Year of the Dark Goddess: A Journey of Ritual, Renewal & Rebirth

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

Monthly letters may be written to anyone you like—a deity, natural element, friend, family member—

Unacknowledged rites of passage can become spiritual sinkholes,

There is no perfection, only devotion.

ritualizing the routine—

most of us are really hard on ourselves. We tend to dismiss our achievements—or worse, forget about our accomplishments. When we have a consistent record, we can see our work and honor our efforts, no matter the outcome.

We don't always identify them when we are in them, but in retrospect we can view our lives and find where things have inexplicably, irrevocably changed.

Correspondence as Ceremony

sometimes tricks—deadlines, witnessing, reciprocal exchange—can help motivate our brains into being devotional with ourselves