Nodding to Che Guevara and Michel Foucault here. Through the act of oppressing, oppressors create the very thing that will ultimately destroy them. All empires fall. Every act of resistance slows them down. Let’s buy ourselves some time by making every. Single. Thing. They do. Difficult.

Image of the goddess Brigid holding a sunflower in a green cloak, by Luciana Hartwin.

Happy Imbolc, the pagan holiday of awakening! In case you were wondering, a simple way to celebrate is to bless your candles for the year.

I give a short text for blessing in my newsletter. You can find it here:

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