The central theme of my personal work with my lineages since October 7 has been making the choice to be wielders of miracles, instead of the familiar identity of eternal victims. On the collective level, I can feel this theme throughout the lineage of the Jewish collective, which doesn’t mean that there were no miracles, …
This morning I was so pissed off I recorded a rant. First time I’ve ever done something like that, I think. And I continued to be so pissed that I transcribed it and translated it. So it’s not something I outlined ahead of time, and it doesn’t contain all the counterarguments for objections people are …
Years ago I taught basic witchcraft, but today I’m more interested in going deeper with aspects of ritual working or magical living once people have got some basics. In that context, I’m thinking about invocation, coming into communion with beings of greater spiritual power than we possess on our own. And – not exclusively, but …
This is what many Israelis say about Gaza. I’m not going to dispute it, at least not from the direction you might expect. Everyone here is still going through intense processes, seeing things that we didn’t perceive before. My process carries me in the opposite direction of most people. That’s how it usually goes with …
Altar in progress at the Ancestral Healing Intensive in Budapest, May 2024 The last political thing I wrote was not here, but on Facebook, because it was so short – was quite a while ago when I realized that Israel is not fighting to bring the hostages home, but instead of bringing them home. After …
Not long ago I read Naomi Klein’s most recent book, Doppelganger. While I didn’t agree with everything, but one insight there I found eye-opening, and it will stay with me for a long time. It is that there is a distinction between preserving the memory of traumatic events, and preserving the trauma. Again, there is …
When I was a child, I dreamed of being a prophetess. I thought nothing could be more worthwhile than hearing directly from God. I did not take into account what things I might hear, or how intensely people are not interested in the messages. Not to mention the arrogance of claiming that what I perceive …
Recently, I heard a religious woman describe how she has more of a collective consciousness than secular people, that for secular people it’s “every man for himself,” or at most for his family. As an example, she said that if she wants to cross a street on Shabbat and a car is just coming, she …
I’ve already written how the message I’ve been getting lately is to listen carefully and follow the guidance that will only be revealed one step at a time, to move forward bit by bit and not expect to see further than that. On the one hand, reality is so chaotic now. On the other, I …
October 7 convinced the majority in Israel that there really is no alternative to “living by our sword” forever, making absolutely sure that we will always be the victors. What idiocy. If there’s one thing the history of this place can teach, it’s that every wall and every empire eventually falls. There is no …
