spirituality — Writing

Essays, Articles & Musings

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These writings have been caught in the ladder of my throat for years. They have stumbled in obscurity, tumbled with insecurity, illuminated the path of curiosity for many creatives and now they are making light into this world as a way for me to define presence, criticality and engagement more holistically. Sharing is a lesson in generosity and truth-telling.

This is an assemblage of current and past work from the last fifteen years and is a glimpse into the microcosms of informal art spaces and institutional bodies across the Caribbean and further afield. The words, reflections, exposés and travelogues are portals to other ways of being, understanding and coming to terms with our post-colonial contexts, inherent messiness and transformation.

Catching Spirit: A Conversation with Healer Helen Klonaris

It is an honour to share this interview with writer, shaman, healer and my SiStar, Helen Klonaris. In "Catching Spirit," I sit at the feet of my elder as she shares on the uprising of ancestral technologies how to resource one's self through the dark night of the soul while sharing practices around trauma-healing and restoration/reparation. Helen opens her heart space and looks gently and candidly at the Caribbean's evolving social, developmental and spiritual ecosystems, expanding perspectives on how alternative healing methods and processes can innovate our strategies of thrival.

InterviewHolly BynoeOctober 14, 2021spirituality, shamanism, Helen Klonaris, Soul Healing wayComment

Mothering an Archipelago of Hope

Curator and spiritist Holly Bynoe reflects on the expansion of Obeah, a belief system of the Caribbean Black communities, and its relationship with women and their ancestral heritage to continue exercising care in the face of colonial extermination.

EssayHolly BynoeAugust 17, 2021obeah, spiritualityComment

Essays, Articles & Musings

Holly Bynoe is a curator, writer, researcher spiritualist and medicine woman from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently living between SVG and Scotland and is a PhD Candidate in Shared Island Stories at the University of St. Andrews.

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Essays, Articles & Musings

Holly Bynoe is a curator, writer, researcher spiritualist and medicine woman from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently living between SVG and Scotland and is a PhD Candidate in Shared Island Stories at the University of St. Andrews.

For general inquiries, please email pattreeproductions [at] gmail.com. To subscribe to my newsletter, sign up below.

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— Helen Klonaris, writer and healer

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