spirituality

  • on lighting candles

    a meditation on ritual, absence and gestures that refuse to disappear. I was visiting a church the other day. Not your typical church, it was the grotto of Our Lady of Awaiting in Maghdoucheh, the village I come from in… Continue reading

    on lighting candles
  • Helios and Selene: the forgotten balance of sun and moon

    how two overlooked deities of Greek myth reveal the wisdom of cycles, duality, and balance. I was wandering through the Parthenon gallery of the British Museum — which covers a vast span of Greek history and artifacts — when I… Continue reading

    Helios and Selene: the forgotten balance of sun and moon