More thoughts on the U.S. election from Starhawk. This is only an excerpt. You can read the article in its entirety, including her powerful insights as a result of helping in the recovery efforts for the Katrina victims; just go here. Remember – in October, 2000, Al Gore had a double-digit lead. Please don’t take … Read more
Yesterday, I posted Part One of Starhawk‘s call for saving our civilization from the catastrophic effects of climate change, effects that are already upon us. In today’s final part, she offers “a few short, short, short lists to help get us thinking about what priorities we should push for…” Meltdown Strategies: A Few Short ListsPart … Read more
The Star Throwerfrom the story by Loren Eiseley I awoke early, as I often did, just before sunrise to walk by the ocean’s edge and greet the new day. As I moved through the misty dawn, I focused on a faint, far away motion. I saw a youth, bending and reaching and flailing arms, dancing … Read more
This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning “My country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim’s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!— Dr. Martin Luther … Read more
Today – an important message from my friend, Reclaiming/Feri Priestess, Oak: The slogan for this year’s Olympics is “One World, One Dream.” A perfect slogan, a perfect spell for us to invoke. The Olympics seize our imagination, in that they are a direct tie to the old Gods. The Olympics are also a coming together … Read more
Tonight, we complete our advent magical working (unless you prefer to light your Center candle on Christmas.) For those of us who prefer to work with the energy of the Moon, this night’s Full Moon in Cancer is an incredibly powerful time. Not only is Cancer ruled by the Moon, so it is in its … Read more
Groundless hope, like unconditional love, is probably the only kind that counts. — John Perry Barlow A BRIEF FOR THE DEFENSEby Jack Gilbert Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils. But we enjoy our lives because that’s what God wants. Otherwise the … Read more
Lethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom. -~Aretaeus This night, having made the preparations I described last week, we begin our spell for the return of the Light. It is based on the Christian practice of lighting candles around an Advent … Read more
KING ARTHUR IN AVALON Sara Hammond Palfrey (1823-1914)King Arthur sailed along a sea unknown.Met him the misty Night, and drew him inUnto the cherishing shelter of her breast.He glided onward toward the land of rest.In his parched throat, his burning thirst was drownedBy draughts of coolness, brought by hands unseen. Upon his long-lost mother’s lap, … Read more