Fall. Rot. Seed. Rise.

Hey bestie, 

I have been thinking about decomposition, which is a perfectly normal thing to put in an email in December thank you VERY much. 

I promise, I am in the holiday spirit! It's just that…

Haven't You People Ever Heard of Closing the Goddamn Door?

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We talk a lot about opening doors. Doors of opportunity, doors to abundance, doors to love. One door closes, another one opens, blahblahblah the universe is an extremely…

Like a Seed, Know that You Are Held by the Sureness of the Soil

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There is a particular stage of grief, or burnout, where you do not need another person to assure you that you will not feel…

Give Thanks for the Beloved Dead

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This ritual gives us a place to acknowledge something modern life is breathtakingly bad at acknowledging: people die, and our relationships with them do not simply vanish when they do.

Some of…

At the Crossroads

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I have spent years devoted to Hekate, Goddess of crossroads, thresholds, keys and torches. I have loved these symbols for a very long time.

Imagine my dismay when i discovered for the 500th time that…

A Heartbreak Blessing 

Hey bestie, 
I believe in cord-cutting rituals. I have done cord-cutting rituals. I have also discovered an upsetting limitation in the technology: sometimes you cut the cord and wake up the next morning still having feelings.

Rude!

…

I Didn't Ask for It and I'm Giving It Back

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I have been thinking about the strange economy of being the person who can handle things. In some cultures, there is an ancient, mystical phrase for this: “being…

There Are Witches in the Woods

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If I had a dollar for every time I ran into a witch in the woods, I would have a non-zero amount of dollars.

This is not a particularly lucrative spiritual practice,…