“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 sectionComing Home To Centre [PATREON ARTICLE]
CW/TW: discussion on abuse, cults, oppression . . . Introduction As I share and discuss Homecoming Teachings and cultural attachment (through the cultural somatics Ritual As Justice School), a common theme keeps coming up: many of us do not have the luxury of starting from a place of strong cultural attachment, i.e. what the Homecoming […]
Transforming 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 Leader & Trickster [Patreon Excerpt]
Introduction This article is an elaboration and continuation of Pagliwanag: Homecoming Teachings, and is the last out of three articles which focus on the topic. Each clarification article describes the core of one of the axes in the Homecoming Teachings, then goes into how one can get lost from the Centre, and finally how one […]
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 […]
Pagliwanag: Homecoming Teachings
This introductory article is divided into the following sections: Background 3 Sacred Spheres & 7 Directions The Centre & The Spheres North & South / Healer & Protector / Martyr & Destroyer East & West / Seeker & Visionary / Fugitive & Hermit Upperworld & Underworld / Leader & Wise Child (Trickster) / Tyrant & […]
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 […]
Community Demons [Patreon Post Excerpt]
CW/TW: aswang, community demons, trauma, abuse, oppression (If you have questions about this article, join me during my livestream chat in the Kinaban Discord Server on Saturday, May 30th, 1pm EST.) This article is divided into the following sections: Background What are the demons of community, and how are they different from the demons of […]
Spiritwork & Justice: Maintaining the Balance [Patreon Post Excerpt]
CW/TW: sickness, wrongdoing/transgression, colonialism, ableism/saneism, disability [Portions of this article was previously posted on Facebook May 31, 2018] Debt has so many connotations in North America/the West, as so much of our modern capitalist society runs on debt, on money that is owed, instead of money that is already generated. For many, including myself, it […]
