In this majestic setting, a myriad of animals emerge, their presence rich with symbolism and a reflection of cultural narratives tied to the cycle of life.
New York-based tattoo artist, Talya Alsberg was just thirteen when she first considered tattooing as a profession. Her mother is an artist, so walking the path of a creator and innovator was a given. She describes her upbringing as “international.” A way a being that has inspired a life without
Each autumn, communities across Mexico, California, and all over the world, turn their attention to the dead. Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, is not a single ritual but a network of gestures: an arrangement of flowers, food set out for loved ones, smoke rising from resinous
Energetic constructs—servitors, thought-forms, egregores, tulpas—occupy a peculiar corner of the esoteric imagination. They are at once ancient and strangely modern: entities made not of flesh but of intention, sustained by focus, belief, and ritual. In an era when artificial intelligence has begun to edge into the texture of daily life,
ValiAnna Divinee (dev-oh-nay) of Monterey helps people open up to their own hearts and souls and “to the magnificence of being a being” using crystal medicine singing bowls and her own voice.
“I’ve been celebrating May Day with my mom since I was born,” remembered Julia, a local ecstatic dancer who describes herself as a “Joyful Embodiment Specialist.” Some of her earliest memories are not of birthdays or classrooms but of ribbons—bright, satin strands pulled tight around a wooden pole until the
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