I have been learning quite a bit about myself over the past few weeks: how much I still need the challenge of intellectual pursuits, how much BDSM nurtures me even in the absence of a romantic partner, how my priestessing can work, where I still need to grow in terms of handling conflict with others ( Read more... )

In doing my discernment on the topic I posted about yesterday under a friends lock, my entire focus has been about me. Would this be good for me? was my primary question.

It is important, crucial even, to be attentive to one's own needs and welfare -- but when doing discernment about a choice that will have an impact on many people besides one's ( Read more... )

I've been avoiding silence, avoiding it a lot -- but this morning I finally sat down in the middle of my living room in half-lotus, turned off the music, and dared the silence ( Read more... )

I was excited and honored to be interviewed by Galina Krasskova about Queen of the Great Below!

Click here for the interview.

Several of the people who have commented said that this was the first time that they had ever heard of Ereshkigal. It's so gratifying to know that I am helping to introduce Her to moderns!

After two years of work, Queen of the Great Below has finally been released ( Read more... )

I just sent notifications to my Bibliotheca Alexandrina editor that I've posted my last two personal pieces to our shared workspace for her review: my version of Inanna's Descent (which I'm calling "The Ways of the Underworld") and an account of how Ereshkigal unexpectedly claimed me during a ritual I was doing with LM ( Read more... )

Bad priestess.
No biscuit.

The question about what to wear to present my workshop is not about what will make the most favorable impression on the participants.

It's not about what my dad would advise me to wear in order to present an image of authority and confidence.

It's about how Ereshkigal wants me to present myself in public as Her ( Read more... )

It's only been during the last few weeks that I've begun to realize just how significantly my grief over LM has had an impact on things like my priestess training and my work (or, more properly lack of work) on the Ereshkigal devotional. Now that the pain and the gray veil have lifted almost entirely, I can see how much energy it took to grieve and ( Read more... )