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

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This has been a challenging year, filled with changes at every corner, and a world...

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November 07, 2022

Healing Family Trauma

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

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Are You Better Because You’re Pagan?

I was speaking with a friend recently about our respective practices, what we do and...

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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 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...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

Calling for Hubal’s Aid in Divination

Yesterday an aunt asked me for some help. She was told she had the Evil...

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...

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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...

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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 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...

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