history
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I took a class on obsidian with the wonderful Curanderismo Lisa Martinez (who teaches this class through the RitualCravt online school, should you be interested in learning about the metaphysical properties and history of obsidian yourself). I was expecting a class on scrying techniques, on ritual, instead what I received was a primer on the…
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I laughed when I saw this prompt. A despair-anguish kind of laugh, but a laugh nonetheless. I’m American. American born, American raised, in the American Wild West. For a while, I’d dress in my red-white-and-blues for the fourth of July and cover my ears to watch the fireworks. Indulge in a burger or hotdog from…
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If I could, I’d take myself back through time and space and land somewhere around 1100 AD near modern day St. Clair county, Illinois where the ancient city of Cahokia bustled at the peak of it’s power with a population between 10,200 and 15,300. Today, all that remains of the largest metropolis of the Mississippian…
from the pen of icarus blake 