An important component of any ritual practice is keeping a record of your process.

Developing a tiny daily ritual practice has been instrumental in my personal and spiritual growth. It is also the non-negotiable foundation of every class I've ever taught. From community participants, dark goddess cohortees, university students and even children all learning is bookended by this: --craft a daily practice that is repeatable and achievable. usually this means keeping the practice short, frontloading it first thing in the day, and ritualizing something you alre

This introduces a series on crafting simple, effective ritual practices. Ritual makes us more connected, and also sovereign. : Ritual gives us foundation, and stretches our boundaries of self so that we do not have to carry the weight of transition on our own. : Ritual brings us home to the grace of being-ness, the trust that things are in alignment because we have shown up and done our work on every level. : Ritual roots us in place and community, even if we are solitary.

What are the names of the spirits in your ancestral languages? What are the names of the spirits in the land where you live now? How does our relationship to place transform when we view it as relationship, necessitating respect and reciprocity?

The second our lives become a ritual story — honing us, annealing us, moving us outside of the known and into the unknown — we have again agency, choice. This is where working with myth can support our journey, and understanding the ancient form of the most human stories can give our own strange, underworld travels a comprehensive shape.

Intention is the centerpiece of magic, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary, infusing traditional words or objects with power and meaning. Intention is also the potency of spiritual work.