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Persephone descending with pomegranate seeds

Pomegranate Contracts

A patient case for honoring the small commitments made during hard seasons. What Persephone's six seeds actually represent, and the contracts the practitioner did not realize they were signing.

Pomegranate Contracts

A patient case for honoring the small commitments made during hard seasons. What Persephone's six seeds actually represent, and the contracts the practitioner did not realize they were signing.

Brigid at the forge of renewal

The Forge: When Brigid Asks for Work

A patient case for the second-half-of-winter practice. What the forge is, what the smith-goddess is asking of the practitioner, and the small ritual for the season when something has to...

The Forge: When Brigid Asks for Work

A patient case for the second-half-of-winter practice. What the forge is, what the smith-goddess is asking of the practitioner, and the small ritual for the season when something has to...

Volcanic ridges glowing under a red sky

Pele and Volcanic Time

A short essay on the Hawaiian goddess Pele, the long arithmetic of an island chain, and the form of time that does not fit any human practice — except, perhaps,...

Pele and Volcanic Time

A short essay on the Hawaiian goddess Pele, the long arithmetic of an island chain, and the form of time that does not fit any human practice — except, perhaps,...

An old desk with a single quill, a candle, and one folded letter

The Newsletter as a Slow Practice

Why we send one email per lunar cycle, and not one a week. A short letter on the discipline of writing infrequently — and on what a newsletter is for,...

The Newsletter as a Slow Practice

Why we send one email per lunar cycle, and not one a week. A short letter on the discipline of writing infrequently — and on what a newsletter is for,...

Hands marked with intricate henna patterns

Henna and Hand Practices

On the slow art of marking the hand. A short essay on what the hands know that the mind has forgotten, and why every long practice eventually returns to the...

Henna and Hand Practices

On the slow art of marking the hand. A short essay on what the hands know that the mind has forgotten, and why every long practice eventually returns to the...

A neon-lit altar with chrome and synthetic flowers

The Cyberpunk Witch and Modernity

On the neon altar, the chrome sigil, and the question of whether an old practice survives translation into a fully modern room. A short essay on what does and does...

The Cyberpunk Witch and Modernity

On the neon altar, the chrome sigil, and the question of whether an old practice survives translation into a fully modern room. A short essay on what does and does...