- I am committed to mutual cultural respect and accountability. We must hold respect for the traditions that we are not a part of and hold respect for those traditions that are shared with us. We must distinguish between the practices that are shared freely with us and those that are not ours to take. I will speak out against cultural exploitation and appropriation where I see it.
- We must dismantle the systems of exploitation, racism, antiqueerness, transphobia, and ableism in our communities. In the context of my writing here, this means challenging racist norms and spiritual ideas, gender binarism, ableist ideas about our spiritual bodies and ability to participate in culture and ritual, and other ways that exploitation and bigotry assert themselves in our lives.
- I denounce capitalism’s grip on spirituality. My practice does not require a shopping cart. I work to incorporate old over new, longevity over trendiness, local over imported. The pebbles in your backyard are more holy than the shiniest, clearest emerald from an international child labor mine. The juniper grown by your own hand is a more sacred cleanser than any bulk-packaged, endangered sage.
- This site will never contain AI-generated content. All text is written by myself unless otherwise indicated, and never by AI; all images used are either created or photographed by myself or someone whose work I have obtained permission to use, or otherwise cited as necessary. If you ever have reason to believe that something on this website was produced by AI, please contact me directly at rabbitsouth [at] proton.me so that I can verify its provenance. This stance is both moral and spiritual.
- I am committed to speaking with others in the spirit of curiosity and openness, not criticism and punishment. Not one of us is perfect in word or deed. I will not assume deliberate malice unless I have reason. This does not mean that there are not opportunities for us to educate and assist each other, or that I have endless patience for the missteps of strangers, but I believe it is imperative that we keep good faith with each other in our relationships.
As all similar lists, this will never be complete and all-encompassing.