Samantha Weisberg The perpetual darkness envelops my soft tissue revitalizing me with lustful potency. I don’t fumble through the black. I ascend. Alone in the pitch, I release as my pulse drums down into the spiraling flame. Samantha Weisberg received her MFA in Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007….
Mary Petiet The dreamscape panther runs, lunging agile, undeniable tearing at my eyes, my throat, my heart a young man moves to spear her, but I gesture him away I am merging with the panther as she rips apart my senses I am dying to the old as I am born into the new I…
Susan Morgaine I come before you To ask you how How I can heal Myself right now My head is down It should be held up I beseech you, my lady, To drink from your cup You have given me the sword Sovereignty is mine But the sword is so heavy The Tor I need…
Suzanne O’Gara Morgan Le Fay, Mistress of Magic, May the power and beauty of Avalon Fly to me on your raven wings. May my mind be as clear as the Chalice Well waters, May my words be as wise and sweet as your apple groves, And as clever and swift as Excalibur. May my energy…
Branwen’s Children in America Peyton Belunek Branwen is a goddess, so dear to my heart. I live in the State of Texas in North America, decidedly in the diaspora of my northwest European ancestors. Branwen called to me, this beautiful goddess who left her homeland of Wales for Ireland. Her heart ached so far from…
Sharon Smith The Trees said, “Avalon will rise again.” A spark flashed in my soul. Small flecks of heat. A warmth spread out within me, The embers fanned by the morning breeze Rustling through the canopy overhead Until the fire roared. Excitement? Uncertainty? Whatever could it mean? “Avalon will rise again.” The very idea, A…
by Francesca Aniballi We are a web of words A knot of arms A chain of holding hands Around Planet Earth. Women of the World We are seers in the dark Healers, creatives and wise ones Vision holders Carrying the fruits of our truths In our arms Rippling like the Ninth Wave Between the ocean…
by Carrie Anderson The brown, tan, and russet hues of autumn are still present. It’s now past the solstice, and this part of the world is awash in swirling colors of mud and leaves. Traversing a trail, the fallen leaves are inches deep. In various stages of decomposition, the crunching under our feet makes our…
by Aurora Moon Beam The point of my story is to show how someone like me, coming from a conventional, patriarchal, and military (read heavy masculine) background, found her way to the Divine Famine, the Magic Isle of Avalon, and the 9 Morgens. It was a journey led by magic and other energies, but only…
by Courtney Earl My name is Courtney Pearl. I am a Healer. In that, I don’t mean I fix anyone, for we are not broken. A healer is a guide to integrate body, mind, and soul back to the center. I am a witness to the process and priestess of the Goddess of balance. I…