Writing
Erick DuPree’s blog explores the intersections of anthropology, literature, and material culture, illuminating how identity, ritual, and meaning take shape across time and tradition. Blending scholarship with storytelling, these essays invite readers to think critically and imaginatively about the cultural forces that shape both personal lives and collective experience.
Tasseography: insights at the bottom of a cup of tea
Tea-leaf reading, or tasseography, blends ritual, history, and material culture. From 19th-century fortune cups to modern mindfulness, this practice transforms an ordinary cup of tea into a mirror of possibility
Finding Light as Summer Fades
As summer fades and autumn arrives, the growing darkness invites reflection, stillness, and renewal. From myths of light to the gifts found in shadow, fall reminds us that darkness, too, carries treasures of healing, grace, and hope."