The Star Thrower from the story by Loren Eiseley Today, I am asking you to be a star thrower. If you get my newsletter, if you follow me on Facebook, or you talk with me occasionally, you know that for about a decade, I have been working with Jennifer McIntyre — a woman who came … Read more
This is an encore post from past years with a few pertinent updates. In the name of blessed Aphrodite, let us reclaim this day of love in the true spirit of celebration, honoring the divine gift of all love. All pleasure. Consensual unions only, of every kind. Warmest merriments and blessings to you! ~ Beth … Read more
Blessed Woman, come to me Woman of the Fires, Woman of Poetry Blessed Woman, come to me Woman of healing, Woman of skillful means. ~ Song to Brighid, from the Alexander Carmichael Carmina Gadelica as arranged by Lisa Thiel Today we celebrate the beautiful gifts of the saint and Divine One, Brighid. For many, many … Read more
The Breathing by Denise Levertov An absolute patience. Trees stand up to their knees in fog. The fog slowly flows uphill. White cobwebs, the grass leaning where deer have looked for apples. The woods from brook to where the top of the hill looks over the fog, send up not one bird. So absolute, it … Read more
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. ~ Haruki Murakami It’s a big deal when an independent bookstore survives these days. And when it is a niche bookstore, focused on all things esoteric and metaphysical, smack in the heart of the Bible … Read more
May you and yours be blessed. If you haven’t already, today is the day to light your final Advent candle. Thank you to all who joined us to make the 10th Anniversary of this ceremony the biggest, brightest, and best yet.
Brightener of Darkness, hail! Keeper of Clearness, Opener of the Depths. Gifts of plenty are arising, Winter wonders, white snows’ fall. Joyful be the heart within us, Open wide the guesting door, Wisdom waken in abundance, Warm our beings to the core. ~ Celtic Devotional: Daily Prayers and Blessings, by Caitlín Matthews Ring the bells … Read more
Deepest Dark Blessings to you and yours! It is the Eve of the Winter Solstice. This is the great celebration of Mother Night. As far as we know, our ancestors did not have atomic clocks or satellites to help them dissect Time to the nanosecond. Instead, they had to figure by their keen observation, by … Read more