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The Substack blog of Ma'ayan Spiritual Arts and the online heart of McKenzie Wren - the wondering witch.
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Sukkot (opens the original)
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I adore Sukkot - the time of the harvest festival where we build a temporary structure, open to the skies and spend as much time in it as possible. Here in Atlanta, the weather has just changed and finally, finally! I can be outside again! We harvested bamboo, hung tapestries, brought in chairs and a table and strung some lights. This morning, I watched the stars disappear and the waning moon set and heard the owl hoot on her way to bed. I had on my robe and I was wrapped in a blanket because it
The Gates Have Been Open All Along (opens the original)
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Rosh Hashanah ushers in the new Hebrew month of Tishrei and begins the Yamim Nora’im, the Days of Awe. Awe is such an interesting word; wonder, amazement, reverence, maybe a touch of fear. The traditional liturgy can ramp up that fear by focusing on the power of repentance, atonement and the uncertainty of the future. And all of that can be true but I think we can lean more deeply into awe as wonder and reverence. One of the most potent symbols of Rosh Hashanah is the gates that are beginning to
Shoftim - Judges (opens the original)
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This week’s Torah portion, Shoftim, contains the phrase Tamim tihyeh im Havaya Elohecha.It is often translated, “You shall be wholehearted with the Eternal your God.”Tamim is such a beautiful word! It can mean whole, complete, wholehearted, even innocent or without blemish. It shows up right after a long list of practices the Israelites are not supposed to engage in: divination, reading omens, sorcery, consulting spirits, seeking information from the dead. And then:Tamim tihyeh im Havaya Elohech
The Wondering Witch goes Wandering (opens the original)
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These past six weeks were quiet on the public front but incredibly full on the private front. My beloved and I left home on June 24th in an overloaded Toyota Rav 4, aka “The Ruby Pearl.” The soulful traditional traveller’s prayer rendered by Marni Loffman filled our hearts as we navigated onto I75, heading north to Nashville. Chapter One was getting to San Francisco by July 1. The first week saw us visiting family, celebrating my love’s 70th birthday (!), buying him a new mandola, experiencing t
Road Trip (opens the original)
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The first week on the road across this strange and stunningly beautiful country. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="2582" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yUKs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-me
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