Door 04 · Root · Program i

aether Goza Goza Mariposa.

Sacred burial land. Sanctuary for the kin who stay, and the kin we walked to the threshold.

25-acre target · Luna County· sanctuary in build· grief held in community· no kin buried alone

THE SANCTUARY · WHAT LIVES ON THE LAND

The held space. Three offerings. One ground.

Goza holds three offerings on one piece of land. Each accessible to any kin who carries the loss. No application. No qualification. No earning the right to grieve.

i.
OFFERING I · THE LAND THAT REMEMBERS

The Burial Grounds.

Sacred animal burial · ceremony chosen by kin

in buildsliding-scale · always

A section of the land set aside for animal burial. Each plot marked with a yellowhorn sapling, planted by the kin at the time of burial. Over time the land becomes a forest of remembrance.

WHAT IT IS

Hand-dug graves. Biodegradable shroud (cotton or muslin). No vault, no concrete, no chemicals. The kin stay as long as they need. Ceremony chosen by kin: prayer, music, silence, story, all of it, none of it.

WHO HOLDS IT

Esperanza (the other one, the herbalist) holds the ceremonial offerings. Daisy holds the threshold. The land holds the rest. Death-Work Ring members assist when families request additional support.

WHY IT MATTERS

Because most pets are disposed of clinically — incinerated in a queue, returned in a ceramic box, no relationship to the land. Goza puts the animal back in the ground that grew them. The forest of remembrance is the long answer to a wound the industry won't name.

COSTsliding-scale · Flower Fund covers gaps
STATUSland secured · permitting in progress
Reserve a burial→ Sponsor a tree
ii.
OFFERING II · COMMUNITY HELD GRIEF

The Grief Circles.

Monthly · open to any kin · no qualifications

in buildfree · always

A monthly gathering on the land. Held outdoors in the cottonwood grove when weather allows; in the adobe when it doesn't. No agenda. No facilitator monologue. Just kin sitting with their losses in the same circle. Two hours. Tea served slow.

WHAT IT IS

A circle of folding chairs. A pot of herbal tea (steeped by Esperanza). One candle for each person who brings a loss. Whatever you brought — a collar, a photo, a feather, your hands. Nothing required. Nothing extracted.

WHO HOLDS IT

Held by trained grief workers from the Death-Work Ring. Currently: Daisy + Esperanza + 2 visiting practitioners on rotation. Always at least one Spanish-speaking holder present. Always at least one kin who has walked this themselves.

WHY IT MATTERS

Because the death of an animal is often dismissed as "just a pet" by the wider culture, and the people grieving are left to carry it alone. Goza's circles are the room that says: this loss is real, and you do not have to carry it by yourself.

CADENCEmonthly · first Sunday
STATUScircles begin Q3 2026
Reserve a seat→ Train as a holder
iii.
OFFERING III · THE 25-ACRE SANCTUARY

The Land Itself.

25 acres · cottonwood + yellowhorn + sage

in acquisitionopen to walk

The 25-acre target itself. Currently a partial purchase, with the remainder in active fundraising. A high-desert parcel in Luna County with cottonwood riparian, native yellowhorn restoration zones (Protocol P-001), and quiet enough that you can hear the wind shift before it reaches you.

WHAT IT IS

High-desert grassland transitioning to cottonwood riparian along a seasonal arroyo. Native plant restoration zones. A small adobe in the northwest corner (the future ceremony hall). Walking paths kept clear. Otherwise: left alone.

WHO HOLDS IT

Held in trust by Yellowhorn Falls 501(c)(3). Stewardship rotated quarterly between Daisy, Archie, and a rotating Death-Work Ring member. The land holds itself — we just don't get in its way.

WHY IT MATTERS

Because most "sanctuary" land in the borderlands is owned by extractive interests waiting to flip it. Goza removes 25 acres from that market. Permanently. Into trust. For the work this land has always wanted to do.

ACQUIRED12 of 25 acres · phase 2 in fundraising
STATUSin trust · accepting capital
Fund the next acre→ Walk the land

SANCTUARY KEEPERS · DEATH-WORK PRACTITIONERS · LAND HOLDERS

If you do the slow work — there is ground for you here.

Goza grows through sanctuary keepers (long-term stewards of the land), Death-Work Ring practitioners (grief workers, end-of-life doulas, ceremonial vet kin), and land holders (kin who can fund or steward acres into the trust). The slow work is the real work. We need you slow.

i.

Witness, not production.

We do not measure your value by output. The work here is held in hours that don't close out cleanly. Your pace is honored. Your presence is enough.

ii.

Land into trust.

Any acreage donated, fundraised, or stewarded into Goza enters the 144-year covenant. It cannot be sold, developed, or extracted from. Land that has retired from the market.

iii.

Lineage protected.

Death-Work practitioners are part of the matriarchal lineage held in Root. Your name enters the archive. Your work joins the chain. The slow work passes through hands. Yours is one of them.

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aether. · 2026 · luna county, new mexico
a commons · curated by resonance · threshold-held