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October 2020

October 28, 2020

Hubal, the pre-Islamic God of Poetry, Divination and Revenge

A couple of nights ago I felt the need to call Hubal. Similarly to what...

October 18, 2020

Book Review: The Friendship Poems of Rumi

As we go nearer to the final harvest of the year, it’s impossible not to...

October 13, 2020

Healing with Arabic Black Sand

There has been something happening quite lately when I do my meditations and devotions with...

October 06, 2020

Divine Speed Dating: Tawusê Melek

Getting to know Deities can be troublesome. There are so many sources you can check,...

October 02, 2020

Book review: The Love Poems of Rumi

While we are in the spooky, dark season of the year, I couldn’t avoid asking...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Developing Devotional Practices Beyond Praying

Devotion is not limited to just praying, giving offerings and meditating, it is much more.

September 28, 2020

Just Listen, or You Will Stumble After Praying

When I thought I was done with my ancestors, something called me to stay still,...

September 25, 2020

What Language do the Gods and Ancestors Speak?

As long as I do the best I can, I learn in the range of...

September 23, 2020

The Inner Goddess Controversy: Do the Gods Live Inside Us?

My Inner God is not a Deity on its own, it’s the part of me...

September 21, 2020

Book Review: The Life-Saving Skill of Story

Growing up as a kid meant that I would listen to the stories in my...

September 16, 2020

Book Review: The Book Collectors

I don’t remember the last time it hurt so much to read, to turn the...

September 15, 2020

Book Review: Shine On

Thinking about death conjures images of grief, sadness and fear. Seldom do we think of...

September 11, 2020

Jinn: Spirits of Fire and Wilderness

When examining history, genies, or more accurately, the jinn, are not that charming, especially in...

September 10, 2020

Al-‘Uzza: The pre-Islamic goddess of War, Protection, and Healing

The third pre-Islamic Arabic goddess, a daughter of Allah along with her sisters Al-Lat and...

September 09, 2020

Al-Lat: the pre-Islamic Goddess of the Harvest, Fertility, and Love

According to pre-Islamic Arabic myth, God, or Allah, created three daughters who will take care...

September 08, 2020

Manat: The pre-Islamic Goddess of Time, Fate and Death

While searching for my roots and the beliefs of my ancestors, those who lived before Islam, I...

September 07, 2020

How an Arab Witch Honours and Contacts his Ancestors

I highly respect my ancestors, both my Beloved Dead and my Mighty Dead. (1) I don’t usually...

September 05, 2020

If the Ancestors Don’t Answer, Change their Altar

I have been honoring my Ancestors for many months already, and I’ve always felt a...

August 2020

August 29, 2020

Something pre-Islamic this Way Comes?

Well, I’ve been waiting for this to finally happen, and I’m so happy to be...