Filed Under Things I Think About | Comments Off on “Surge Fatigue”: Mental Health and the Pandemic. And the Election. And Everything Else 2020 Has Brought.
This article by Tara Haele on Medium discusses the challenges to maintaining one’s mental health in the endless disruption that is 2020. tl, dr: Our brains are not wired for endless stress. Be kind to yourself. Get help when you need it—and we all need it at some point. “Ambiguous loss elicits the same experiences […]
Filed Under Devotions, History, Things I Think About | Comments Off on UPG Is a Reconstructionist Practice
UPG = Unverified Personal Gnosis. If you are not familiar with this term, or why some people have issues around UPG vs. Historical Lore, I recommend this article by John Beckett and this article from The Rational Heathen as background. I spend a fair amount of time on Academia.edu, a wonderful trove of well-researched, well-considered […]
Filed Under Devotions, Things I Think About | Comments Off on Sigyn, Pain, and Grief—and Healing
As the Mourning Mother, Sigyn understands your pain when you grieve. She understands your rage at the unfairness of life, and she understands your desire to strike back, and your impotent fury that there is no real way to do so. Sigyn reminds you to feel your pain, to weep your tears, to let your […]
Filed Under Tarot, Runes, Oracles, Things I Think About | Comments Off on 2020 Is What Happens . . .
A friend of mine who doesn’t read Tarot sent this to me: Here’s hoping the remainder of the year is more Tarot and less CAH! [Image description: A photo of a man standing behind the counter at a cafe. The chalkboard at the front of the counter reads, “2020 is what happens when you […]
Filed Under Devotions, One Nice Thing, Things I Think About | Comments Off on All Shall Be Well, and All Shall Be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well
All shall be well, And all shall be well, And all manner of things shall be well. —Julian of Norwich Two-and-a-half minutes of beauty and peace for your day.