function as energetic declarations, candles suitable for repeated ritual use, and earlier volumes of the Fleshcraft Codex for those interested in embodied, somatic magic.

Browse when you’re ready:

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