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"I write to discover what I know."
– Flannery O'Connor


A Return to Blogging
A lot has happened since the last time I posted, including transferring schools and PhD programs.

Lavavoth
Oct 4, 20231 min read


A Bombing and a Past Life
Nothing could prepare me for what I would endure when I found out about Pan Am 103 exploding over Lockerbie Scotland.

Lavavoth
Jul 28, 20214 min read


His Ghostly Presence in the Mirror: Using Creative Writing to Document Paranormal Encounters
If you are interested in writing about your paranormal experiences, consider using fiction as an option to disclose your story.

Lavavoth
Jul 3, 20218 min read


One Step Up, Two Steps Down: A Semi-Poetic Response to Nonlinear Spiritual Development
Resistant to the call, disdainful and intolerant of embarking on such a path, spirituality arrived like a sledgehammer.

Lavavoth
Mar 18, 20213 min read


Embodied Cohabitation: Spirit Communication with Hans Using the Tarot
A tarot reading with Hans explores spirit communication, attachment to a former home, and the painful process of moving forward.

Lavavoth
Mar 5, 20215 min read


Visitation Dreams: Rethinking Dream Language
Exploring visitation dreams, astral experiences, consciousness, and the limits of traditional dream language.

Lavavoth
Sep 10, 20203 min read


A Spirit Marriage: Celebrating Ten Years of Paranormal Love and Nearly Three Decades of Spiritual Guidance
A reflection on spirit marriage, paranormal love, spiritual guidance, and ten years of intimacy with a discarnate partner.

Lavavoth
Aug 24, 20202 min read


Meeting My Spirit Husband
Meeting my spirit husband did not unfold in a subtle and gentle way. The initial connection unfolded during a creative surge.

Lavavoth
Jan 8, 20204 min read


The Race Dream and Hans
His desire for me to know his identity was apparent from the start, but I was not ready to confront his shadow.

Lavavoth
Nov 16, 20173 min read


Nocturnal Visitation: Ich sehe dich in der Ferne
Early this morning, around 3 or 4 am, ich sehe in der Ferne, I see you in the distance, hovering in the black void, smiling...

Lavavoth
Nov 14, 20172 min read


Preface to Blind Love: Fascism, Then & Now
This book has been years in the making, taking dozens of twists and turns that have mirrored moments in my current and past life.

Lavavoth
Sep 8, 20174 min read


Controlling the Uncontrollable: Potamophobia and the Writing Process
What was supposed to be a four-day weekend of editing my story, ended up being a basement flooding nightmare.

Lavavoth
Jul 7, 20175 min read


Nazisploitation: Avoiding “The Night Porter” Trap (and Website Updates)
Although Blind Love is an edgy and provocative illustrated novel full of “Nazi heartthrobs,” it is actually about the resistance movement.

Lavavoth
Mar 27, 20173 min read


Occupied Flesh: 1940 - 1945 The Erotic Years as a Mirror to My Spirit Union
The Erotic Years, 1940 – 1945 is a controversial picture book depicting trysts between Nazi soldiers and French women in occupied France.

Lavavoth
Feb 24, 20172 min read


Haunted Berlin, Part 2: The Berlin Wall
In Berlin, Germany, a visit to the Berlin Wall becomes an encounter with World War II soldiers moving through the field, appearing without warning.

Lavavoth
Dec 26, 20163 min read


Haunted Berlin, Part 1: The Flak Tower
In Berlin, Germany, the flak tower becomes a point of entry into a city where the past presses in and something unseen begins to surface.

Lavavoth
Dec 22, 20164 min read


Brandstätten: The Firebombing of Germany
Exploring the devastation of German air raids, and how the complexity of history’s shadows linger in a past life memory.

Lavavoth
Dec 18, 20165 min read


“Great Fun!”: Nazi Germany Photographs and the Unbearable Persistence of Fascism
Connecting with the ghosts of Nazi Germany via photographs to understand fascism then and now.

Lavavoth
Dec 16, 20167 min read


Spirit Communication and Walk-Ins: Sharing a Body with Hans
Exploring the intimate and transformative experience of walk-ins with Hans, where trust, healing and connection transcend the physical realm.

Lavavoth
Aug 29, 20124 min read


Poltergeist Activity: The Window Fan Incident
A persistent spirit moves objects, disrupts plans, and lingers despite cleansing rituals, bound by past lives, love, and the unexplained.

Lavavoth
Sep 26, 20109 min read
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