There is no logical way to the discovery of elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance. ~ Albert Einstein Tonight, Dec. 9, is the third night of our global Solstice Sun-Wheel Prayer Circle, if you are counting down to Winter Solstice. … Read more
Established by the World Health Organization in 1988, World AIDS Day serves to focus global attention on the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Observance of this day provides an opportunity for governments, national AIDS programs, churches, community organizations and individuals to demonstrate the importance of the fight against HIV/AIDS. I have many beloved friends living with … Read more
This Turning, as I experience it, is like what poet Robinson Jeffers called “falling in love outward.” Our mission is not to escape from our world, or tune it out, or fix things by remote control, but to fall in love with our world. ~ Joanna Macy It is supposedly Black Friday, and we … Read more
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