Your Proximity is a Breath Away: For Hans & the Forest that Awakens Us
I emerge transformed, feeling the icy tendrils of your touch brush against my neck as you remain hidden within a colony of hemlocks.
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"I write to discover what I know."
– Flannery O'Connor
Lavavoth
Jul 4, 20211 min read
Writing on the Wall
Sad song by Bob Moses. The entire album, Days Gone By, is a requiem for the Surfside collapse + for my past life collapse trauma.
Lavavoth
Jul 3, 20218 min read
His Ghostly Presence in the Mirror: Using Creative Writing to Capture Paranormal Experiences
If you are interested in writing about your paranormal experiences, consider using fiction as an option to disclose your story.
Lavavoth
Jun 23, 20214 min read
Using Poetry to Heal Current and Past Life Suffering
The process of writing poetry offers a sense of release and healing. Poetry can also help us to work through current and past life issues.
Lavavoth
Mar 18, 20213 min read
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.
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 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
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
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.
Lavavoth
Dec 27, 20164 min read
I “See” and “Hear” Dead People
Each sensitive will have a specific area (or areas) where her/his "gifts" are better equipped.
Lavavoth
Dec 16, 20166 min read
“It Was Great Fun!”: Antique Photo Collection, Hitler Youth Haircut & the Unbearable Thousand-Year Reign of Fascism
I collect these things because they are directly tethered to an unspeakable past, and this helps me to psychically understand the history.
Lavavoth
Dec 15, 20164 min read
From Prussia (and Beyond) with Love: Searching for Hans's Face in the Portraits of Others Leads to Unexpected Photo Collection
Collecting these photos was a spiritual and aesthetic quest to get as close to Hans's doppelgänger as possible.
Lavavoth
Aug 15, 20104 min read
Love Letters from WWII
These letters are intimate treasures between two people who give us a glimpse into their lives during an important time period.
Lavavoth
Aug 15, 20102 min read
He intoxicates her: A Love Story Inspired by the Psyche & Eros Myth
Cupid is a dark angel, and he also reminds me of a dark superhero. He wears his heart on his sleeve, just like the artist.
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