The artificial flowers blow by
like dandelion seeds wished by a graveyard.
Hustle
Hustle
Hustle
Gd be with me
while I usher
herein the new world,
a crumbling pillar
while we change our gods
and lose our focus,
lose our anchor.
I recently did a tarot reading to inquire the intention of these particularly rough West Texas winds we’ve been experiencing over the past few months. Though the cotton blowing in my back door seems to have softened the landscape, what I found in the reading was particularly interesting: The winds were sweeping in to bring balance.
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New episode of A Thousand Serious Moves is now available. This season (season 7) I’m going through the magical and practical uses of herbs and spices. Today’s herb is mint. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts!
Recorded @ Mother Mary’s Spiritual Goods in Marfa, TX.
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by: Amanda Holstien
in Marfa, TX
“The Mandrakes Give off a Fragrance”
For Leah to give away
a night with Jacob;
The mandrakes give off a fragrance
to produce hallucinations,
hallelujah,
a secret, poetic elixir,
which is why they call it occult.
How the Song of Solomon is
an alchemical text,
the plants and perfumes
speaking their language
to activate with lemon and verbena.
One time I drank this
substance
to forfeit the mind
and induce seduction,
for it is no longer I who live,
but Christ who dwells in me.
My love for You is 3-fold
5-fold
7-fold
7 times 70-fold
144,000-fold.