because no soul should be left in the dark forever

This blog was created on March 24th, 2020 in an attempt to honor those lost in situations like the one I, a survivor of Monarch child trafficking, grew up in. It is meant to serve as a virtual cemetery of sorts where people can try to make sense out of loss that can't really be made sense of. For more information about how this blog works and how you might be able to get involved, here is a short video our dissociative system made upon its creation: https://youtu.be/2O-0H2utEt0

[llovinghome]

Foggy Meadow

[ovaryhighway]

this feels like home. i’ve spent so much time and so many lives in fields just like this one.

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

Melancholy

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

I may have shared this on here before, but I'm really feeling it right now so I'll share it again.

[upthewitchypunx]

Could you point me to any pages or sites with ideas for rituals for the dead? I want to send peace and healing to a girl who was murdered recently- normally my practice is pretty intuitive but this feels like something I want a structure for.

This is not really an area I work in and I think a lot of what you would do has relevance to how well you knew them or their family and what kind of cosmology they ascribed to in their life. Maybe once you know those things something intuitive would come to you.

If anyone else has any idea for this, feel free to add on!

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

Maybe my blog could bring you inspiration. I am a child trafficking survivor and this blog was created to memorialize victims. Otherwise, if I may offer advice personally, it would be to start with connection, perhaps with a pen and paper in hand. A simple ritual of lighting a candle, reaching out with your spirit to theirs, asking for guidance on how best to honor them, and writing or drawing what comes up might help. I understand the desire to have a more structured ritual and perhaps the inspiration for one would come that way. Something I've definitely found when it comes to working with the dead - contrived rituals can backfire or at least not merit many results. So if you do decide to follow a ritual of someone else's structuring, I still recommend doing a ritual to connect with the spirit and see if you can feel out how they feel about it. I hope this helps.

[humanoidhistory]

[stuff-my-smalls-like]

This took my breath away.

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

All things fade and are born anew

[dylan-groves-art]

For the children of Monarch being branded today...

We do not mean by this what you might think.

We are with you always.

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

And for all the children suffering today in ritual abuse, we know you might not be able to listen to this, but we play it with the hope that its vibrations will reach you no matter where you are in the Universe:

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

Parts of our shrine at Mama Oak, an oak tree we fell in love with.

We made the shrine for children who had been lost in Mk Ultra and other such horrors, but we'd also like to dedicate it to the tree itself, as she was recently cut down.

She was a friend to travellers and other such folk and she will not be forgotten.

[blackflameswithin13]

Kryžių kalnas (The Hill of Crosses), Northern Lithuania

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

May he be blessed always

For a little boy we were abused with when we were a teenager.

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

Hello there, I am interested but I have some questions and suggestions such as I do not believe that they are dead I mean they are dead here but can be found somewhere else and talk to them. So I agree with the idea as for now people dont know what actually happened. "Suicide" or "No foul-play suspected" cases, etc. If you want please write me back. Nice idea and I am supportive of it. Thank you! Peter

I am not entirely sure I am understanding what you're asking. Are you asking if you can honor people who others have said are dead or believe to be dead, but you know aren't or you're not sure? If so, that is definitely something this space can be for. A couple days ago, we ourselves made something for someone who may still be alive, but who is a member of multiple vulnerable populations, someone we'll probably never see again and someone whose life itself has involved a lot worth grieving. So all that's to say, there is room for ambiguity here.

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

In honor of Kirsa Jensen from New Zealand

Sept 7 1983. I am so sorry i could not stop them. I am grateful you used to come and see me in my dreams sweet girl. Till we meet again. Bless you love you forever. Xo (submitted by Brooke)

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

Putting the finishing touches on a grave for a bird. Musical inspirations for this project included Falling Snow by Agalloch

And I Am the Mountain by Stoned Jesus

[90377]

May God save this chapel by Jérémy RONDAN

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

I may not be a Christian, but I do not feel that this cemetery would be complete without a chapel.

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

Because humor is vital during the grieving process.

Text reads:

A portrait of a street [cat emoji] I once knew

Who never had much moral compass

Or very nice shoes

May his soul rest in peace

Living or dead

May his dreams be easy

No matter where

He lays his head

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

For all the children I knew and loved in Texas who were swallowed up by darkness. You will never be forgotten.

[dylan-groves-art]

The Tree of Life and Death

[through-the-cracks-we-grow]

This is the art piece we were working on when we became inspired to create this blog. I consider it this blog's foundation and hope that it brings healing to all who visit it. It may seem dark, but it is full of hope and opportunity.