The Griefness
Personal stories and honest, caring support for grieving hearts
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Meditation for the Autumn Equinox (opens the original)
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Returning to the village: the gift of grief ritual (opens the original)
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A post-ritual blessing for return (opens the original)
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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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