Writing
Essays on the medicine hidden in the stories we're told to dismiss: romance novels read for what they're actually doing, astrology read for what it's asking, and the liminal ground between what was and what's becoming.
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The Return - Part 2 - The Unfurling
On elemental medicine, life's roots are in the bones of the dead and Celestine Prophecy moments. In today's post, I hope to share the intersection of the outer pilgrimage with my inner landscape.
The Return - Part 1
Slowly integrating into my homecoming after a pilgrimage around Scotland.
It's been a week since I returned home from my trip to Scotland.
Approaching Liminality as a Pilgrimage
Liminal times are not a neat crossing from ‘what was’ to ‘what is yet to be’. Because between death & rebirth - the ampersand in the middle is the pilgrimage.
The fear and the gift of romancing the Other
Taking a page from monster romance to help us bring into relationship and engage with the Other - both inner and outer.
We're all foreigners in Liminal Times
As we leave the perceived known world of 'what was' and venture further into the waters of these liminal times, the experience of 'becoming the other' becomes pronounced as we build our new selves.
“The gods have become our diseases.”
C.G. Jung was on to something as his quote shows. But how can we heal from our diseased relationship with the bigger forces that demand reconnection with us?
Entranced vs Enchanted
On enriching your relationship with Neptune during these chaotically creative times.
Keeping it sane during liminal times
Keeping it sane while also holding the tension of the opposites in these initiatory times of death & rebirth.
A mystic and plutocrat walk into a tavern
And from this meeting a new civilizational vision is born, because some tavern meetings are truly world changing. (Second installment of Age of Air Dragons.)
An antidote to fear
Fear is the imagination killer. It may serve to shake us awake, but it depletes our ability to be creative as we venture into the thick of these liminal times.
Forging a new Excalibur
Imagining the planetary transits as characters in some magical high fantasy kingdom.
The Healing Power of Fluff
On the liminal journey of grief and being stirred awake by joy and a lust for life.
Lessons learned at the liminal edge of death
A first entrée of reflections on what I learned from being in liminality between life and death.
Pause at the Threshold
Sensing the initiation before crossing the threshold, compliments of Saturn.
Waning towards death…& rebirth
Liminal times start with releasing the grip and a letting go. It's about a shift of focus towards what matters, which isn't easy for the Ego, who fears the energy it will take to change.
Liminal Smarts - Don't leave home without it.*
When in times of change and transformation, it's important to find the right type of guidance. The guide you want is one that has liminal smarts.
The ending is the beginning
All beginnings start in the womb of death, in the loosening of old ways of being.
Resistance and Surrender with Plant Medicine
What I've learned about the descent, the guides and gatekeepers at the threshold of a liminal journey from a 'textbook bad trip.'
Boredom as a crossing into the unknown
When boredom shows up it's a sign that the liminal goddess Venus awaits for us in the wings and we're about to embark on an adventure.
Tending to your affinities
A short reflection in honoring Venus as a way to manage my heat melted brain as the thermometer rises.