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March 2023

March 22, 2023

Poetry, Daimons & Showing Up

Poetry used to visit in the later hours of the night. Between 11 pm and...

November 2022

November 18, 2022

Grief as the Darkness Stretches

"No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear." - C.S Lewis...

October 2022

October 26, 2022

The Witch’s Guide to Surviving Modern America

As a Witch, survival has been on my mind lately. To be fair, it's what...

January 2022

January 21, 2022

Sitting Vigil with Myself

I'm finishing up a course on deathwork and home funerals. This is the same course...

January 14, 2022

A Ritual for Remembering the Dead

I've been thinking about death a lot. My dad died. Another mentor died. So many...

October 2021

October 04, 2021

I’ll Be Home for Samhain, You Can Plan on Me

Last year, the online Reclaiming Spiral Dance for Samhain was delightful. It was amazing to...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

You are Not Alone in Your Grief

Another beautiful being has died. So many others have died this year, needlessly, alone, untouched....

May 2021

May 03, 2021

The Persistence of the Moon

I've had to teach myself how to look at the moon. How to see the...

April 2021

April 16, 2021

Dining with the Dead and Settling a Promise

My dead don't wait until Samhain to poke at me. My mom died four years...

April 02, 2021

Working the Magick of Grief

Grief offers perspective, depth, and magick. With the lessons of loss, how will use what...

March 2021

March 12, 2021

Magick (Not) Interrupted: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

The pandemic encouraged me to look at my magick, how it works and how it...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

Samhain in the Time of Covid: The Spiral Dance Goes Online

It's not a surprise that Samhain is online this year -- for many. (For most?)...

October 06, 2020

Listening to the Dead, Hearing their Voices and Holding their Hearts

The dead are close. Maybe it's because this year has been quiet, slower, and interrupted....

March 2020

March 27, 2020

Step into the Circle and Be Held: Restoring Connection and Community

If this pandemic has taught me anything (so far), it's that we are sharing an...

January 2020

January 05, 2020

We are the Earth and We are Burning Too

We are not separate from the horrors or the pain or the destruction of the...

October 2019

October 23, 2019

The Nameless Ancestors: Getting to Know Who You Don’t Know

I have a family tree that is vague and inconsistent. To meet and greet the...

October 16, 2019

Who are All Those Dead? Starhawk talks about Ancestors, Mighty Dead & Beloved Dead

As Samhain comes closer, we call to the dead in many forms and names. Starhawk...

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