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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/243/2018/09/wand-athame-and-candles.jpg768404Over the past few days many of us have descended into our own personal hells, reliving our worst days over and over again. What is done is done and cannot be undone. We can only work to dismantle the patriarchy and oligarchy that invests unworthy men with power over the lives and bodies of women, people of color, the poor, and others they deem inferior.