“When the Earth Blinks” is a series of horoscope-inspired musings on how different Rising and Sun signs can be affected by current transits. The phrase is based on my celestial spiritworker Bikol diasporic understanding of Hellenistic Astrology, specifically that Daga’s (the Earth spirit’s) siblings Aldao (Sun spirit), Bulan (Moon spirit), and Bitoon (Star spirit) give […]
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RSS feed for this sectionTransforming Tikbalang: Soul Wounds, Demons & Coming Home [PATREON EXCERPT]
CW/TW: discussion of violence, trauma, suicidality, self-harm, mental illness, and oppression . . . INTRODUCTION I’m writing this article because I’d like to offer some insight and suggestions for recovery and re-rooting from a spiritwork and healing justice lens. I’ll also be alluding to concepts found in Generative Somatics (Staci K. Haines) and Cultural Somatics […]
Homecoming to Seeker & Visionary [Patreon Excerpt]
Introduction This article is an elaboration and continuation of Pagliwanag: Homecoming Teachings, and is the second out of three articles which will have a similar format. Each clarification article will describe the core of one of the axes in the Homecoming Teachings, then go into how one can get lost from the Centre, and finally how […]
Homecoming to Healer & Protector [Patreon Excerpt]
Introduction This article is an elaboration and continuation of Pagliwanag: Homecoming Teachings, and is the first out of three forthcoming articles which will have a similar format. Each clarification article will describe the core of one of the axes in the Homecoming Teachings, then go into how one can get lost from the Centre, and […]
Oppression Demons [Patreon Post Excerpt]
CW/TW: oppression This article is divided into the following sections: Background Oppression Demons & Their Patterns Rituals to Transform Oppression Demons Background I’ve been receiving visions and dreams on Oppression Demons for as long as I can remember. Starhawk’s book Truth or Dare was also very helpful in understanding how they work. Though this article […]
Soul Wounds & Personal Demons [Patreon Post Excerpt]
CW/TW: discussions around trauma, soul wounds, intrusive thoughts, personal demons, mental illness, healing journeys I remember when a lilt in someone’s tone, a certain phrase, a touch on the “wrong” part of my skin would feel like the sky crashing down. Sometimes I would be hurtled backwards through time, images and sounds booming through my […]
Creation & Prophecy: The Seed and Fruit of My Healing Justice Work [Patreon Post Excerpt]
Much of the work I do is rooted in my understanding of Creation, which grows and flowers into Prophecy. I do believe all Creation stories have the seed of Prophecy, and all Prophecies beget new Creation stories. Cryptic, I know. Let me try to explain further, for my politics and my spirituality are the same […]
Musings Monday: My Healing Work
Who do I serve? I generally offer healing for my family, friends, and members that I’m in spiritual groups with. This may change once I become a registered social worker, in that I will only be able to offer “traditional” healing to them and not anything that can be described as social work or counseling. […]
Troubleshoot Tuesday: Side Punch
Image Description: The picture is divided into two parts. On the left side is a black and white photo of a person in a grey hoodie, with their back towards the viewer, as they stare out at the water. On the right side is a semi-transparent graphic of a stylized grey fist on a dark […]
Musings Monday: Why I Want to Start an Affordable Retreat Centre
Content Warning: death, mental illness, ideation As folks have probably guessed by now, I’m the type of healer that is obsessed with healing because I’ve spent a lot of time (and still do!) working on my own healing journey. When my partner Steve died and I was imploding my other close relationships around me in […]
