In this cycle, we’ll enter the realm of the mythical, the uncanny, and the powerful. The supernatural is far more than fodder for entertaining fiction: it’s an enduring means of storytelling and metaphor, of bringing our attention to an incredible and confusing reality. To confront the supernatural — or invite it into our lives — is to welcome opportunities for personal introspection, enlivened relationship with the beings who surround us, and liberation from the old stories that tell us to fear the magic that surrounds us.

Throughout the Dying Grass Moon cycle, we turn towards the imaginary, convenient place of Away. There we throw our trash, there we send our recycling, there we flush our water. As the seasons change, we put the things, clothes, appliances away that we do not use anymore, or cannot find a way to repair, or repurpose. 

Sometimes, away is our basement, sometimes — a landfill outside the city. But it’s never non-existent on a map. Laws of time apply to it, too. 

Provisioning invites us to engage long-storied and ongoing practices of preparing for what’s to come by tending to what we have now. In the presence of perishable plenty and beneath the glow of the Corn Moon, we ask: What will we keep, share, store, or transform? 

This cycle explores how we sort the literal and metaphorical abundance of our lives, making choices about what to preserve, what to offer, and how to carry it forward. We’ll reflect on practical skills like storing food, sharing surplus, and crafting the right containers, while also honoring the deeper discernments around generosity, sufficiency, and what it takes to provision for collective care and entangled liberation.

As we lean into the search for simple pleasure all around us, we may find within ourselves the ability to identify the essence of pleasure entangled in all of our human experiences.