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A hand holds to turn a page of a book. A cup of tea is nearby

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

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A blurred image of Mimi Young, intuitive and animist

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.

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Taiwanese Canadian woman, with a pot of tea, gazes downwards

Social dysmorphia

In the culture we live in, leveling up is often just amassing more obligations. Methinks leveling down may be the better way to go.  *** The spirit wants the me no one else can see, and the same for me towards the spirit. Intimacy as the truest knowing. *** Why is love approached from a single dimension, as if it’s

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Taiwanese Canadian woman, with a pot of tea, gazes to the side

Growth doesn’t necessarily require struggle

Growth doesn’t necessarily require struggle. I think more than anything, growth requires me to know my nature, and to honour it. ⁣ Can I grow through rest?⁣ Can I grow through fun?⁣ Can I grow through connection?⁣ Can I grow through by simply being me?

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Blurred hands of Mimi Young, with blurred flora in the background

Working with Correspondences as an Animist Witch

Correspondences in witchcraft have been misinterpreted as something to memorize, like multiplication tables in math. 3 x 3 = 9; 6 x 7 = 42; mugwort is good for dreams; cinnamon for accelerating; memorize it for god’s sake.  But this approach not only favours practitioners of magick with a brilliant memory, it also isn’t a true indicator of how skilled

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A hand holds to turn a page of a book. A cup of tea is nearby

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

Read More »
A blurred image of Mimi Young, intuitive and animist

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.

Read More »
Taiwanese Canadian woman, with a pot of tea, gazes downwards

Social dysmorphia

In the culture we live in, leveling up is often just amassing more obligations. Methinks leveling down may be the better way to go.  *** The spirit wants the me no one else can see, and the same for me towards the spirit. Intimacy as the truest knowing. *** Why is love approached from a single dimension, as if it’s

Read More »
Taiwanese Canadian woman, with a pot of tea, gazes to the side

Growth doesn’t necessarily require struggle

Growth doesn’t necessarily require struggle. I think more than anything, growth requires me to know my nature, and to honour it. ⁣ Can I grow through rest?⁣ Can I grow through fun?⁣ Can I grow through connection?⁣ Can I grow through by simply being me?

Read More »
Blurred hands of Mimi Young, with blurred flora in the background

Working with Correspondences as an Animist Witch

Correspondences in witchcraft have been misinterpreted as something to memorize, like multiplication tables in math. 3 x 3 = 9; 6 x 7 = 42; mugwort is good for dreams; cinnamon for accelerating; memorize it for god’s sake.  But this approach not only favours practitioners of magick with a brilliant memory, it also isn’t a true indicator of how skilled

Read More »