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Mythic Mondays, Vol. II
The Threshold of Circe — Witch of the Liminal Shore 🌊 At the Edge of the Known There are times when we find ourselves lingering on the shoreline of our own lives — not yet crossing into what calls, not… Continue reading
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Sacred Procrastination: When Your Altar Collects More Dust Than Prayers
Sacred Snark Sunday, Vol. XII The Dusty Devotion Dilemma 🕯️✨ We’ve all been there. The altar is arranged, candles chosen with care, incense tucked in its little box like a spiritual soldier waiting for duty. And then… nothing. Days pass.… Continue reading
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Mary Magdalene — The Exiled Gnosis
Historical Mirrors, Vol. XIII The Opening Thread There are figures who never leave history quietly. They slip between scripture and shadow, between the altar and the marketplace, carrying the tension of what the world would rather silence. Mary Magdalene has… Continue reading
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Jung, the I Ching, and the Archetypes That Speak Across Worlds
🌌 East Meets Depth When Richard Wilhelm first laid eyes on the I Ching in China, he did not see an exotic puzzle or a foreign curiosity. He saw a living oracle — a voice as ancient as the mountains,… Continue reading
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🌹🕯️Communal Mourning Oil — My Intention and Correspondences
I created this blend in response to today’s tragedies, not for my ancestors but for strangers whose lives — and the lives of those who loved them — were forever changed. These are the threads I chose to weave into… Continue reading
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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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Mythic Mondays | Skeleton Woman 🕸️🦋✨
There is a story that has traveled through Inuit myth, retold in many voices, and it lingers like salt on the tongue and shadow in the net. It is the story of Skeleton Woman. 🕯️ The Story She was once… Continue reading
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Understanding Dreams: The Symbolism of Lava and Bridges
A Jungian Dream Analysis Through the Soul’s Evolutionary Lens 🌑🔥 🌋 The Dream In the dream, I was preparing to leave a temporary dwelling, some in-between place that was neither home nor exile. Night wrapped the world outside. In the… Continue reading
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Rosa Mayreder: The Rebel Thinker and the Mirror of Gender’s Shadow
Historical Mirrors, Vol. XII ✨ The StoryRosa Mayreder (1858–1938) was an Austrian writer, painter, philosopher, and one of the earliest feminist voices in Central Europe. Born into a middle-class family in Vienna, she resisted the narrow confines of gender roles… Continue reading
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