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Del has written a beautiful, insightful, and at times heart-rending essay about what happens when people do and don’t energetically and spiritually invest in the success of their events.

I’d also like to note that while he wrote this post from only his perspective, the whole of Tashrisketlin supports and agrees with the stated experiences and positions in it.

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Before I begin: This is my personal observation and feelings. This is not political commentary, not a public criticism, not an official statement of any sort. I am only speaking as myself, a person who experienced these things and had these reactions, and not as any official representative of anything other than my Gods. I hate that I even have to state that, and I know there will be fallout anyway, but there it is.

I should also state that this is going to take quite a while to get the point, but I ask that you hang in there, because I think it’s a fairly important one. You just need to understand all the experiences that lead to the revelation for it to make sense. I promise I’m not usually this verbose.

There we were, standing by the firelight. I was coming back to my body after a prolonged…

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Rough Times Ahead for Notes From A Barking Shaman

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 Carol’s daughter has informed me of her intent to pursue legal action against me for my recent post about her mother’s illness and death, saying in part that “it isn’t your story to tell.” In writing “The ‘Good’ Death” I was following Carol’s wishes as she expressed them to me, that I continue to advocate for the right to die as she did, and that her story be told as both an inspiration and a cautionary tale. 

However, I also know that Carol cared about my family and I, and don’t think that she would want us to sacrifice our freedom or livelihood in her memory. While I firmly believe that nothing I wrote is legally actionable, I also have little financial resources with which to defend myself. I have removed the post from Notes From a Barking Shaman as a show of good faith, though I stand by what I wrote, and consider it to be one of my finest pieces this year.

This pending legal action leaves NFABS in a bit of limbo. This blog has always first and foremost been a place where I use my words to serve my gods’ will. Either I have misinterpreted said will, or They are simply uninterested in/unable to shield me from the consequences of doing so. Until this mater is resolved, it is in my best interest to let NFABS lie fallow. I will likely continue posting links to interested articles on the web, usually with a bit of commentary of my own, but for the foreseeable future I will be unable to write any more original content here.