Connecting the Branches is a podcast that looks at current events through a Kabbalistic lens Hosts: Irina Xara & Ayamanatara Episode looks at trolling, politicians, trolling politicians, humor, and decolonizing* PARENTAL ADVISORY – We Say Fuck. This podcast will be heavily informed by a socially progressive lens that incorporates racial justice, intersectional feminisms, gender liberation,…
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Thinning of the veil, Taurus & Scorpio energy, solar activity, meteors…
This is one of my favorite energies of the year. Yes, I’m in one of my mourning periods, but there’s also all this Scorpio meets Taurus energy (which is where I live). It’s all sexy and earthy and sensual and feet-in-the-mud. This year, we’ve also got some meteor shower and solar activity. This is supercharged….
Support yourself so you can support others
We all feel like we’ve been working hard already, possibly even struggling, so it’s important to make sure to recharge your batteries. You can’t support others if you don’t put your own oxygen mask on first. Support yourself; it makes you a good member of the community. So start by asking yourself what feeds you?…
Forms of Healing: Acoustic Therapy
Forms of sound therapy have been used to facilitate healing for thousands of years around the world. Chanting, drumming, singing, and instrumentation can all create change in the body and mind. The ancient Greek mathematics mystic Pythagoras even developed a mathematically based musical scale that had such profound effects that it was brought to the…
What in the World: Spaaaace
This is a continuation of the conversation that was posted last week, but we leave earth and go out into space… My ever fabulous Social Media Marketing Assistant, Teagan, says I should give y’all more resources, like links, and she put together this treasure trove for you: (00m36) Betelgeuse and its mysterious dimming, which has…
Announcement: I now have a Patreon!
If you enjoy my posts, sound baths, meditations, and newsletter, there’s a new way to support my work for as little as $5 per month. Patreon, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is a way to support authors, artists, healers, and other creatives, much in the way old-school patrons would in the past. In…
Money, Addiction, and the Concept of Enough – The Long Read
Money is a poor excuse for a God. Are you surprised by my assertion that we’ve made it into a god? What do people mean when they say “I’ve lost faith in the economy”? Why does the United States put “In God We Trust” on our money? Why do people (and the state) determine their,…
Letting Go to Make Room For the New
Endings are as inevitable as beginnings. Change is the only constant. Death is a transition. Energy does not vanish. These times are bringing up a lot of grief for people. The way of life we have known is no more. People are still coming to terms with that. A vaccine may only be 50% effective,…
Tarot Reading for August 2020
When I do a reading, different decks speak to me. As my clients know, I often mix decks. Two decks yelled at me for August – The Starman Tarot, by Davide and Esther De Angelis, which I have used often for readings on the blog, and my new favorite deck, The Tarot of Bones by…
The timeline possibilities – peering into the future
Spirit asked me to look at the timeline possibilities going forward. I want to preface this by saying that (a) anyone who tells you they can accurately predict the future is trying to sell you something and (b) the farther away from NOW one tries to look (when looking forward), the less chance for accuracy…
Changing the world through sacrifices
What if you were making the sacrifices you’ve been making, not from a place of fear, but from a place of empowerment? What if your sacrifices could fuel a paradigm shift of epic proportions, where inequality and bigotry had no place in the system? How would you view your situation then? How would you use…
The timeline possibilities – finishing out 2020
Spirit asked me to look at the timeline possibilities going forward. I want to preface this by saying that (a) anyone who tells you they can accurately predict the future is trying to sell you something and (b) the farther away from NOW one tries to look (when looking forward), the less chance for accuracy…