Darkly Devotions

Lyric prose meditations that play with elements from evangelical Christianity, Buddhism, yoga, reiki, Tarot and “weird voodoo shit.”

~by Cindy Clem

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Opening Exercise: Make a batch of raisin cakes. Let them be your punishment and your grace. Eat, and ponder your iniquity.

Today’s passages:
Some people are attracted by looks.
Some people are attracted by money.
Some people are attracted by existential crisis.
~a friend of mine

I just fell into a manic depression
And I really wanna spend it with you.
~Styx

Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover [… ] just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.”
~Hosea 3:1 Continue reading