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December 2025

December 23, 2025

Losing your Prayer Corner

A few months ago, I wrote about something that started making a good, big difference...

June 2025

June 19, 2025

Setting a Prayer Corner at Home

It's been a long time since I was last here, so it seems I am...

January 2025

January 01, 2025

2024 Reflections

2024 was certainly a year. Not the best, and not the worst I've had so...

March 2024

March 11, 2024

Book Review: Liberty Walks Naked

I recently finished a book that I didn't expect to feel so emotional with. Even...

July 2023

July 11, 2023

Zarqa al-Yamana: A Legend About Gifts, Spirituality, and Responsibility

For a long time, my favorite myth was that of Medusa’s. The different version, interpretations,...

January 2023

January 08, 2023

Welcome 2023

It's still surreal to be in 2023. 2022 wasn't what I expected it to be,...

November 2022

November 07, 2022

Healing Family Trauma

Some time ago, when I was talking to someone, I mentioned that my dad and...

October 2022

October 27, 2022

How Do NeoPagans Feel About Homosexuality?

As a queer, Arab man, I couldn't see myself in any of the Abrahamic faiths,...

July 2022

July 09, 2022

What is the Eid al-Adha?

I woke up today with many of my relatives sharing messages and images about the...

February 2022

February 24, 2022

When Witchcraft Doesn’t Work

Today was a rough day for my family. There was a lot of bad news,...

December 2021

December 12, 2021

Semiramis and Ara, a Story of Madness and Witchcraft

I was reading today about Atargatis, the Syrian Goddess, a figure I've been intrigued with...

October 2021

October 04, 2021

Do the Ancestors Need an Altar?

Not so recently, my life took a change for the better. Way more difficult, but...

May 2021

May 03, 2021

Does Reading Count as Ancestral Veneration?

If you've paid attention to my most recent entries, you noticed for sure that there's...

April 2021

April 25, 2021

Celebrating Beltane During Ramadan

There have been so many posts about Beltane these days everywhere in the blogosphere that...

April 05, 2021

Speaking Ill of the Dead

I was just reading John Beckett's Must We Speak No Ill of the Dead? And it...

March 2021

March 25, 2021

On Death, Rage, and the Power of Words

Recently we've had a lot of death around my family. We are not strangers to...

March 11, 2021

The Protective Hamsa

For me, the hamsa is a special symbol and carries a meaning of strength, passion,...

January 2021

January 10, 2021

The Nazar: an Arabic Amulet Against the Evil Eye

Since I was a kid, there was a blue eye used as an amulet for...

December 2020

December 27, 2020

On the Syrian Bread Crisis (Prayer Included)

I just came home with my heart on the throat. A couple of hours ago,...

December 02, 2020

My 7 Reasons to be Thankful Despite the Pandemic

Although this year has been a very difficult one for all of us and every...

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 13, 2020

Healing with Arabic Black Sand

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

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 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...