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Fantasy Portrait

Your spirit portrait is truly one of kind. Brush-stroke by brush-stroke, I meditate on the otherworldly you. Many digital portrait painters use templates—e.g., the same faerie wings for all their clients. Or they digitally alter a photo. I paint the … Continue reading

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Mysticism and Writing as Tools to Change Self and Society

Mysticism and Writing as Tools to Change Self and Society: A
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Two Poems

It is a lesson every mystic finally learns if she comes down from her ivory tower. Rumi’s students killed his lover. Continue reading

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Alethea, Part Four: The World Tree

Alethea, Part Four: The World Tree. Short story fiction. Fantasy. Urban Faerie tale. Allegory. Continue reading

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Alethea and the Chariot, Part Three: Prayer of Release

Alethea and the Chariot, Part Three: The Faerie Warrior’s Prayer of Release. Short story fiction. Fantasy. Urban Faerie tale. Allegory. Continue reading

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Alethea and the Chariot, Part Two: The Faerie Mask

Alethea and the Chariot, Part Two: The Faerie Mask. Short story fiction. Fantasy. Urban Faerie tale. Allegory. Continue reading

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Alethea and the Chariot

Alethea and the Chariot: Preparing for the Battle in Faerie. Short story fiction. Fantasy. Urban Faerie tale. Allegory. Continue reading

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Morning Routine: Hobbling to Fey Lands

If, as I hobble along, I see small blessings, I won’t scramble after happiness, feeling forlorn or that joy is impossible. My cat’s eyes are a door into wonder. Continue reading

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Today’s Walk: Banging on the Gates of Faerie

Banging on the Gates of Faerie. . . The ecstatic path must go through rocky terrains sometimes . . . magic and pleasure . . . Ah, stardrenched. Continue reading

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Content, Not Form

I’m sad – actually sad in my heart – that some people think disdain makes them look spiritually superior and virtuous. Continue reading

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