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An animist’s forecast: 2 Key Themes for the rest of 2022
August was a midpoint for the lunar new year, igniting a major portal for the remaining months chaperoned by the Water Tiger. In many ways, the first 6 months of this lunar year was like a washing machine, where energies, circumstances, intentions, and reference points are jumbled, chaotic, and unclear. August, the seventh month this lunar year, felt much like
Spirit is the Body
There are some spiritual beliefs that are focused on freeing spirit from matter, from the body. There is also another way, an ancient way— the animist tradition that sees the Spirit in Matter, in the Body. We do not typically find it miraculous when something breaks down or dissolves, but when spirit is made flesh, when something visible comes out of
About Spirit Communication
We start off with one question / area of exploration, though that doesn’t mean you only receive one message from the spirit guides. The one question is simply to get the ball rolling, and as with the spokes of a wheel, this first spoke connects to the greater wheel, and integrates many other concerns as well. Oftentimes the wheel of
Dancing with Fear
In my heaviest, gloomiest days, these are the choruses I am confronted with: “I have no friends; I do not belong”. “What I do has no meaning.” “I create more problems.” I know these thoughts are not true, but it doesn’t mean the thoughts don’t have a momentary hold on me. And sitting with Tea, she
Recommended Reads (2022)
Reading, for leisure, is about as delicious as it gets. With a pot of Tea, some dappled sun, and the barely-noticed sound of birds or rustling leaves, make it even sweeter. When a few clients had reached out wondering what I’ve been reading lately, it made sense to put the list together and share it with Ceremonie’s community. This list
Spirits in the Home
A poltergeist or something else? We live with and in parallel with many other beings, some visible to us, others not so much. As an animist, my work is to explore the conversations around decentering humans, and the practice we can engage in to be in relationship with the energies and consciousness that are in us and greater than us.
An animist’s forecast: 2 Key Themes for the rest of 2022
August was a midpoint for the lunar new year, igniting a major portal for the remaining months chaperoned by the Water Tiger. In many ways, the first 6 months of this lunar year was like a washing machine, where energies, circumstances, intentions, and reference points are jumbled, chaotic, and unclear. August, the seventh month this lunar year, felt much like
Spirit is the Body
There are some spiritual beliefs that are focused on freeing spirit from matter, from the body. There is also another way, an ancient way— the animist tradition that sees the Spirit in Matter, in the Body. We do not typically find it miraculous when something breaks down or dissolves, but when spirit is made flesh, when something visible comes out of
About Spirit Communication
We start off with one question / area of exploration, though that doesn’t mean you only receive one message from the spirit guides. The one question is simply to get the ball rolling, and as with the spokes of a wheel, this first spoke connects to the greater wheel, and integrates many other concerns as well. Oftentimes the wheel of
Dancing with Fear
In my heaviest, gloomiest days, these are the choruses I am confronted with: “I have no friends; I do not belong”. “What I do has no meaning.” “I create more problems.” I know these thoughts are not true, but it doesn’t mean the thoughts don’t have a momentary hold on me. And sitting with Tea, she
Recommended Reads (2022)
Reading, for leisure, is about as delicious as it gets. With a pot of Tea, some dappled sun, and the barely-noticed sound of birds or rustling leaves, make it even sweeter. When a few clients had reached out wondering what I’ve been reading lately, it made sense to put the list together and share it with Ceremonie’s community. This list
Spirits in the Home
A poltergeist or something else? We live with and in parallel with many other beings, some visible to us, others not so much. As an animist, my work is to explore the conversations around decentering humans, and the practice we can engage in to be in relationship with the energies and consciousness that are in us and greater than us.