DORI MIDNIGHT on Spinning Webs of Support /310
Photo of braided garlic, blossoms, and apples arranged on a candlelit, lace-covered altar by Salome Vix.
“With a prayer to imagine beyond the current structures and systems, and kind of weave ourselves into, and be wrapped inside of, the invisible cloak that is interdependence, that is mutual aid, that supports us to reach towards each other and reach towards a vision of mutually flourishing life.” This powerful vision is shared by this week’s guest, Dori Midnight. In this sweet, meaningful, and meandering conversation, Dori discusses magical and liberatory practices, ancestral Jewish healing traditions, and the necessity of reclaiming Judaism from Zionism in the name of collective liberation. She shares sweet stories of garlic and cedar, the generosity of belonging, and the blessing of our collective and intricate work as we stretch toward liberation.
“A well-worn tool of oppression is to try and separate people from our life-sustaining traditions, our practices, from the ways we feel connected to each other…”
Photo of Dori Midnight
Dori Midnight practices intuitive healing, weaves collaborative, liberatory ritual spaces, makes potions, and writes liturgy, spells, prayers, and poems. For over 20 years, Dori has been practicing and teaching on ritual and remedies for unraveling times, reconnecting with traditions of Jewish ancestral wisdom, community care work, and queer magic and healing. Dori’s work is supported and inspired by a web of teachers, dreamers, and co-conspirators in Disability and Healing Justice work, queer liberation, and earth based, multi-rooted/diasporic Judaism and is in service to more love, more healing, and more freedom for every body. Raised on Tongva land (Los Angeles), Dori currently lives on unceded Pocumtuc/Nimpuc land (Western Massachusetts).
♫ The music featured in this episode is “Let Fear Be Your Guide” by 40 Million Feet, “Set Free” by Katie Gray, and “Little Fire” by Aviva Le Fey.
Guest Recommendations
Queer Morning Blessings / Birkot Hashacha
Jewish Voices for Peace
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@dori.midnight
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