In the old ways, sacrifice and gratitude were two halves of the same act—an exchange between humans and the unseen world, between ancestors and descendants, between truth and discomfort—and owning it with courage.
A love letter to the plants, the grandmothers, and the deep remembering. The plants have taught me that for every ailment, there i [...]
We celebrate diversity across the globe—but often forget the small towns, villages, and ancestral lands where it all began. This p [...]
How to include your furry family in ancestor season rituals + folklore on pets as psychopomps. We lost our kitten, Olive, t [...]
A reflection on reclamation, grief, and remembering our way home. You can't appropriate your ancestral culture. Let that land. Th [...]
For millennia, ritual has been the container through which we mark change — a way to embody transitions so we don’t have to carry them alone. But in modern life, many of these rituals have been lost, silenced, or left behind.
Ferragosto has ancient roots, beginning with Emperor Augustus in 18 BCE as Feriae Augusti—a state-sanctioned rest after the harvest. Today, it’s still a national holiday in Italy, falling on August 15th, and it’s the heart of the summer’s slow season.
Sacred travel isn’t about escape—it’s about relationship. Long before I ever stepped on a plane for my first big adventure, I was [...]
L'Acqua di San Giovanni Every year, on the eve of June 23rd, as twilight kisses the longest days of the year, Italians across t [...]
By Roberto Campus The sun hangs high in the sky, and the fields shimmer with gold. It’s the time of fullness—of blooming flower [...]
