Our next edition will be released on Beltane (May 1)
Our Theme: Eco-Eroticism and Chronic Disasters.
Submissions will be open
between January’s New Moon (1/2/22) and March’s New Moon (3/2/22).
The first edition of Sequoia Samanvaya’s multi-media community Journal:
Gathering Fires, Summoning Wolves
Death, My Old Friend
And sometimes, sometimes
when the fire is hot,
and the drumming is good,
and the rhythm is right,
he will join me.
For Mom, Who Asked for Description
Mom asked me to write descriptions of the places I’m going. “Don’t just send photos. Send emails, letters, words.”
Rising Waters, Apocalypses, and Children’s Stories
How do you prepare your young child for a world that is slowly going underwater?
when your ancestors are the problem
I forgot, had never been shown, the so obvious truth that I am the visible part, the living energy, of all that went before me - - -
Hekate Prayers
Blessed be Hekate
Mother of Darkness
Queen of the Witches
Eternal Triple Goddess
Faces
Didn’t know you,
so how could I
miss your face?
Gathered and Scattered: A report from another fire
‘Well, if there’s been warmth in this time together, it’s not come from the cold light of our screens, it’s come from each other.’
Paying My Debts to Her
Taking responsibility for harm caused to Women & Mother Earth.
The Howl of Love
As I sat in the wondrous waves of this year; I heard, over and over again, the call of my inner lone wolf. My lone wolf showed up as that part of myself that yearned to be seen and reconciled.
Tiamat’s Children
In the beginning, long and long ago, when Tiamat was a new young star, one of the innumerable beings in the starry realm, she felt deep down that there was something special about her.
Those Trees
I sat / on trunks / that were / driven like / glacial rock / deep down / deep raucous
What I Learned from Artists
In the atelier, there is nothing to hide behind. There is no jurisprudence, no hierarchy, no negotiation, no safety net. There is only you and a white paper. Your feet are on the floor, your hands dirty with charcoal. No one can tell you what to do. No one can help you. You face yourself.
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