Now, let us clap three times to call in our helping and compassionate spirits, that we might see what needs seeing, read what needs reading, know what needs knowing, and recall our part in this whole and holy myth. The tale of the Dark Goddess, of self-initiation and empowerment, is before us. It is a story of struggle and survival. And like all

Gyre Carling

to live in the creative present we must return to the past.

Correspondence as Ceremony

distinct changes—a before and after. The changes are final and fixed: in a rite of passage there is no going back. Rites of passage absolutely restructure our lives. We are not the same after such an experience.

and we often struggle to find our place in family or community afterward, we feel so wholly different.

To find the balance of authentic work and easeful practice. To begin again, every time you stray from the path.

warp and woof

is a journey of spiral and overlap, of labyrinth and gateway, a place where we touch on the forward and back of life in a simultaneity not found in most contemporary narratives.