ancestor spirits Factors for Improving Your Spirit Communications Lucifer suggested I write this one. Big thanks to him as well as to my friends André, Heather, and Emma for helping me direct it by submitting questions. Friends in my occult communities have needed to remind me a few times in the last year that I have unusually high
ancestor veneration Laddie: A Eulogy It seems wrong to let this pass without noting it. So I will say my dogchild Laddie died on Thanksgiving day. If I were to talk only spiritually, Laddie was a spiritual dog. He would curl up by Apollo's shrine and receive healing from him. He received a
Judaism I Liked My Mother Better Fat Hello from Florida, one of the last places a transgender person should be in the so-called United States starting in a few weeks. I'm here for the unveiling of my grandfather's tombstone and, appropriately for the event, a lot of trauma has reared its head less
ancestor veneration Mixing Eastern Religions With Polytheism https://serpentandtree.com/2024/11/14/some-thoughts-on-buddhism-and-my-polytheism/?page_id=1839 I thought I'd share my friend Ariana's post on her Buddhist journey and how it compliments her polytheism. I particularly found Buddhism's view on polytheist deities and Herakles' conversion fascinating. I myself have
Judaism Sitting Quietly With Spirit I didn't do anything for the High Holy Days this year, which is something I regret. The timing just didn't work out, I guess. Today, though, is Sukkot and the first full moon of the Jewish New Year. I woke up to a text from my
transitional astrology Mars in Cancer: Grieving a Mother Wound Back in New Jersey, I sought acupuncture treatment to help manage my addiction-level sugar cravings, which I inherited from my mother. So I wasn't nervous to reach out to a traditional Chinese medicine college in my local area that had a low-cost clinic. I was particularly interested in
ancestor spirits How Reincarnation Exists Simultaneously with Ancestor Spirits My ex-husband didn't believe in anything outside of materialism, but he did once state he was concerned that if I had a past life regression I would find myself in the Holocaust or somewhere similar. When I suggested, "Maybe in my past lives, I wasn't
ancestor veneration How to Venerate Jewish Ancestors When You're Not a Jew Because I grew up in the second most populous Jewish area in the world, I met a variety of Jews. Most of us were religiously Jewish to some degree, some of us were simply culturally Jewish, and then there were the few who had been raised completely outside of Judaism.
ancestor veneration The Pain of Being a Trans Anti-Zionist Jew I am probably making a mistake writing this blog post given all I have to lose and how high tensions are about Palestine. I am subjecting what is a hugely personal and vulnerable side of me to the very nuance-lacking and mob-happy internet. So my second mistake would be making
saturn Trying to Define My Astrological Practice Recently, I obtained an opportunity to teach a 101 class on astrology in the summer at a local metaphysical store. I'm also potentially going to start selling short, sweet natal readings at a local pagan pop up. Not one to half ass anything, this is forcing me to
spirits The Spirituality of My Gender Awakening I realized that I wasn't cis a week before my 31st birthday, which was exactly 6 months to the day I started writing this article. I now identify as an androgynous person, both male and female. On the most basic level, it is already difficult to carve out
