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🌿Threshold Tending
There are days when the heart feels heavy before the reason fully arrives. Tears rise unbidden, the body grows tired, and the spirit drifts toward stillness. Sometimes it’s the echo of yesterday’s weight, sometimes it’s the anticipation of tomorrow’s threshold.… Continue reading
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A Council of Gods Within: Jung, Astrology and the Mandala of the Soul
Gathered in the circle of stars, the gods take their places.Mars strikes the table,Venus opens her hands,Saturn weighs silence in his cloak of stone,while Pluto whispers beneath the breath of time.The Sun burns, the Moon reflects.And I, the listener, enter… Continue reading
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🍃 Food for Thought: Consciousness as Virtual Reality?
What if consciousness isn’t something housed inside our bodies, but something much larger — something that experiences this world through us, like a player using an avatar in a virtual reality game? Physicist and consciousness explorer Tom Campbell, author of… Continue reading
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✨ Birthday Edition: Oracle & Lantern | Vol. VI✨
The Turning of the Lantern Birthdays arrive like thresholds. They remind us of the solar rhythm that has carried us around the wheel once more — the same sun that rose the day we were born now calls us into… Continue reading
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🌒 The Alchemy of Real Suffering
“The only valid cure for any kind of depression is the acceptance of real suffering.”— Helen M. Luke 🌑 The Paradox We Resist We live in a culture that treats suffering like an infection to be cut out or numbed… Continue reading
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“The Universe is Not Your DoorDash”
Sacred Snark Sunday, Vol. XI ✨ “Your spiritual order has been placed. Estimated delivery: whenever the cosmic kitchen feels like it. Tracking number: LOL.” ✨ You know that moment when you light your candle, pull a tarot card, meditate, and… Continue reading
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🌕 Dancing with Transformation: How to Recognize When You’re Flowing, Not Fighting
There are seasons when transformation feels like an unwelcome storm — we brace, we resist, we try to hold the roof on with our bare hands. And then, there are the moments when we realize we’re not fighting the wind… Continue reading
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The Lantern in the Fog
Oracle & Lantern, Vol. V — Finding True North When the Path Blurs 🌫 When the Horizon Disappears There are seasons when the road ahead folds into mist, when your usual markers vanish, and even your own thoughts feel like… Continue reading
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🔊Who Gave My Ego a Microphone Again?
Sacred Snark Sunday — Vol. VIII You know that moment when you’re just trying to heal, vibe, or meditate in peace — and suddenly your ego grabs the mic like it’s karaoke night at the Shadow Lounge? Yeah. Me too.… Continue reading
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Luna Moth Wisdom: Lessons from Nature’s Metamorphosis
When the Wings begin to Open: A Devotional Reflection on Metamorphosis It happened slowly, almost imperceptibly at first. She was already there when I arrived—pressed against the mossy stone like an unfinished thought. Her wings, still furled, hung damp and… Continue reading
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