One Step Up, Two Steps Down: A Semi-Poetic Response to Nonlinear Spiritual Development
Resistant to the call, disdainful and intolerant of embarking on such a path, spirituality arrived like a sledgehammer.
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"I write to discover what I know."
– Flannery O'Connor
Lavavoth
Mar 11, 20216 min read
Six Ways to Ground Yourself
Grounding doesn't have to be a lengthy process. The important thing is to make it work for you. Here are six techniques for you to try.
Lavavoth
Mar 5, 20215 min read
Spirit-Manipulated Tarot Reading with Hans
Given that I am still struggling with the ghost from my previous house, I knew it was time to do an intentional tarot reading with Hans.
Lavavoth
Jan 5, 20212 min read
New Year in Full Swing
The New Year brings with it an opportunity to reset ourselves for the better. For some of us it entails grounding and habit tracking.
Lavavoth
Dec 8, 20205 min read
From Nightmares to Artwork
How can we meaningfully engage with our nightmares to reclaim our power and creative spirit?
Lavavoth
Oct 4, 20206 min read
Paranormal ASMR EVP, 2 Oct, 2020, 18:14***
Little did I know that Hans would end up stealing the show with his unnerving ASMR contribution.
Lavavoth
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Visitation Dreams: Let's Re-Think Language
Most dream researchers discuss this type of alternate reality in terms of the unconscious or realities occurring in the dreamer’s mind.
Lavavoth
Sep 2, 20201 min read
The Manse on the Hill
Despair shifts like the tide,
and I am pulled down once again by an undertow of history.
Lavavoth
Aug 23, 20202 min read
Celebrating 10 Paranormal Years of Love Together and 27 Years of Spiritual Guidance
When you cohabitate long enough with a spirit who is also your twin flame, it eventually begins to feel like an interdimensional marriage.
Lavavoth
Jan 8, 20207 min read
Your Spirit Guide is Trying to Connect
There are many ways that our spirit guides may try to engage with us.
Lavavoth
Jan 8, 20204 min read
Meeting My Spirit Husband
Meeting my spirit husband did not unfold in a subtle and gentle way. The initial connection unfolded during a creative surge.
Lavavoth
Feb 3, 20198 min read
Bidding the Ghosts and the Illustrated Novel Farewell
He stood at the foot of my bed, staring at me without blinking, repeating, “Normandy, Normandy,” even though his mouth remained closed.
Lavavoth
Jan 31, 20195 min read
Walking Together in a Small German Town
Accounts of an astral visitation with Hans + poem that resulted from the encounter.
Lavavoth
Jan 13, 20191 min read
When One Door Closes, Another Opens
My illustrated novel became an evolving reflection of my relationship with my spirit husband, Hans, and his slow recent life reveal.
Lavavoth
Nov 16, 20173 min read
The Race Dream and the Soldier Ghost
His desire for me to know his identity was apparent from the start, but I was not ready to confront his shadow.
Lavavoth
Nov 14, 20172 min read
Nocturnal Visitation: Ich sehe dich in der Ferne
Early this morning, around 3 or 4 am, ich sehe in der Ferne, I see you in the distance, hovering in the black void, smiling...
Lavavoth
Sep 8, 20175 min read
Preface to Blind Love: Fascism, Then & Now
This book has been years in the making, taking dozens of twists and turns that have mirrored moments in my current and past life.
Lavavoth
Jul 11, 20173 min read
Battling Dyslexia: My Jumbled Brain, My “Careless” Grammatical Errors
Typing is akin to using an Enigma machine, especially if I over analyze the keyboard...
Lavavoth
Apr 2, 20173 min read
Dear Ryan…
You passed away on June 2, 2016, in your house. You left behind a partner, a two-year-old daughter, a sister, a brother, and your parents.
Lavavoth
Mar 27, 20173 min read
Avoiding “The Night Porter” Trap (and Website Updates)
Although Blind Love is an edgy and provocative illustrated novel full of “Nazi heartthrobs,” it is actually about the resistance movement.
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