Welcome to My High Priestess.
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Discover the histories, traditions, and symbols behind spiritual practices from around the world. We bring together thoughtful research, clear explanations, and a love of discovery to help you understand their origins and continuing significance.
Alongside our articles, our boutique offers candles, our own tarot decks, books, spiritual objects, and the personalized About You Compendium.
We’re here to encourage curiosity, deepen understanding, and bring meaning to what you discover.
We explore who shaped it, how it changed, and what it means within particular traditions. We distinguish documented history from spiritual interpretation and contemporary practice, with sources for further reading.
You’re welcome whether you’re encountering a subject for the first time or returning with deeper questions.
Substantial articles, historical features, illustrated explainers, and reference guides.
Bone, Shell & Object Divination
Some objects are counted. Some are read in relationship. Others are heated until they crack. Discover the different ways material things become part of divination.
Comparative overview · Various periods
Bone, Shell & Object Divination
Explore how bones and other objects become part of consultations grounded in ancestral relationships, with examples from KwaZulu-Natal and a historical Ngwaketse account.
Southern African bone casting · Historical and contemporary
Bone, Shell & Object Divination
Follow the cowrie through adornment, exchange and divination, including Yoruba merindinlogun, related Ifá traditions and a documented Candomblé set from the diaspora.
Yoruba merindinlogun · Historical and contemporary
Objects & materials
Candles, our own tarot decks, books and materials, spiritual objects, and the personalized About You Compendium.
Candles for the spaces and moments you make meaningful.
My High Priestess’s own tarot decks.
Objects and materials connected to personal discovery and spiritual practice.
Books and materials for reading, reflection, and further exploration.
A personalized book bringing individual symbolic perspectives together.
Discover the CompendiumA personalized volume
A personalized book, from your personal overview and explanations by topic to a synthesis and detailed reference appendix.
Future conversations
Future courses, studies, and events will offer another way to explore these subjects together.
