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đ New Yearâs Eve: Between the Last Spark and the First Breath
There is something tender about New Yearâs Eve.Not loudâdespite the fireworks.Not franticâdespite the countdowns. Itâs a liminal night. A pause between exhale and inhale.The year behind us still humming in our bones, the year ahead not yet asking anything of… Continue reading
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đż Smoke, Science, and Sacred Responsibility
Rethinking Smudging in an Ethical, Earth-Honoring Way For many of us, smoke has always felt like a thresholdâa visible prayer, a breath made tangible, a way of clearing not just a room, but a field. Smudging, most commonly associated with… Continue reading
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â¨đŻď¸Sacred Counterparts: Marguerite Porete & Jakob BĂśhme đĽđ
There are mystics who speak about God.And then there are mystics who speak from inside the rupture where language fails. Marguerite Porete and Jakob BĂśhme never met, never read one another, and never belonged to the same spiritual moment â… Continue reading
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Thirsty Thursday â¨On Community, Gently Held
Community doesnât always look like a circle of people holding hands under the same sky, although it definitely can! Sometimes it looks like a shared silence.A familiar name you donât have to explain yourself to.A comment left weeks later that… Continue reading
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đ The Sagittarius New Moon at the Galactic Center
27°â28° Sagittarius | A Compass, Not a Command This New Moon arrives at 28°24ⲠSagittarius, on Friday, December 19th. It is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Galactic Center at 27° Sagittariusâa point not of instruction, but of origin. The place where… Continue reading
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đż Living the Questions
My spiritual practice today looks very different than it once did. Itâs less about believing something and more about experiencingâless about adopting ideas and more about listening, embodying, and discerning what actually aligns at the soul level. What some might… Continue reading
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Theos: A Small Word With a Vast Horizon
For a word so ancient, theos still trembles with relevance. ⨠In Greek, theos simply means godâbut the nuance reaches far beyond a single definition. Rather than pointing to a rigid, monolithic deity, the Greek use of theos emerged from… Continue reading
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⨠Soft-Bound Saturdays â Rest as a Sacred Rhythm
Some Saturdays arrive like a quiet threshold, the kind you donât notice until youâve crossed it â warm mug in hand, the body exhaling a little deeper, the spirit leaning into its own edges with curiosity rather than urgency. This… Continue reading
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đżâ¨Thoughtful Thursday â A Small Pause
Thereâs something about Thursdays that feels like the hush right before a door opens â not quite the end of the week, not quite the beginning. Just a quiet, steady inhale. Today, letâs honor that in-between space. Take a moment… Continue reading
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đż Wacky Wednesday: Mid-Week Joy, Seasonal Shenanigans, and the Fine Art of Not Losing Your Mind
Happy Wacky Wednesday, beloveds âthat midpoint in the weekly odyssey where time gets wobbly, responsibilities blur, and reality feels like itâs been lightly carbonated. Weâre at the crest of the hill âsliding toward weekend freedom âbut still close enough to… Continue reading
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