Sacred Gestures
Trevor MervynTending seeds of an initiated culture; essays and poetry orbiting around rites of passage, ritual, myth, animism, nature connection, European ancestry, grief, and reverence.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 34 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Mornings, Mournings, and Home Altars (poem + essay)
The three Magnolia trees singing their song in full splendour, my home, my life. April 2026.
Mornings. Mournings. (poem)
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The muse pulls me out of dreamtime early on the cusp of dawn. As morning unfurls, I am invited outside to...
On Village
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This Is Not a Village - A Preamble
This is not a community, this is not a village, there is barely even a “we” here. You might be thinking after our time together that the troubles of the world are all “out t...
Betwixt and Between: The Space of Transformation
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This is essay three in a series that explores the archetype of initiation in a culture that does not have human-led or cultural Initiation (note: I capitalize Initiation when I am referring to traditional human-le...
On Severance, Submission, and Going Down
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Mankind owns four things
That are no good at sea:
Rudder, anchor, oars,
And the fear of going down
-Antonio Machado
In essay 1 of this series, I defined and differentiated human-led Initiation (which...
Ode to the Varied Thrush (poem + essay)
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When I hear the call
of a varied thrush,
I am home.
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I am a father, a ritualist, a storyteller, a gatherer of people, and a wilderness fast guide. I believe in the sacredness of mystery, and the deep wisdom of the more-than-human-world. I believe in the night.
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