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The October beginner's kit focuses on ancestor work (just in time for Samhain!)

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Ancestor work is one of the oldest, most universal forms of spiritual practice. It includes any way that we acknowledge, honor, or communicate with those that came before us. While ancestor work might be associated in your mind with indigenous cultures, the fact is, we ALL have ancestors – none of us have magically sprung into being! It’s a large part of some mainstream faiths such as Judaism, and anyone can do ancestor work.

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Happy Pride Month!

love is love BLOGI’m grateful that my kids have grown up in a time and place when being openly LBGTQ+ is more widely acceptable than it was when I was growing up. When I was in high school, “gay” was a common insult and being out was scary, dangerous, and almost completely unheard-of.

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As if we needed another reason to love spring: My take on Persephone and Demeter

As a kid, I was completely obsessed with Greek mythology (this was before Rick Riordan make it cool). Somewhere in the depths of my grandfather’s basement I found two books from apersephone larger hardcover set: The Myths of Old Greece, copyright 1898. I received many, many more books over the years but those were always my favorites.

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