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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 23, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Meditation for the Autumn Equinox (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  2. Issue · Aug 29, 2026

    Returning to the village: the gift of grief ritual (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  3. Issue · Jul 16, 2026

    A post-ritual blessing for return (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    To make your prayer, let the black-winged hours gather you.Do not coddle fear, though it will press its fevered brow to your face,try to charm you with its warm, familiar pledge. Welcome the discomfort — here is a mugwort crown, rose hip salve — and then leave something behind: the worried glance to where you’ve been, words that whittle, dull your truth, strip your desires bare.Enter the circle, where the moon will shine her face, keep dedicated watch.Remember your other protections — the ancest

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