Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Abel Meeropol (1939) As in horror we watch the digital broadcast…
Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Abel Meeropol (1939) As in horror we watch the digital broadcast…
The partner of slavery is liberation. Freedom has no opposite. In freedom, liberation and slavery are one. The people were slaves. Their time, their space and their movement was possessed, under the control of an outer authority. Moses said: “Let…
There is an interesting feature of the polarity of heaven and hell. While from the vantage point of heaven, we are able to contain hell (in a way that we can even feel the beauty in painful experiences), from the…
“They fuck us up, our Mum and Dad, they don’t mean to, but they do.” ~ Philip Larkin Research showing epigenetic evidence of the transition of trauma through generations, from parent to child, is getting a lot of attention. It can…
What if I’m adopted? Please help me understand. In several online venues, where the subject of generational trauma – trauma inherited from our parents and ancestors – has been discussed, the question has been raised: what about adoption? How should…
Formed by Trauma: The Power of the Repeated Message Georgi Y. Johnson and Bart ten Berge Sam, a seven year-old child is playing with his five brothers and sisters in the garden while his mother prepares food in the kitchen.…
When someone we love dies, a process is initiated beyond our control and choosing, a process which will transform who we are and who we were about to become. Just as each birth and each death is unique, so each…