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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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🌕 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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Miguel Servet — Between the Fires 🔥🕯️
Historical Mirrors, Vol. VIII In the 16th century, when both Catholic and Protestant orthodoxy held the keys to life and death, Miguel Servet (also known as Michael Servetus) walked straight into the flames — both metaphorically and, ultimately, literally. Born… Continue reading
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Artemisia Gentileschi & Claude Cahun: Embodied Defiance & the Redefinition of Self
Sacred Counterparts IV —When the Self Refuses to Be Erased In one hand, a brush dripping with the ochres and crimsons of defiance; in the other, a shutter capturing a gaze no one could quite pin down.Centuries apart, Artemisia Gentileschi… 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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Giordano Bruno – Mystic Rebel of the Infinite
🌒 Historical Mirrors, Vol. VII Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) stands illuminated in history as a symbol of visionary bravery and mystic rebellion. An Italian philosopher, cosmologist, and poet, Bruno dared to defy the intellectual and religious constraints of his era by… Continue reading
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The Medicine Is in Reclaiming Radiance, Even in Shadow
Oracle & Lantern | Vol. IV There are moments when the light doesn’t flee — it folds.It tucks itself into the creases of our unbecoming,gathers in the soil of our silence,and waits. Radiance, contrary to what we’ve been told, is… Continue reading
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“You Can’t Just Sage Your Way Out of That”
Sacred Snark Sunday, Vol. IV There are days when the incense is thick in the air, the crystals are fully charged, your altar is impeccable… and still everything goes sideways. Your cat hisses at the wall (again), your ex texts… Continue reading
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