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NB & ND GenX animist • druid • author • deathwalker • death doula • rune reader • soul worker • spoonie in North Carolina she/they/we elder well ~ die well ~ ancestor well soulintentarts.com #witchsky #pagansky

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Nov 15

Website: soulintentarts.com
Community, Runes for Change: soulintentarts.com/join
Intensive Training: soulintentarts.com/spirited-path/
Classes: soulintentarts.com/self-paced-courses/
Books: soulintentarts.com/books
Podcast, What in the Wyrd: open.spotify.com/show/4jBXrLH...

Embodied Soul Tending Through Nature - Soul Intent Arts

Learn to elder well as a lifelong practice through ecosystem with Soul Intent Arts, so that you die well, ancestor well, and leave the planet better than you found it.

soulintentarts.com

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Rev. Alcyone Daze @facilitatrix.bsky.social · 29d

Happy #SpookyMonth! I'm spending October rounding up some death doula resources, since so much of the work is either learned through direct practice or just knowing how to find legal resources online.

For October 1st, here's an adaptation of an exercise from "The Devil's Death" by Shiva Honey:

A black flyer with a purple border of skulls, candles, and assorted bones. Text is as follows:

ADAPTED FROM “THE DEVIL’S DEATH” BY SHIVA HONEY

DEATHBED DESIGN

MATERIALS
* SOME WAY OF DRAWING A PENTAGRAM
(CHALK, MARKERS, ALTAR CLOTH, ETC.)
* A BAG CONTAINING 25-50 SMALL OBJECTS FOR COUNTERS
(COINS, PEBBLES, SEEDS, ETC.)
* A NOTEBOOK AND FAVORITE PEN

INSTRUCTIONS
THIS EXERCISE ASKS YOU TO CONTEMPLATE YOUR IDEAL DEATH, SO BEGIN BY MENTALLY PREPARING FOR THAT EXPLORATION.

FIND A FLAT SURFACE AND SET UP YOUR PENTAGRAM, EITHER DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU OR WITH YOURSELF IN THE CENTER OF THE FIVE POINTS.
LABEL THE POINTS OF THE PENTAGRAM “SIGHT,“ “SOUND,“ “SMELL,“ “TOUCH,“ AND “TASTE.“

(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE)

(Second page of DEATHBED DESIGN)

INSTRUCTIONS (CONTINUED)

FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE BAG OF COUNTERS IN YOUR HANDS. IMAGINE YOURSELF AT THE TIME OF YOUR IDEAL DEATH, AND CONSIDER THE SENSATIONS YOU WOULD MOST WANT TO EXPERIENCE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHAT DO YOU SEE?
WHAT DO YOU HEAR?
WHAT DO YOU SMELL?
WHAT DO YOU TASTE?
WHAT DO YOU TOUCH?

EACH TIME YOU THINK OF SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE, PLACE A COUNTER AT THE CORRESPONDING POINT OF YOUR PENTAGRAM. RECORD EACH SPECIFIC WISH IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

(IT‘S POSSIBLE THAT YOU‘LL PLACE EQUAL VALUE ON ALL SENSES OR FIND THAT ONE OR TWO SENSES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR YOU!)

EACH TIME YOU THINK OF SOMETHING THAT YOU DON‘T WANT TO EXPERIENCE, TAKE A COUNTER AND CAST IT FROM YOUR PENTAGRAM. RECORD YOUR AVERSIONS AS WELL AS YOUR DESIRES.

REPEAT UNTIL YOU‘RE OUT OF COUNTERS, REVIEW YOUR NOTES, THEN DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO RESET BOTH THE PHYSICAL SPACE AND YOUR MENTAL SPACE.

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💀 The Haunted Typewriter 💀 @hauntedtypewriter.bsky.social · Aug 29

librarians are generals in the war on ignorance

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · Aug 29

This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act.

www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...

Breaking: We’ve won our lawsuit on behalf of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains

www.humaneworld.org

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Aug 18

#lore #science #animism #pagansky

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Aug 16

Random but in the last two days here I've felt autumness. It's hot af and humid like you're walking in soup. But the undertone is no longer summer.

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Aug 15

What is with all the makeup demos touching the droppers directly to their skin? I thought we all knew that was asking for the crud, but it's in every ad now.

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm always amused in mixed spiritual groups how it's always the xtians saying, 'I'm going to try mugwort for lucid dreaming' and the pagans going 'you know that interferes with medications...'

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Aug 8

Do you smell one thing and automatically smell another despite that it isn't there? Apple/cinnamon.

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Aug 6

In case you didn't know: justice.tougaloo.edu/map/

Sundown Town Map | History and Social Justice, inspired by James W. Loewen

A database contributed by people across the nation underlies these maps and the tables you can generate.

justice.tougaloo.edu

Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Aug 6

Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Aug 5

I love how we're still playing that getting sleepy after lunch is strictly because of what we ate. #not #exhaustion #chronicillness

Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jul 30

The runecast is up, after stressful tech issues (that aren't resolved😮: www.soulintentarts.com/the-weekly-r... This week we move from Uruz into Thurisaz taking deep observation of our inner Jotun. #runes #uruz #thurisaz #theweeklyrune #divination #tarotcards #animism #pagan #witchyvibes

The Weekly Rune - Uruz-Thurisaz - Soul Intent Arts

The Weekly Rune - Uruz-Thurisaz - this week we transition from Uruz into Thurisaz, with emphasis on how we soul-in-form with our whole Selves, even the less

www.soulintentarts.com

Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jul 22

Always thought it interesting that we don't accept the unseen as "other life in the lpluriverse."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jul 22

The gloves are off 👏

Stephen Colbert Hits Back At Trump With Blunt Response In First Show Since Cancellation Announcement

The gloves are off.

www.comicsands.com

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jul 22

Misstep while shopping at @foodlion.bsky.social even if only in not understanding the psychology of food intolerances. #celiacdisease

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jul 19

Watching young women trick out their Hello Kitty mini cars and tricycles is one of the most femme-empowering things I've ever watched.

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · Jul 1

Just a reminder that Thom Tillis is personally responsible for helping to block Medicaid access to hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians, which led to 11 rural hospital closures across our state.

And now he's running away. Tracks.

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jun 25

When you step outside and your glasses fog up. #summer #sizzle

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jun 23

Our first day in high numbers heat and the electric has gone off at least a dozen times. #summer #globalwarming

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jun 21

Cornflake Girl playing in Food Lion. What timeline have I landed in? #fyp #toriamos

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Dave R, photographer @daverphotog.bsky.social · Jun 19

This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jun 18

Why are suburbanites just now figuring out jars as drinking glasses?? #fyp #witchsky #pagansky

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Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jun 18

Sad to lose Anne Burrell. I always enjoyed the excitement she brought to food.

Kelley @kelleysoularts.bsky.social · Jun 17

I wish we would stop saying 'postpartum depression' and call it what it really is: postpartum trauma. #pregnancy #ppd #postpartum