Praying in the Dark Minotaur
In this 2nd Praying in the Dark Intensive we explore the way we lived before the poisons of patriarchy. Journey with us as we remember time in a sacred way and know everything is alive. Our priorities and what we attend to come into focus so we may awaken memories of the future.
prayer before gods, prayer after gods
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 41: prayer before gods, prayer after gods Beautiful Magicians, Prayer for many of us, has been a complicated maze. I call it a maze on purpose. If prayer were a labyrinth, you could find your way into the holy center and back out again simply by following the unicursal…
Do you know who you are?
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 40: Do you know who you are? Beautiful Magicians, This has been a strange and wonderful and terrifying week. Seven days positively reeking of fury. I feel it. And so does every woman I know. And a few men. But sadly, only a few. Only a few are appalled…
The contract is clear: if you want to live…
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 39: The contract is clear Beautiful Magicians, I’ll say it out loud, even when no one is listening: it’s hard to be human right now. That is, it is hard on us, the ones who pay attention. Who notice. Who see what is happening and feel helpless to stop…
What is the opposite of fear? (Hint: it’s not love)
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 38: What is the opposite of fear? (Hint, it’s not love.) Beautiful Magicians, On Tuesday, we had our first gathering in Praying in the Dark: When People Feel Safe Patriarchy Falls Apart. And it surprised me. Despite planning the intensive for weeks, writing the teaching outline, creating the slides,…
Come, dance in the paradox of horror and hope
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 37: How Safety and the Minotaur dance in paradox of horror and hope Beautiful Magicians, I’m in a strange place right now, and I sense most everyone I know and care about is in this same quandary. So I want to acknowledge it, name it, and bring it out…
Four levers end patriarchy. Safety is first.
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 36: Four levers end patriarchy. Safety is first. Beautiful Magicians, In last week’s Notes from the Field(opens in new tab), I attempted to convey two massive ideas that arrived in the days before the lunar eclipse. Two ideas that have the capacity and power to change how we pray, how…
Einstein weighs in on prayer
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 35: Einstein weighs in on prayer Beautiful Magicians, Last Sunday I wrote about something arriving(opens in new tab). Something uninvited. Unanticipated. Unannounced. And suddenly, everything has changed. For the better-the much much better. I must have been talking to myself because that happened to me twice this week. Twice. And not…
What does it truly mean to be safe?
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 34: What does it truly mean to be safe? Beautiful Magicians, Has this happened to you? A symbol or being or creature or idea arrives on your doorstep, uninvited and unannounced, moves into your house, starts singing in the shower and rearranging the furniture. And there you are, standing…
What happens when prayer has transcendental power?
By Janet Conner | | Mystic Witch
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 33: What happens when prayers hold original transcendental power? Beautiful Magicians, When mystic oracle and artist, Cathy Stevens Pratt, and Minotaur-initiated shaman, Tony Goncalves, and I opened Praying in the Dark: How Visionaries Pray in a Time of Collapse in July, we described the purpose on the registration page this way:…