The Commodification Of Ceremonies and Plant Medicine, and the Importance of Traditional Offerings
While it is very true that there must always be reciprocity regarding the exchange between Medicine Person and ceremony attendee, it is a firm traditional understanding across generations and cultures that the attendee must give their offering voluntarily rather than from obligation.
It’s sad that within most modernized cultures this understanding has been lost or forgotten. Hence the argument for “suggested dominions” in order to give..
A Brief Note on Spiritually Bypassing Survivors
A quick note on personality shaming in regards to sexual + reproductive Trauma:
Some harmful things that well-meaning people say when you’re an assertive, outspoken woman who has survived sexual and/ or reproductive trauma;
1. “......but you’re so strong......”
2. “ You are a very sexual woman.”
3. “ It couldn’t have been that bad.”
4. “ Things like that don’t happen to people like you.”
DIY All Purpose Cleaner Recipe for Killing Bacteria and Bad Juju
Clearing out our homes, lodges, bodies, minds and hearts in a deep and thorough way can be highly gratifying while setting us up for clarity and success. Whether you go full throttle in the process of giving away anything that is no longer serving your Life or simply decide to give your home the good once over, these practical tips for deep cleaning are certain to lend themselves to a sense of cleanliness staying with you for many moons... or at least until next week, depending on how toxic your lifestyle is.
