It’s time once again to join together every Sunday through Yule (or Christmas) for our annual Yule Prayer-Spell. Background If you have been a regular reader of mine in past years, you know that starting in late November, I invite all my visitors, regardless of path, to join together in a virtual prayer circle, or … Read more
Interested in having more conversations with Mother Earth? You can. In fact, you can spend a whole day personally dialoguing with Her in sacred space. Learn to use the Tarot in powerful new ways you may never have tried before. Join us a week from today as we Heal the Earth, Heal Ourselves. Details can … Read more
To all the young people who are struggling with their identities, and who feel alone, I suggest this YouTube project called, “It gets better.” It is up to all of us make damn sure that it does. Right here. Right now.
Happy Birth Day to Ganesha! While I do not forget that in America, it is the tragic anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and we will probably give way too much attention to the two-bit fools in Florida that want to burn the Qu’ran, I would rather focus my energy and attention today on something much … Read more
A huge thanks to dear Joanna Powell Colbert for sharing this video on her own site, earlier this week. In it, the wonderful eco-philosopher Joanna Macy describes the importance of this moment in human history. This is what I stand for in my life, and what I know that each of you reading this is … Read more
My morning started off pretty rough, being awakened by the cries of a fawn and so finding its tiny sister or brother dead by our creek. Then, as I wandered back to the house, I discovered that, despite hours of work putting up ugly chicken wire cages, some animal keeps coming in the night; last … Read more
Many thanks to my client and friend, C.J. in New York, for sharing this with me. It is from the Grandmothers Speak website. I know that you may be tired of constantly hearing about this depressing situation. Believe me, I am too, and wish with all my heart that it had never happened. But I … Read more
That’s the thing with magic. You’ve got to know it’s still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you. — Charles de Lint I have received this request from several well-respected Pagan and Witchcraft connections of mine, so I am passing it along here. I have done a little editing for brevity … Read more
I am sharing a timely message today from the beautiful book of meditations and exercises that is a part of my own daily practice, The Celtic Spirit, by Caitlín Matthews. So many people are mobilizing support and prayers — all focused on healing our hemorrhaging Mother Earth and Her dying children due to the BP … Read more
Blessed Are The Mothers In 1870, author, suffragist, and pacifist Julia Ward Howe campaigned for Mother’s Peace Day, the forerunner of Mother’s Day (which was also created thanks to the vision of a mother and daughter, both named Anna Jarvis). In her Mother’s Peace Day Proclamation, Howe, the author of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” … Read more