Hiba Abu Nada, from I Grant You Refuge (trans. Huda Fakhreddine)
Hiba Abu Nada was a novelist, poet, and educator. She wrote this poem on Oct. 10th, 2023. She died a martyr, killed in her home in south Gaza by an Israeli raid on Oct. 20th, 2023. She was 32 years old.
Image Description: Three photographs of black cats and pumpkins. The first is a wide eyed cat sitting on a blanket with a pattern of black cats and jack o lanterns. The second is a small kitten whose head is sticking out of a plastic pumpkin basket. The final is a cat sitting beside a pumpkin. Its eyes are closed, and its tongue is sticking out. End ID.
hex season is approaching ...
longer and darker nights casting shadows for you to do their bidding
You do not need a sign.
For the love of the gods, just pray. You do not need to be called. You do not need to be contacted. Just pray.
Reblog to add, because someone posted #whitesupremacy on this, that I’m specifically talking about the Hellenic pantheon here.
Other pantheons might be for closed practices etc., so let’s be respectful. Remember, in some practices you do actually need a calling/initiation to partake.
Since the hashtag was commented without context, I can only guess at why it might’ve been posted, but I want to reiterate that I don’t endorse appropriation.
