Ritual, Mysticism & Ancient Religion

Love has coloured me mad: The wild devotion of Mirabai

Poetic Disobedience Part 7

Jun 29 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

To burn down heaven and flood hell: Rabia al-Basri's ordinary love

Poetic Disobedience Part 6

Jun 15 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

St. Francis of Asissi: The Roaring Love for All Living Things

Poetic Disobedience Part 5

May 25 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

Ibn Arabi: Imagination as a Bridge to the Divine

Poetic Disobedience Part 4

May 11 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

Drunk on the Beloved: Hafez and the Path of Sacred Humour

Poetic Disobedience Part 3

Apr 27 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

What happens when Aphrodite withdraws?

On the urgency for mythic literacy

Apr 20 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

Burning for God: The Mystical Rebellion of St. Teresa of Ávila

Poetic Disobedience Part 2

Apr 13 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

Poetic Disobedience: On the Great Mystics Who Set the World on Fire

A new series for paid subscribers

Mar 30 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

Equinox Ritual Prompt

A free offering

Mar 16 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

When horned women were gods

and how the modern study of religion "civilised" them out of our memory

Mar 9 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

The Gates of Ivory and Horn

On imposing our own belief systems onto the ancient world and how whipping might just be an antidote to taking ourselves too seriously

Feb 23 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

The Pagan Origins of Valentine's Day

& a Valentine's gift!

Feb 13 •

Gabriela Gutierrez

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