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What a gorgeous description of your celebration. I had no idea such intimacy could be shared in a public gathering—how beautiful.

I attended the ritual on the West Coast with Dr. Meghan and brought the wooden elder with me. We used the carving as a kind of tombstone, placing it on the small burial mound we had filled with tokens—each one carrying our goodbyes to what we were releasing internally, making space for new birth.

I brought the wooden elder in response to hearing the Goddess—who often wakes me in the early hours—speak to me around 3 a.m. She urged me to search my big truck for natural materials to bring with me, on the hike Dr Meghan & I planned to take that afternoon. Among my few possessions, I found just a few: some peanuts, uncooked oats and corn for the ocean birds, and the carved wooden-handled knife. These were the only natural things in the truck—everything else was plastic!

Dr Meghan & her EI companion, Lizzy, composed a list of prayers to keep in mind as we hiked … that eventually guided us to the place where we made the burial mound

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