It must have been 2019, as that was the year I started doing really deep meditations for Apollon during my daily ritual. Sometimes, I wonder if it was earlier, in 2018 — but we will go with 2019. During the meditation, I was doing a brief body scan, the kind that one is taught to do … Continue reading Some Post-Surgery Reflections
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In Which I Make Anatomical Votive Offerings
In antiquity, anatomical votive offerings were given to the Gods, typically to Asklepios and other deities whose cultus was interwoven with healthcare before the temples were destroyed. When I was diagnosed with something that needed to be surgically removed, though, due to the long tradition of her association with gynecological matters, I decided that I … Continue reading In Which I Make Anatomical Votive Offerings
