None of us come to this work alone. We come to this work with the support of family, friends, loved ones, and communities. We also come to this work through possibility models, teachers, people we know and people we do not know who nonetheless show us the path. In addition to the long list of teachers who have given me so much over many years—many of whom I name throughout this site—here I want to acknowledge others who are not only doing work like this, but have been doing work around personal and collective healing and liberation for many years, people who showed me that this work was possible. They have each inspired the work that I am doing, and I am so grateful for each of them.
Dori Midnight: queer Jewish witch + community-based intuitive healer Rachel Pollack: author and internationally renowned tarot expert + trans ancestor Asali Earthwork: Black queer femme community healer + earthworker Chani Nicholas: feminist, queer astrologer Demetra George: astrologer, author, wise one, elder, teacher Kelly Surtees: my teacher and mentor, a brilliant astrologer adrienne maree brown + Autumn Brown: writers, organizers, facilitators, sisters, guides to surviving the end of the world Alexis Pauline Gumbs: Queer Black troublemaker, Black Feminist Love Evangelist, author and oracle Brené Brown: researcher, writer, storyteller Starhawk: witch, author, activist, permaculture educator, co-founder of the Reclaiming Tradition Phyllis Curott: witch, author, high priestess, founder of the Temple of Ara and the Ara Tradition Keith Hennessy: dancer, choreographer, teacher, collaborator iele paloumpis: dance artist, witch, healer Valentina Desideri and Denise Ferreira da Silva: poethical readings Kate Sweeney: brilliant photographer who took the headshots on the Homepage and About page Megan Leigh Barnard: dazzling photographer who took many of the photos that populate this site |