PIERCING THE VEIL: All Hail The Rites Of Spring! By JILLIAN KRISTINA The Queen of the Underworld is crossing the threshold once again, marking the end of six months of decay, composting and growth – the necessary workings in the darkness before the light returns and...
PIERCING THE VEIL: Death, Renewal and “MOLOCH” By JILLIAN KRISTINA These are liminal times we’re living in. The ground that we once thought solid crumbles beneath our feet. Vaporized foundations reveal what’s really been dwelling in the collective...
PIERCING THE VEIL: “MOTHER OF FLIES” – Putrefaction, Reclamation And Slaying The Beast By JILLIAN KRISTINAMonsters are real. They take many forms and wear myriad faces. They breathe, they feed, they spread. They terrorize and pulverize. We can fight them....
PIERCING THE VEIL: RECKONING WITH THE VIRGO ECLIPSE WITH AISLINN CLARKE’S “FRÉWAKA” By JILLIAN KRISTINA Ireland, 1973. A wedding, a raucous dance floor. A mysterious procession arrives – men with straw hats concealing their faces. A goat draped with...
Piercing the Veil: Fatal Fractures and Finality in “BLACK SWAN” By JILLIAN KRISTINA Precision, poise, taking every direction. Disciplined, subdued, vying for perfection. Contorting to fit within a prison, not of our own creation – a caged bird, bursting at...