HeyJaredSelkie and the Ruby
Essays, poems, and fairy tales about ancestral shadows, reclaiming feminine power, rematriation, and healing.
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Patriarchal Blessing (opens the original)
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This essay is the sixth in a series on the Mormon ritual system, focusing especially on temple rites. For the previous installment, click here. For the next essay, “Initiatory Rites: Naming and Anointing,” click here.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J_UC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3
The Hosanna Shout (opens the original)
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Hello darling, appreciated, paid subscribers. I have a treat for you today. You could think of it as a banana split, or a peanut butter banana smoothie, or for any you fans of Southern cuisine—bananas foster. Please enjoy, and thank you for supporting my writing.<source type="i
Restoration IV (opens the original)
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This piece is an entry in my poetry sequence that interrogates the meaning of the word restoration. You may also enjoy Restoration I, Restoration II, and Restoration III.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XQxV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F
Baptisms for the Dead (opens the original)
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This essay is the fifth in a series on the Mormon ritual system, focusing especially on temple rites. For the previous installment, click here. For the next essay, “Patriarchal Blessing: A Mormon Rite of Passage,” click here.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0sP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F
Ordination and Confirmation (opens the original)
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This essay is the fourth in a series on the Mormon ritual system, focusing especially on temple rites. For the previous installment, click here. For the next essay, “Baptisms for the Dead: Could the Ancestors Disagree?” click here.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMSL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpu
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