Ora North 5/1/18 Ora North 5/1/18

Good Little Heathen Girl

For my desire for my God burrows into my flesh like sharp talons into my naked shoulder.
A pain so delightfully endured.

Ora North 5/9/17 Ora North 5/9/17

How to Love the Scorpio Moon

In honor of the Scorpio full moon and my own moon in Scorpio, I also wanted to share some of my favorite altar items for spells and intentions surrounding these themes of shadow work, rebirth, dark sensuality, and peering into the unknown.

Ora North 4/15/17 Ora North 4/15/17

Your Trauma Talks. Are You Listening?

It’s not fine to push ourselves past our limits of self-respect. It’s not fine to shove our trauma down, thinking that we’ll be able to pull it out in small pieces, intentionally, when we’re ready. Trauma doesn’t work that way.

Ora North 2/10/17 Ora North 2/10/17

The Lion - Just Show Up.

The lion feels like showing up. It feels like the potential for anything to happen, good or bad, and it urges us to be present. Be present for all of it. All of the joy, all of the suffering, all of ourselves.

Ora North 9/21/16 Ora North 9/21/16

The Path of the Pathless Witch

I am not exempt from destruction. I burn often, as the embers remain glowing in my womb through the generations. The liquid fire in my veins kills me, sometimes slow, like sweet burning molasses, sometimes quick as silver. Over and over, I die for the Nameless.

Ora North 6/20/16 Ora North 6/20/16

Being An Empath Sucks.

I want to talk about the unbearable burden of being an empath. I want to talk about the empath’s shadow. I want to talk about the rise and fall of empathy, about the “how much does it hurt?" question we ask ourselves every day. I want to talk about the parts that fucking suck.

Ora North 5/1/16 Ora North 5/1/16

Beltane

He set out on a pilgrimage, his lips the travelers, following the path of my freckles as if they were maps of the stars. And they were. Our bodies were constellations, each moment, each breath, its own star, dying in the night in bursts of flame and white.

Ora North 4/21/16 Ora North 4/21/16

spiritual teacher to predator : part 2

And now…for the climactic confrontation between Adara and her manipulator and the dramatic conclusion to the story of the spiritual teacher turned predator…

Ora North 3/31/16 Ora North 3/31/16

The Day I Was Claimed By Kali

A strange tingle, a surge of electric fire, circulated throughout my body as I bid her farewell for the moment. I was no longer me; my mysterious protector took over, allowing me to feel what was happening as she observed my world through her eyes.

Ora North 3/17/16 Ora North 3/17/16

This Is My Body.

This is MY body. Every day. I own it. I am responsible for it. I make decisions for it. I will not abandon it anymore. It is neither bad nor good, and yet, it is both. And everything in between.