we're here to feel the magic

We're seekers of the Magic of the Ordinary

We're seekers of the Magic of the Ordinary. The ones who find the mundane otherwise enchanting. We seek the gratitude for every corn kernel, the wisdom of the trees, and the capacity of the depths of the oceans.

My name is Rachel Leibovich and I'm here to help each and every person rediscover the magic in each moment of life. To return to the wonders of childhood that sent me crawling through the dirt to look for frogs, sledding down snowy hills, and searching for the nearest body of water so that I could plunge into a different realm.

Over time our lives are impacted by restriction, convention, and fear. We become wounded by the oppressions of life, sometimes so much that we forget our own Magic, our own Power, and our own Agency.

I've spent the majority of my life fighting for justice. I've gotten degrees in feminist studies and environmental justice. I've fought my way to the top of state capitol buildings (and still do). I show up at city halls and shopping malls and protest the injustice of it all. 

And I got so, so tired. 

I know I'm not alone. This work comes from the passionate beating of hearts who can see the world differently. We see the ways that oppression and injustice have systemically shaped the world. Most importantly, we see ways to live another life.

We're fighting for justice, but our mission is much larger.

We're stewards of peace. Stewards of the After.

We're creating the world as we know it could be, breathing life into the world of peace while also working towards justice.

Welcome, to the New Earth.

We recognize the land we now live on has been colonized and cultivated by slavery.

Turtle Island is home to a multiplicity of Indigenous nations, cultures, peoples, traditions, languages, religions, spiritualities, foods, plants, animals, stones, minerals, rivers, lakes, and soils. The institutions of colonization, slavery, and capitalism have exploited the land and attempted genocide of its beings. As a diasporic people, we have within us the tensions of building community with land that is open to us through pathways of immense violence. There is so much joy in being a steward of land, but we must recognize the ways in which systemic oppression has made this so. The city of Madison, Wisconsin, where I am currently located, has been, is, and will be the ancestral lands of the Ho Chunk Nation. We are dedicated to striving further to be powerful allies to the Ho Chunk and all First Nations and Indigenous Peoples and protectors of this land, waters, and Earth in solidarity.

We also recognize that this land has been cultivated on the backs of enslaved persons brought here violently against their will. The legacies of institutional slavery still exist today and are furthered through systemic racism. As we repair relationship with land and each other, we must work against systems of anti-black and brownness that do violence against our community members. Especially in the Jewish community, we stand against Ashkenormativity and the white-supremacy that is seeded within it.