Santos & Signs Oracle Cards: Reclaiming the Heart of Devotion

Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash yesterday. My prayers go out to the entire family for the grief they are no doubt experiencing, and this event is also an opportunity to discuss something our culture avoids at every turn. Death is sensationalized in our popular media and …

EVENT: Santos & Signs: Holy Intermediaries for Sacred Journeys Online Workshop

The two new Santos and Signs—Holy Intermediaries for Sacred Journeys divination decks are modern prayer cards for all your pilgrimages of the soul. Whether your quests are within or without, these portable icons offer divine guidance for all of your voyages between the worlds. This new online course is a perfect introduction to working with the decks …

Oracle of Initiation – Decks

The Oracle of Initiation's ancient cross-cultural guardians light the way to our rainbows in the dark, the paradox of our greatest gifts hidden within our shadows.  Contact Mellissae to order the Oracle deck and book: mellissae@mellissaelucia.com or go to my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MellissaeLuciaArt "Mellissae Lucia's amazing Oracle of Initiation is one of a tiny handful …

Why There is No Substitution for Attending Divination Conferences ‘In Real Life’

  Most of us spend an astonishing amount of time in front of a screen. In real life experiences have become almost expendable, while we engage with so many communities through social media platforms. As with everything to do with the internet, this virtual community has both pros and cons. I have been considering how …

Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot-Support #BlackGirlMagic

We know excellence when we see it. We feel it. It vibrates. It has its own force field. There is something extra ("she is getting all extra on us"), something that we recognize in the intuitive, instinctive parts of our spirits when we engage with something extraordinary. Courtney Alexander's Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot …

Ansel Adams’ Most Famous Photograph: Moonrise over Hernandez Today

A couple of years ago, I was fortunate to attend a tour through the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum with a geologist who took us to many of the locations that she painted in Abiquiu, NM. On the bus ride towards her holy land, the geologist mentioned that Ansel Adams had taken his most famous photograph, Moonrise …

Mother Mary Cemented In: New Mexico Cemeteries Part 3

How does it get any better than this, brilliant beaming New Mexico skies, ravens chattering away, and the absolute perfection of the imperfection in the Ojo Caliente cemetery? This is my third blog post on New Mexico cemeteries, and there were a few new finds today, including multiple Mother Mary forms cemented into the hand-made headstones …

COMPLETED EVENTS: A Show of Hands and The Dream is the Truth Art Shows in SoCal

Two amazing art shows are opening in the next two weeks in Southern California. Photographer Stephen Baumbach has taken images of over 100 Palm Springs Artists Council members hands in black and white, calling it the Show of Hands. He will be sharing the collection at his gallery in the Backstreet Art District* with the …