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September 2026

September 09, 2026

My Blogging Style

While there are many people who share their results, the end of the road, and...

December 2025

December 23, 2025

Losing your Prayer Corner

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

November 2025

November 20, 2025

Something, anything, this way comes

Three months without anything new. It's certainly a LONG time. It hasn't gone unnoticed to...

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...

February 2025

February 17, 2025

On the Importance of Community

It's been a long time since I last wrote here, and I finally realized why....

July 2024

July 22, 2024

Writing as a Healing and Devotional Practice

I've been going deep into my head, to the point of being there more often...

February 2023

February 28, 2023

Book review: The Nectar of Pain

I've wanted to read a good book of poetry for a long while. I wanted...

February 22, 2023

Help Syria and Turkey Today

I’ve wanted to stay away, but no decent human being can do it for long....

December 2022

December 25, 2022

Happy Holidays

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

November 2022

November 07, 2022

Healing Family Trauma

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

July 2022

July 05, 2022

Are You Better Because You’re Pagan?

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

June 2022

June 07, 2022

Book review: Queer Qabala

While it's true that I try to focus on my own culture, I can't help...

April 2022

April 03, 2022

Receiving a Divination Gift

It hasn't been so long since I experienced Al-‘Uzza healing love, something I keep thinking about...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

Experiencing Al-‘Uzza Healing Love

A few days ago, I felt a minor heartbreak when someone I've been interested in...

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...

September 2021

September 12, 2021

The Oldest Arabic Poem, or a Possible Prayer?

I recently came across an interesting post which linked to the original article about an...

August 2021

August 21, 2021

Afghanistan, or When Light Blinds

There have been a lot of talks in the media about what's happening in Afghanistan,...

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 22, 2021

What is Ramadan all About?

On April 12 of this year, Muslims started to fast from sunrise to sunset, abstaining...

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,...

February 2021

February 14, 2021

Revisiting Shahmaran: A Guide for Healers and Lovers + Prayer

A few months ago I wrote a long Instagram post (or long to Instagram anyway)...

January 2021

January 24, 2021

Where is the Mercy? White Reflections on Death

A few days ago I lost a dear friend due to Covid-19, my aunt’s mother...

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 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...

November 2020

November 28, 2020

Book Review: Water Magic

One of the first things you learn when you discover Witchcraft is about the four...

November 18, 2020

Witchcraft, Hobbies and Fox News

Fox News should have done a better job, should have gone a bit deeper, should...

October 2020

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...