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Hello and welcome to For the Wild podcast. I'm Ayane Young. Today I'm speaking with Dory Midnight.

You know, systems of domination rely on severing these connections, and the threat of violence and

obliteration and loss of connection, these people feeling really vulnerable and afraid, and that

in turn really, I think, becomes fertile ground for adopting toxic mimics of protection.

Dory Midnight practices intuitive healing, ways collaborative,

liberatory ritual spaces, makes potions, and writes liturgy, spells, prayers, and poems.

For over 20 years, Dory 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. Dory'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-read,

diasporic Judaism, and is in service to more love, more healing, and more freedom for everybody.

Raised on Tongva land, Los Angeles, Dory currently lives on unseated Pukumtuk Nimpuk land,

Western Massachusetts.

Oh, Dory, I am so gleeful and grateful to be sharing this time with you today.

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