Supported by The Devil card, number 15 in the Major Arcana of Tarot. 

(A book in process, thank you)

May these words provide safe and enlightening passage into the darkest seas of your Soul and expose your Light from whence it came, the Shadow we hide, the Shadow inside.  

This is about the art of lovingly embracing our Shadow and why it is so beautifully imperative to our Human Experience and Spiritual Development.  

By the end of the page, may you have newfound gratitude for the fundamental contrast the darkness within you and others provides, which encourages and establishes your Light.  

This is an Ode to Shadow. 

Chapter 1 

Flies.

It’s a shit show in my kitchen. There is a heat index of 113 degrees outside, with humidity at 87%. We missed trash day, again. We miss trash day a lot. The rotting stench is repulsive, and the bluntly loud buzz hijacks the air of any peaceful quality. As I go to stuff my already heaping...