I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul. ~ Jean Cocteau I am late posting, because we had a visit to the vet today with our sweetie Sierra. It looks like we are going to begin treating her for lymphoma. That’s the bad news. But the … Read more
Still catching up on my 30 Days of Thanksgiving practice for the month of November, here is Day Three, which would have been yesterday. And what was I most grateful for yesterday? I was grateful that our sweet baby, Sierra, was home after almost a week at the vet’s. Sierra is a rescue kitty (bonus gratitude to Independent … Read more
I am so proud of our Tarot community! One hundred of the best of the best have come together to create Tarot Aid, thanks to the efforts of my friends and colleagues, Laura Brown and Pamela Steele. Tarot Aid is a fundraiser for the American Red Cross emergency relief for victims of Superstorm Sandy. Here’s … Read more
If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama Join me today in the global celebration of the International Day of Peace, which this year spreads across the whole weekend (yes, just Imagine that!). Special activities and celebrations will take place all across the world over the 2012 … Read more
Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. ~ Charlie Chaplin, in ‘The Great Dictator’ We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly … Read more
The Cherry Hill Seminary family of students, faculty, staff and board leadership is deeply saddened by yesterday’s attack on the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. We express sincere condolences to all those who have lost loved ones, and to the wider Sikh community across our nation and the world. As Pagans, we are … Read more
Kuan Yin does not come hither; I do not go thither; the water is in the basin; the moon is in the heavens. When the water is clear, the moon appears; when the mirror is bright, the image emerges. ~ Su Tung-po (1037 – 1101 C.E.) There is no doubt that humanity is undergoing tremendous … Read more
In ancient times cats were worshiped as Gods; they have not forgotten this. ~ Terry Pratchett On this first Sunday of Summer, as our brothers and sisters in Egypt today celebrate their dramatic progress towards democracy, we welcome the glad and Summery energy of beautiful Bastet! Bastet (the name now preferred by most Egyptologists), is … Read more
As you may know by now, on weekends (except for Goddess Sundays), I like to step back and share the visions of other creators, artists, and agents of the awakening. This is from one of my very favorite visionaries, who is all three. On the threshold of deep change that many expect may be triggered … Read more