Tag: cycles
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The Earth Within
If you pay close attention, there is a pulsation to the earth. It isn’t quite a heartbeat… It’s more of a sway, an ebb and flow. I used to think it was kind of sad, or even a sign of brokenness, that I have usually felt closer to plants and animals than people. I love people (I…
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Held in a state of suspension (and tension)
On Tuesday March 19 at 11:06pm EDT we reach the exact midpoint between the solstices, with equal hours of day and night. As we cross this invisible threshold we begin an acceleration towards the height of summer. As with the solstices, often our bodies hold the echo of this marker in time, feeling its effects…
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Finding your center as the veil grows thin
As we cross the threshold of the equinox, we find ourselves in a potent portal of release and connection as we approach the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The days are shorter, the veil between the seen and unseen realms grows thinner, and we have access to the potent energies of release and “completion.”…
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Shedding self-doubt (is not easy)
This year has been…a lot On the larger global level it has held a lot of tragedy, sometimes in such rapid succession that there was no time to process before the next awful event. There’s a sense of intensity alternating with numbness. On a personal level, there were huge openings for me, and with that…
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The cycle of “seasons,” our personal and collective cycles
Many of you reading are probably familiar already with some of the energetic qualities of the seasons, and turning of the wheel of the year. As we have passed Samhain/Halloween in the northern hemisphere, we move towards the longest nights of the year culminating in the winter solstice on December 21. General wisdom suggests taking…
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Stagnation isn’t always a bad thing
Not long after a giving a psychic reading with themes of fruit, decay and seeds, and just a couple hours after sending out the last newsletter, I was walking in Prospect Park following a night of rain. After a long summer drought we had finally gotten some real precipitation a few days in the week. The…
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Dissociation and finding balance in cycles
The idea for this essay started as I was reading a Pitchfork article about dissociation and music, that was a surprisingly nuanced and interesting take on dissociation in the cultural zeitgeist in general and songwriting more specifically. It tied together and stimulated some thoughts I’ve been mulling over about this particular cultural moment, and the influence of…
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Making peace with The Void 🌑
The Void: cosmic waiting room, interior of a cocoon and its liquified contents, generative space of “everythingness” and “nothingness,” the darkness of being submerged in the earth, ego death and rebirth… the key to transformation and sometimes a frightening place to be. An integral part of all cycles. I started this with just the title…
Inward Vision 