How the concept of “don’t speak ill of the dead” is typically utilized is fraught with dismissal and erasure. Every time someone problematic dies, it is nearly inevitable to hear statements of “don’t speak ill of the dead,” but who does that idea serve? What benefit does it have? Certainly, if we want to learn from the past and honor those who have been harmed by people now deceased, we must speak honestly of the dead, even if being honest means speaking ill.
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On the morning of the 20th I pulled The Fool. Is this is the beginning of an entirely new way forward for the USA and its presidency? I hope so.
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If we are conscientious and deliberate, we can work with fear to choose responses and actions that foster good instead of adding to the misery in the world.
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Sure, haters do not inherently mean you are doing something wrong, but they also do not inherently mean you are doing something right.
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The Lament for the Lost commemorates different kinds of major losses that have been suffered, from lives, to livelihoods, normalcy, dignity, and sanity.
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Instead of promoting healing, toxic forgiveness usually gives perpetrators a free pass on bad behavior and allows toxic or abusive situations to continue.
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I desperately want this to be over, and to be able to move on to the long and hard work of healing the nation, but you cannot heal when wounds keep coming.
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I do not feel much like celebrating Samhain this year, but there is a great deal to observe, and there are still Samhain Blessings to give.
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May we be blessed with mass voting and the preservation of democracy in the USA, so that we may have the opportunity to build a new foundation for equality with an awareness of the fragility and mutability of both our democracy and our society.
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Banishing is used across all forms of magic. Banishing means to make something go away, to put it in the past, and remove it from the present and likely future. It is a loss that is welcome or needed. Most changes, especially deliberate changes, involve some kind of loss or banishment. This can be big things and it can be little things.
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