Our next edition will be released on Beltane (May 1)
Our Theme: Eco-Eroticism and Chronic Disasters.
Submissions will be open
between January’s New Moon (1/2/22) and March’s New Moon (3/2/22).
The first edition of Sequoia Samanvaya’s multi-media community Journal:
Gathering Fires, Summoning Wolves
The Sound of Fire
Voices of Ancestors,
If you listen closely,
Crackling, popping.
Death, My Old Friend
And sometimes, sometimes
when the fire is hot,
and the drumming is good,
and the rhythm is right,
he will join me.
For Mom, Who Asked for Description
Mom asked me to write descriptions of the places I’m going. “Don’t just send photos. Send emails, letters, words.”
Song for Winter
Rising Waters, Apocalypses, and Children’s Stories
How do you prepare your young child for a world that is slowly going underwater?
when your ancestors are the problem
I forgot, had never been shown, the so obvious truth that I am the visible part, the living energy, of all that went before me - - -
The Snake People
They were bosses till they weren’t.
The Walker family comes from Britain probably. They were “walkers” or “fullers” which means fabric stompers. They walked right out of Europe onto the shores of Virginia and then immediately slung into the shape of snakes.
Morning Prayer
Resting upon increased understanding of the closer connection we have to the spirits, through the spirits of the Saints, people of good will, my ancestors, those of my family who have died, understanding they are with us - ready to help if we ask with authentic humility.
After the Protests of 1936: Supporting Communal Shifts
…if it doesn’t have to be like this, what are the reasons it is like this and how can we change it?
Origins of Western Civilization: Minoan Culture
In a time when we deeply need regenerative cultures, Westerners often feel they need to start from scratch, or possibly to look to indigenous cultures. However, we can also re-originate Western civilization into the Minoan Civilization, 3,000-1,100 BCE.
Hekate Prayers
Blessed be Hekate
Mother of Darkness
Queen of the Witches
Eternal Triple Goddess
Faces
Didn’t know you,
so how could I
miss your face?
Teaching Thick Hope in the Middle of an Apocalypse
What does it mean to teach thick hope in the middle of an apocalypse?
Gathered and Scattered: A report from another fire
‘Well, if there’s been warmth in this time together, it’s not come from the cold light of our screens, it’s come from each other.’
Future Institutions That Can Serve Human Purpose
Everything is sustained through the relationships and relationships define the entity itself. This can enrich humanity as a whole rather than those who are reducing humanity.
Paying My Debts to Her
Taking responsibility for harm caused to Women & Mother Earth.
The Howl of Love
As I sat in the wondrous waves of this year; I heard, over and over again, the call of my inner lone wolf. My lone wolf showed up as that part of myself that yearned to be seen and reconciled.
Tiamat’s Children
In the beginning, long and long ago, when Tiamat was a new young star, one of the innumerable beings in the starry realm, she felt deep down that there was something special about her.
Those Trees
I sat / on trunks / that were / driven like / glacial rock / deep down / deep raucous
Agamenticus
We’ve come to this forest to walk together,
taking two different paths. Quietly, the forest
heaves and grows, wildly intercommunicating,
wildly interdepending, fluent in minerals,
fluent in salts, in water;
a shared language with our bodies.
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