Stories Unlocking Intuition Through Bone Casting Our bodies hold so much wisdom, both ancestral and futuristic. How can we listen to our bodies in ways that allow God to communicate with us?
Stories The Hidden Pleasure Of Spirit Possession When we imagine spirit possession, we think of movies like “The Exorcist.” But what if spirit possession was a pleasurable way for us to communicate with our spirit guides?
Stories The Surprising Lesson Behind Feelings of Jealousy When we have something to celebrate, it hurts when a friend or relative thinks that we don’t deserve it. And when we’re looking to lean into faith, we get in our own way by being jealous of someone who appears further along. So what can we do when that green-eyed monster shows up?
Stories How Our Ancestors Supercharge Our Spiritual Life We all have ancestors: the mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunties, and uncles who came before us, making our existence possible. If you believe they're protectively watching over us, that belief may help bring you closer to God.
Stories How To Grieve When No One Understands There’s a kind of grief that no one talks about because society doesn’t consider all losses equally grief-worthy. So when someone tells you to “get over it,” remember that you deserve support.
Stories Three Simple Ways To Calm Your Brain And Body You deserve a calm mind, body, and spirit. We can’t control what happens around us, but these three techniques can help soothe a frazzled nervous system. They’re worth a try.
Stories What Can Our Temptations Teach Us? We’ve been taught to reject anything that even remotely looks like temptation. But what if we look at temptation through a different lens? Meeting temptation with compassion can lead to something truly divine.
Stories What Does It Mean To Ride The Spirit? Our bodies are temples. Traditional West African spiritualists believe that the body is a conduit that spirit guides use to communicate messages from the ancestral realm. How can we care for our bodies so that we can better hear that guidance?
Stories Someone Need ‘Calling Out?’ Choose ‘Calling In’ Instead We know that love is patient and kind. When conflict arises in our community, it’s easy to call someone out, but what if we tried “calling in” instead?
Stories How Divine Purpose And Community Work Together To Guide Our Souls You deserve to feel supported on your spiritual journey. This ancient Black wisdom reminds us of the crucial components of living out our divine purpose.
Stories Devotion Is How We Make Room For Transformation What a privilege it is to spend intentional time with God. The practices and rituals we do to show God our love are the art of devotion. What does devotion look like for you?
Stories What If We Looked At Justice As An Invitation To Practice Care? We are all deserving of care, even when we’re being held accountable. What if we looked at justice as an invitation to practice care? What do justice and accountability look like to you?
Stories Our Ancestors Teach Us To Never Underestimate Our Power We are more powerful than we can imagine. Our ancestors’ conjuring abilities were out of this world, and that same power lives on in us. Never underestimate that power. Our power is how we stay connected to our ancestral wisdom within our future building.
Stories Magic Flows Through Us, Teaching Us How To Get Free Our greatest superpower is our ability to ignore our haters and let our magic shine. Haters gonna hate, so we might as well let our magic flow and create our own freedom, like Tituba did. Because Tituba really was THAT witch.
Stories Spirit Gave Us This Power. Are You Using It? Liberation is a path that Spirit has prepared for us, but it is a path that we must choose to walk. Spirit gave us all the power of free will. Now we must ask ourselves: Are we willing to choose liberation? It will require sacrifice. But it will also lead us down paths beyond our wildest dreams.
Stories How Do You Honor The Sacredness Of Each Day? How do you tap into the sacredness of each day? Within the Yoruba spirituality of Ifa, each day of the week has a specific purpose, ritual, and Orisha. Sundays will always be especially holy, but Ifa reminds us to honor each day.
Stories Our Ancestors Called Upon The “HopeBringer.” We Can, Too. What do you hope for? May your hopes reach God just like our ancestors' hopes did. Through folklore and protective rituals using High John the Conqueror root, our ancestors called upon the “hopebringer.” And his legacy still informs our hope today.
Stories The Power Of Choosing Faith Over Fear No obstacle can defeat us. Our ancestors overcame so much for us, and we can do the same for future generations. If you’re struggling to keep the faith, think of Ra, the Egyptian Sun God and his nightly battle just to rise the next morning.
Stories How To Give A Quick Read, With Support From Spirit This traditional Afro-Diasporic practice will read you…in a good way. After learning about this ancestral practice we’ll all be itching to reach for our sacred books to find the hidden messages this practice reveals to us.
Stories What Does Loving Our Blackness Really Mean? God loves us and our Blackness. When we accept our Blackness as a gift, powerful things happen, and we can answer this critical call of love.
Stories Prayers And Reflections For Those Who Feel Left Out Have you ever felt left out, ignored, or alone in a space full of people? How does it feel in your spirit when you are connected, included, and seen? Those two experiences remind us that our spiritual well-being goes far beyond self-care.
Stories We’re Connected With Our Ancestors. We’ve Just Got To Talk To Them We are all deeply connected with our ancestors, even if we don’t know exactly who they are. But just imagine if we could draw on their wisdom anytime we needed it? This community is here to show us how to do just that.
Stories Like David, We Can Conquer Our Goliaths You're more powerful than you think. You already possess the tools you need to stand up to negativity. Just look at David. He defeated one of the biggest bullies in the Bible.
Stories God Empowered Us To Define What Justice Means “Justice” can feel complicated for us. Sometimes, given all the negative things we see in the world, we might wonder if it’s even possible. But we do deserve justice. And we deserve to define exactly what justice is for ourselves.
Stories The Powerful Lessons Eclipses Teach Us Eclipses are a time for transformation, releasing our egos, and leaning into abundance. Our egos can actually block our blessings. Ain’t nobody got time for that! We can eclipse our egos and call in abundance.
