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Manifest

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Manifest How the fuck did we get to this New Age woo-woo bullshit meaning of manifest? Seriously. “Think about what you want hard enough, visualize it, stay positive, and manifest it into reality.”  No. Because that's not where this word started. And this is one of those places where I wish people would occasionally open a fucking dictionary as I did. Because ya know what. Your girl didn’t know some of this.  Let's start with the word manifest. According to Merriam-Webster, manifest as a verb means: “to make evident or certain by showing or displaying.” Its synonyms include reveal, display, show, and demonstrate. So when something manifests , traditionally, it becomes evident . Your anger manifests in your behavior. An illness manifests through symptoms. Someone's intentions manifest through their actions. Something that was hidden or internal becomes apparent or perceptible. And the history of the word goes back a hell of a lot further than the current TikTok version. Ety...
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Adopting an Ancestor

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  Adopting an Ancestor: How Do You Actually Begin a Relationship With the Dead? Someone recently asked me how you “adopt” an ancestor, and it reminded me of something that happened a few years back. I saw someone ask a content creator, “How do I contact my dragons?” The creator wasn't doing anything wrong, per se. They simply weren't answering the questions people were leaving in the comments. That bothered me because, as a teacher myself, I think if you're going to put educational material out into the world, you should be prepared to answer questions—even if the answer is “I don't fucking know.” You don't have to know everything. Nobody does. But if someone is genuinely trying to learn, I think it's worth engaging with the questions. So, since nobody else was answering the question, I decided to give my own two cents. What struck me was that the basic advice I'd give someone wanting to begin working with dragons isn't terribly different from the advic...
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Why Do You Cleanse

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Why Do You Cleanse? I'm not above changing my viewpoint, my practice, or my opinion when something makes me stop and think. Recently, someone asked me for different ways to cleanse. It wasn't the first time—I've been asked that question more times than I can count. Hell, I even have an entire chapter on cleansing in my book. Answering the question wasn't the issue. The question it led me to was. Or should I say the series of questions it led me to was the issue. If you consider questioning an issue.  We spend a lot of time talking about how to cleanse, but almost no time talking about why we cleanse in the first place, or even where the notion that we need to spiritually cleanse everything came from. And I don't mean the stock answer of, "To remove negative energy." I mean, why do we believe that in the first place? The older I get, the more interested I become in asking where our beliefs come from rather than simply accepting they're true because ever...
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