Top Pagan Blogs
Share the Top Pagan Blogs on
Driving Audhumla
When the wheel of the year turns and we roll past the shortest day, I always feel like I get a second wind. The long dark days of winter are hard for me, which is one of the reasons why,......
The last few pieces of the Dia de los Muertos altar need to be brought in, and the fading marigolds fed into the gaping maw of Kali Ma, also known as my compost bin. There's a definite chill in the......
I recently discovered a Facebook group called ``I grew up on Capitol Hill.'' That's the Seattle neighborhood where I spent my childhood. I wasn't all that surprised to see the group already has 500-plus members, for it was on the......
We're the coven that makes stuff
On thing that distinguishes my coven from some others is that we're always making things. It seems we are seldom closer than when we're gathered around the table sewing, decoupaging stuff, carving pumpkins, carving gourds or . . . .......
You know you're in Louisiana when . . . .
I didn't have all that much spare time on my quick trip to New Orleans. But I did have a rental car and a couple of free hours after I first arrived, and a few more the next morning before......
Two weeks ago I made a quick trip to New Orleans for the memorial for my friend John Dauns, who died in June. I was very honored that they asked me to speak at the event, which was held in......
PaganNews.com Featured Content.
Description: Evergreen perennial herb. Branched stems bear bunches of dark green narrow leaves. Cluster of star shaped flowers appear in summer. Uses: Use the green parts of the plant cut at flowering time and dried slowly. Used to poultice wounds and also given in a tea to stimulate mil... ...
Review: Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Millennium
Review of the book by Vivianne Crowley in our "Wicca" section ...
Frey is the god of the harvest, the planting, of all growing and cultivating. Frey teaches respect for the land. ...
Goddess of the River Boyne, mother of Angus mac Og by the Dagda. A magic hazel tree overhung a well belonging to Nechtan. The tree dropped nuts into the water imbuing it with great knowledge. When Boann approached the well, it burst forth in a great gush which overwhelmed...
Description: Perennial evergreen shrub that grows up to 2 ft. Branching stems and long narrow green fragrant leaves that are hairy and dotted with oil glands. In autumn grow whorls of small white, blue, pink or purple flowers. Uses: Leaves are used fresh at any time, flowering...
Review of the book by Allen Chester in our "Not found" section ...
Eye of the Storm
It's been awhile since I've updated my blog... well... I really don't have anything all that terribly interesting to say, expect perhaps maybe here are a few new images from my tarot collection.New images: The Moon, Three of Swords, The Page of Cups, The Devil ... and new versions of The...
"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities." ~Ayn RandI'm not usually into Ms. Rand, as she tends to be invoked fiercely...
From our day at the beach. A couple days later I opened up my laptop and this picture with the caption was set as the desktop. ...
Under the Starsby Storm FaerywolfDaring took me hand in handEvening fell as did my heartVeil lifted, oh such splendor!Imagination has not prepared meNever have I felt this way before.He looks deep within my eyes and soulUnderneath the dancing starsNight has claimed our hearts as oneTogether now within our kissEverything has...
This one I wrote while at Feri Camp during Thorn's and my class on creativity:Women of Song©2009 Storm FaerywolfThere is a meadow down belowwhere women sing a velvet tuneand dance within the golden sunand praise Diana of the moon.With lilting voices raised up highinto the open azure skya prayer is...
I remember reading, somewhere, a little statement about Sufism that really stuck with me, and I'd like to use it in the book I am writing, but I can't remember where I read it. :( I've used it (or at least the gist of it) several times as an example...
Letter from Hardscrabble Creek
Today marks the seventh anniversary of Letter from Hardscrabble Creek, originally the name I gave to a column that appeared in various long-gone Pagan zines.It all started with this....
The City Dionysia in Colorado Springs.
"Just when you thought you knew what Colorado Springs was all about," commented a poster on one of the Colorado Pagan email lists.It was the City Dionysia festival, complete with a performance of Euripides' The Bacchae.There is, of course, a Facebook page, where you can see some photos.I missed it...
Click over to Pagans for Archaeology, where Yvonne interviews Australian Pagan scholar David Waldron, author of Shock! The Black Dog of Bungay: A Study in Local Folklore, about dogs, folklore, and the Pagan revival.I think a key issue for me was that transmission of symbols, images and ideas from the...
Picts, Scots, Vikings, King Arthur--the Past is Still Much With Us
An interesting round-up of Scottish and Pictish-themed movies at Codex Celtica, as well as discussion of new pop-historical writing on King Arthur....
Mark Teppo on Magick and Fiction
I noticed this post about Mark Teppo and urban magick on Instapundit, linking to an Amazon blog item about his thoughts on the nature of magick.Like I said, the definition [of magick] is a bit slippery, and it might be a bit much to attribute to the writing of a...
I spent the last three days camping with friends up on the Arapaho National Forest.I have done a little deep-winter camping before, but never before on skis with a sled.I learned that my sleeping bag is not really warm enough for -18 F. (-27 C.) nights. Must remedy that.Even after...
Witchvox - RSS Feed - New Articles This Week
Sacred Space Conference [Caroline Kenner]
Sacred Space Conference 2010: Celebrating Twenty Years An illuminating light, a time of respectful sharing and thoughtful learning among various metaphysical traditions, spiritualities and esoteric religions: this has been the Sacred Space Conference for twenty years. With programming both broad and deep, Sacred Space is proudly eclectic and determinedly diverse....
March: An Awakening [CatDancing]
We're probably all familiar with the old saying about March coming “in like a lion and out like a lamb”. As I sit here writing this it still remains to be seen if that will hold true for us here in the east Kentucky mountains this year, although if the...
About Our Practice [Priestess Jean]
Each time our clergy receives a new inquiry from the public, we find that many of the same issues are raised... how is your religion different than the others? Why do you believe that the Goddess is real? What should I do to find genuine spirituality? And so, in this...
Daughters of the Witching Hill: In Search of Historical Cunning Folk [Mary Sharratt]
In 2002, I moved to East Lancashire in northern England—the rugged Pennine landscape that borders the West Yorkshire Dales. My study window looks out on Pendle Hill, famous throughout the world as the place where George Fox received the ecstatic vision that moved him to found the Quaker religion in...
A Pagan Physician’s Perspective the Ethics of Healthcare [Dragonstorm]
I was a doctor before I became a Pagan. Or maybe I should say before I KNEW I was a Pagan. In fact I grew up with a Christian upbringing. A beloved family member of mine, also a doctor, asked the question many years ago, “How can one not believe...
The Healing Power of Trees [Colin Bondi]
I love trees, I always have. I love the natural world but for some reason trees have always had a special meaning and a special power for me. The reverence and appreciation I feel for them can be intense and lately I’ve made it a daily practice to connect and...
FULL CIRCLE * Earthwise Networking, News & Notes
Happy the womanand happy she alone,She who can call today her own:She who, secure within, can say,Tomorrow do thy worst,for I have lived today.Be fair or foul or rain or shineThe joys I have possessed,in spite or fate, are mine.Not one of us upon the past has power,But what has...
This is why I read Twitter: Check out the CAT adoption page for some wonderful stories about cats who find their forever homes through this no kill shelter. (1) Their twitter site also offer great articles on cat health and well being, photos & bios on cats you can...
I have a crush on Neil deGrasse Tyson OR The Pluto Files
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyI admit it, I have a crush on Neil deGrasse Tyson. What can I say? I like funny, brainy guys with a flare for fashion, which explains why I married one. Here is Dr. Tyson on The...
Today I would like to share an article from Tree Hugger titled, Can Animals Foresee Natural Disasters? Excerpt: When officials from Haicheng, China, observed wildlife and livestock acting strangely in 1975, they decided to evacuate the city's 90 thousand residents. Only 10 percent of the city remained after...
Because sometimes we need to see puppies
Charles Schultz was right; happiness is a warm puppy.This is Sherman the Airedale babysitting some Scottie puppy friends. Enjoy.Rex the Blind Airedale: Meet Rex, another great dog. He is blind. Rex was left in the woods to die but was rescued by kind people. We met him at Doggie...
Appearance vs Reality in Canada's Care of the Wild
Over the course of my life I have seen too many places called "Deer Hollow" where developers have chased out all the deer by destroying their habitat. Don't get me started on places called "Green Meadows", "Mountain View" or worse yet, "Happy Acres".Today the Vancouver Sun notes in an article...
Blog o' Gnosis
Patrick McCollum’s Fight For Your Religious Rights
Patrick McCollum’s legal challenge against the State of California may sound like it just concerns the religious freedom of prisoners, but make no mistake: the outcome of his case will affect every one of us, and determine whether our Constitutional right to freedom of religion is conditional or absolute. There have...
2010 New Year’s Dream Resolutions
Yes, it’s time once again to post my New Year’s Dream Resolutions. Actually it is well past time to post them, and my handwritten notes from reading through last year’s dreams have been sitting on my desk for over a month, waiting for me to write them up. The one waking-life...
The ramp-up to this year’s huge PantheaCon event has been remarkably mellow for me. I have been working hard on it for days now, but blessedly without the usual high-pitched whine of anxiety in the background. I attribute it partly to the unheard-of luxury of having a partner who has...
This poem may not be finished—I have spent the evening taking it apart and putting it back together, and still have some tinkering to do around the edges. But what fun to have a new poem to share for Brigid! And to be writing poetry again. The stress of the...
5th Annual Brigid Poetry Festival
I had to go back to this post to find the earliest reference (Reya’s original blog post is lost in the mists) to the now annual Silent Poetry Reading in honor of Brigid (Saint or Goddess, as you prefer). And while the first invitation was for a single day’s blogging event, watching...
I have just spent an hour watching the excellent Rachel Maddow interview people about the public health disaster unfolding in Port au Prince. Once the visual shock of some of the images registered—the wounded lined up in the hallways and parking lots of barely functioning hospitals, the man lying on...
Owl's Wings
Please note that this blog has been moved (yes, all of it!).So if you still have links pointing here, PLEASE update yourBlogroll or widgets or other linking thingies, so thatyou are directing folks to my new home! To link directly to the blog part of my website,you can just...
Dearest friends and "followers!" Today is the day I've been eagerly looking forward to sharing with you! Thanks to the design genius and artfulness of Web-Goddess, Tarot creator, and beloved friend Joanna Powell Colbert, I am delighted to announce the launch of my new, beautiful, streamlined combination website...
Wishing You a Blessed Celtic New Year!
Sentinel © Michael CarrollI can see the lights in the distanceTrembling in the dark cloak of nightCandles and lanterns are dancing, dancingA waltz on All Souls Night. -- Loreena MckennittThe Wheel of Time turns, and we are now...
Blessings of Samhain - Blessings to the Witches
We honor this night the Dark Goddess, the Mysteries, the Blessed Dead, and the Mighty Ones of the Craft. I send my love and gratitude to all my teachers, elders, brothers and sisters who dance the Spiral Dance with me in spirit, if not in flesh, this night. And I...
In Remembrance - The Burning Times
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. -- Exodus 22:18On this day in 1985, the American House and Senate dropped the “Helms amendment,” which would have barred the IRS from granting tax-exempt status to groups that promote Witchcraft. And on this day in 1998, only eleven years ago, the...
Honoring The Cailleach at Samhain
Heart of the Cailleach by thefabulous Shakti Genaine There was a grove, immemorially inviolate, Hidden from the air above by interlacing branches ...There fell fountain-streams,There gloomy images of GodsStood guard, jutting, human-carven in tree-trunk shape... -- from De Bello Civilis by Lucan (39-65 C.E.)As we approach the crossroads of...
Chess, Goddess and Everything
In honor of International Women's Day, a practical exercise to relieve stress and achieve inner peace, and a lovely poem. (Image: Sacred Mantra Mandala - Tibetan Thangka Painting. Do you recognize the pattern? Think - Liubo...) From The Hindu Online Women: The Power Principle YOGACHARINI MAITREYI For all those women who find no...
42nd International Women's Chess Tournament
Belgrade, Servia March 3- 11, 2010 Unfortunately, FIDE saw fit to schedule the European Individual Chess Championships to overlap this venerable international tournament. When it began, Belgrade Tournament was one of the few tournaments in the world that provided an exclusive venue for female chessplayers, now in its 42nd year. Surely FIDE could show more...
2010 International Women's Day
This year International Women's Day will be celebrated on March 8, 2010. Some websites: International Women's Day 2010 Wikipedia Entry (very interest history) Women for Women - Join Me On The Bridge March 8, 2010 I love history - and I love chess. I'm not a good player, and until I retire and can...
Susan Polgar National Opens for Boys and Girls
The Fifth Annual SUSAN POLGAR NATIONAL OPEN FOR GIRLS and the Fourth Annual SUSAN POLGAR NATIONAL OPEN FOR BOYS have begun at the Carefree Resort & Villas in beautiful (and warm!!!) Carefree, Arizona. (Photo from Round 1). Some 300 boys and girls have assembled to compete in these open national...
9 Queens Action! Beginner Ladies' Chess Workshop March 7, 2010
Beginner Ladies Chess Workshop on March 7 Ladies- have you wanted to play chess but never learned? Used to play but now you don’t remember the rules? Come this Sunday, March 7th to the 9 Queens beginner chess academy at Bookmans on Grant and Campbell. From 2:00pm - 4:00 pm National...
It will be here before we know it - April 17, 2010! If you are within driving distance of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consider coming for the day. It's a very nice venue conveniently located in southeast Milwaukee (near the airport) and a great event, organized by the Southwest Chess Club. It's...
Pagan/Wiccan News
Weekly pagan podcast 'The Spiral Dance' celebrates its tenth anniversary
Every week, Brighton MA resident Hawthorne puts together a podcast for his eager pagan listeners....
Witchy 101: What Paganism is not
There's an idea in a lot of the non-Pagan world that Paganism is evil. We of the Community are here to point out that it's not-- it's just that it's like a cat talking to a dog: all the body language is wrong and intentions get misinterpreted....
Atlanta Pagan Marketplace of Ideas to be Held Mar. 27th in Lithia Springs
The Atlanta Pagan Volunteers are going to be hosting a "Marketplace of Ideas" gathering on March 27th, 2010....
Ways to find reliable Minneapolis area Wiccan teachers
There's only so much one can learn from reading books. This is especially true when learning to walk the Wiccan path....
Tons of water ice found on moon's north pole
Vast pockets of water ice numbering in the millions of tons have been discovered at the north pole of the moon, opening up another region of the lunar surface for potential exploration by astronauts and unmanned probes, NASA announced Monday....
Vodouisants Attacked in Haiti and other Pagan News of Note
Top Story: The Associated Press reports that a mob of Haitian Christians threw rocks and drove out a small group of Vodou practitioners who were trying to perform a ritual for the dead....
A Weblog for Our Mother God
By Minako Farshore Sweetest Raya, most Glorious Queen, Oh Mother, fount of Heavenly Life, Look on our sighing, on our tears, Regard our cries and end our strife. And heed us, reach Your arms to find, Your exiled children, draw us near Unto Yourself, to Your bless'd Heart, Oh Clement Love, our voices hear!...
Sucridi (Friday) Moura 14th (March 5th) is Med-Moura. It is the day when Moura disciplines are suspended and also the day of honoring mistresses, mothers and other closely-attached superiors. A day to show our gratitude for their care and guidance throughout the year. May you all have a happy and blessed...
The Drispeal, or Three Eternal Truths is a fundamental statement of faith that every devotee of Our Mother God should know. All-Girl Worlds reprints a very old article on the Drispeal that we recommend everyone to read. The Amazon history may be conjectural, but the statement of the Three Eternal Truths...
I just want to let you know how much I appreciate this website especially the Mary pages. I was born a Christian (Methodist) decided in my twenties that it ws all too male for me and studied many goddess religions and found that to be very satisfying for a long...
Rayati honored friends. I have just visited a "super social bookmark" sort of site where they discuss other sites that have caught their attention. They were having a discussion about this Chapel of Our Mother God. It all struck my inexperienced-in-these-places mind as rather odd; they all seem to be a particular...
Easter Egg Origin - the Great Dove
Is the easter egg origin of the world itself? We examine the ancient roots of this modern festive tradition in the sacred lore of Our Mother God....
Radical Goddess Thealogy
& THE 2010 Stupid AWARD GOES TO…
...THE STATE OF TEXAS! My deepest regrets to all my Texas friends! But really, dear ones, you need to spit-polish your politician-picking process. I should be able to drop the following story into the TOO WEIRD TO BE TRUE pot. Unfortunately, since it IS true, it...
The awesome and metacool Karen Tate (California Goddess minister, author, and radio host) has asked me to tell you that .... "....Voices of the Sacred Feminine Radio has been creating an archive of the brightest minds of our time for the last twenty months.... This is in response...
NEW BLOCKBUSTER Stars MOTHER GODDESS
In the new 3D blockbuster film Avatar, the good guys worship the Great Mother Goddess Eywa! Finally -- a film with some real religion in it. I know it’s late, but if you still haven’t zeroed in on that perfect holiday gift for that special...
Wishing YOU ALL A GODDESS-FILLED WINTER SOLSTICE!
A few Winter Solstice Goddesses:• Alcyone (Greek): Alcyone is the Kingfisher goddess. She nests every winter for two weeks, and while she does, the wild seas become calm and peaceful.• Ameratasu (Japan): In feudal Japan, worshippers celebrated the return of Ameratasu, the sun goddess, who slept in a cold, remote...
Keeping COMPANY WITH A GNAT’S EYEBROW
Lou Engle, a big YAJ* dude (Jehovah followers think he’s metacool), is actually telling Christians to martyr themselves in the name of anti-abortion. As in, “be willing to die” for the "cause." He’s also shouting about a 2nd American Civil War – Abortion-Rights dudes in the left...
CULTURE WARS: WHO Killed BABY JESUS?
Action star Mr. Chuck Norris says Obamacare woulda killed Baby Jesus. Shooting back from the hip, Washington Post writer M. Kessler says Christian-dude Chuck Norris woulda killed Mary even before she’d delivered Jesus. Afterall, Mary was an unwed mother. Before he’da let her give birth in...
Vampires, Witches, and Geeks
VWnG023 Episode 23: Interview with Dorothy Morrison, Part 1
Part 1 of a two-part interview with Dorothy Morrison, author of over a dozen non-fiction books on paganism and Wicca, and a novel, Lucinda’s Web. Outspoken and fun, Dorothy Morrison is the author of over a dozen non-fiction books on paganism and Wicca including Everyday Magic, The Craft: A Witch’s Book...
VWnG022 News and Announcements
News and announcements about vampires, witches, and geeks. This episode we have: Dacre Stoker’s book (www.audible.com) Vampire Anthology (www.Pretty-Scary.net) Twilight Reviews (www.cinemaknifefight.com - Click the link for November, Scroll down to the bottom to New Moon) Lilith’s Love (www.outofthecoffin.com, www.Liliths-love.com) This episode’s sponsor: www.flyingwitch.biz...
In this companion episode to Episode 21, Lynda Hilburn reads from Dark Harvest, the second book in her Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist series. This reading was recorded June 11, 2009. Lynda Hilburn’s material is copyright Lynda Hilburn. Podcast copyright 2009 Morven Westfield, but licensed under a Creative Commons license. See sidebar...
VWnG021 Interview with Lynda Hilburn
Interview with Lynda Hilburn, author of the Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist series which includes The Vampire Shrink and Dark Harvest. In her other reality, she makes her living as a licensed psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, professional psychic/tarot reader, university instructor and workshop presenter. Her first novel, “The Vampire Shrink” — which introduced us to...
VWnG020 News and Announcements
News and announcements about vampires, witches, and geeks. Web links for this episode: Smoke and Mirrors Magic Show - www.theatreofthenight.com ~~~ The Vampire Lestat Fan Club - www.vampirelestatfanclub.com ~~~ I Kissed a Vampire — www.ikissedavampire.com ~~~ Out of the Coffin Podcast - www.outofthecoffin.com ~~~ The Witches’ Almanac - www.thewitchesalmanac.com ~~~ WitchTalk -...
This is a companion to Episode 19, where I interviewed longtime vampire author Margaret Carter. Here she reads from her vampire romance, EMBRACING DARKNESS, which was published in the Silhouette Intimate Moments line. This reading was recorded May 9, 2009....
Witchvox - RSS Feed - News from the Nest 2009
Top Home-School Texts Dismiss Darwin, Evolution
Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons. Mule's precocious daughter Elizabeth excels at science and has been studying tarantulas since she was 5. But she watched Elizabeth's excitement turn to confusion when they...
Va. AG: Colleges Can't Ban Gay Discrimination
Virginia's attorney general is advising the state's public colleges to rescind policies that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Kenneth Cuccinelli says in a letter to college presidents and other officials that only the General Assembly can determine which classes of people are protected by state government nondiscrimination policies....
New Jersey Snow Sculpture Gets Frosty Reception
Police in the US state of New Jersey have ordered a family to cover up their snow sculpture of the famous nude Venus de Milo after a neighbour complained. Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow-woman with her son and daughter on her front lawn in Rahway following a snowstorm....
Double, Double Fun And Bubbles
Nobody's getting burned at the stake. No one's flying around the Benicia Clocktower on a broom. And there won't likely be a curse cast on anyone questioning the admission charge. Dispelling myths is one purpose of Saturday's 2nd Annual Witches' Ball sponsored by The Pagan Alliance. "It would be easier to put...
Straight From The Horse's Mane
A strange phenomenon has been sweeping through rural Britain, creating alarm in stables and meadows up and down the country. Small plaits are being found in the manes of horses. The plaits set the online forum of Horse and Hound magazine buzzing with speculation about who could have been out...
Guest Opinion: Wiccan Altar An Opportunity To Enlighten
If Dale Halferty, the Guthrie Center teacher who banned his student from creating a Wiccan altar in shop class, actually believes his own words, that "this witchcraft stuff... is terrible for our kids. It takes kids away from what they know, and leads them to a dark and violent life,"...
The Wild Hunt
Quick Note: Repent Amarillo, UUs, and the Pagans
The March edition of the CUUPS Bulletin talks with David Green, the consulting minister for the Amarillo UU Fellowship, in the wake of several stories on the Christian militant group Repent Amarillo. The Christian “soldier group” have targeted the fellowship on their “warfare map” for being a haven to Pagans,...
Halloran is Content and other Pagan News of Note
Top Story: New York City Councilman (and out Pagan) Dan Halloran, despite attending a Tea Party event looking for challengers to Congressman Gary Ackerman in November, and gaining some vocal grass-roots support, has decided to not run a new campaign so soon after gaining political office. “I’m flattered and grateful they...
Quick Notes: Iowa’s Anti-Pagan Teacher, Proselytism, and the Seventh Principle
Halferty Unrepentant: A few quick notes for you today, starting with an update on the high school industrial arts teacher in Iowa who has been put on temporary leave after telling a Wiccan student he couldn’t build an altar table in shop class. Teacher Dale Halferty of Guthrie Center High...
First They Came for the Swingers
A story in last week’s issue of the Texas Observer is drawing attention across the blogosphere to a militaristic Christian organization called Repent Amarillo who are dedicated to eliminating anything they deem anti-Christian through the use of intercessory prayer (aka “spiritual warfare”) and witnessing “soldier groups”. Their first successful...
Wiccan Altars in Shop Class and other Pagan News of Note
Top Story: A high school industrial arts teacher in Iowa has been put on temporary leave in the wake of a controversy concerning a student who was told to stop building a Wiccan altar in shop class. Dale Halferty of Guthrie Center High School claims he was simply enforcing the...
Quick Note: Halloran for Congress?
Even though Republican City Councilman Dan Halloran’s political career has just begun, the openly Pagan politician may be setting his sights higher in the near future. The Theodsman has apparently been wowing them at local Tea Party gatherings, and there’s a growing number who want him to challenge Congressman Gary...
Ana's Waters
I sit here watching the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Any holdover of an ancient ritual always fascinates me, even if they've added a rock concert and......
(Being a series of entries written almost entirely from The Met Hotel in Troy, Michigan.)Thursday, February 18th, 201010:58 AMAt home now, waiting for a ride from Rod and Liz.......
Between Valentine's Day and getting ready for ConVocation next weekend, this definitely won't be a long entry, but I did want to state a point on one particular topic.Once again......
After my ponderings in last week's entry about our failure to get anyone to participate in our Brídeog processional again this year and whether we needed to look for a new......
Honor Between the Gods and the Folk Goes Both Ways
Let me start by telling you a story from my mother's mother's mother youth, back when she lived in northern Italy. She lived in a farming community, and there hadn't been rain......
Bríd Is Coming, Are You Ready?
No new article this week, as I just returned from a three-day trip to my aunt's house in Maryland to spend time with my grandparents. With the Brídeog coming up next Saturday......
Peacock Dreams
Hello folks, I'm moving my blog to Wordpress. I'll still check LJ for other people's posts, but don't want to have to paste from one system to another over and over. You may now access my blog at Live Journal via an rss feed, if you wish. http://www.thorncoyle.com/musings/There's a new...
The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reason and analysis, but first of all by living. - Thomas MertonHow will we live today? What food will we eat, what conversations will we be drawn into, what words shall we choose, what actions...
Prose Poem for This DayLook to the sky this fine day and ask yourself, "What is important to me now?"The heart beating in your chest is lugubrious compared to that of the hummingbird, yet they are both beating hearts. You both are breathing. What miracle of connection lies in wait...
The CallingWhen you stand before the fireThere shall be no more weeping.The trees shall whisper and wind shall moan:Your fate is in your hands.What is the path of your choosing?How shall you walk this road?With spine that reaches, earth to skyAnd feet that tread surely.Drink now of the watersThat bring...
Here I am, trying to leave North Carolina (where it is starting to snow) and finally spoke with chaplain Patrick McCollum who tried to leave me a message yesterday. Big news folks: California is siding with religious extremists. We have a chance now to fight this if we choose. Make...
Love is the valley in which you wander. Every day, we choose to set our feet upon the path. Again. Every day we seek that which feeds us and find inside that which we can offer. Every day we have to recommit to our lives, our relationships, our work, and...
Medusa Coils
Read an Ebook Week: Reduced Price Code
March 7-13 is being observed as "Read an Ebook Week" and during this week, through Smashwords.com, I am offering 25% off the already low price of my ebook, Goddess Spirituality at the Crossroads and other columns , a collection of the 14 columns I wrote for The Beltane Papers. Among...
A look at some posts of interest from our blogroll and sometimes beyond:Maybe it was the snow, but we somehow missed participating in this year’s Fifth Annual Brigid Poetry Slam. To compensate, we would like to let you know about some posts with Brigid poems on other blogs (unless otherwise...
As you probably know, during the first two weeks of February, the U.S. Middle Atlantic states had two big snowstorms, the first leaving in some places totals of snow close to 3 feet and both qualifying in some point as blizzards (meaning high winds). During the height of the first...
As far as we know, all events we list are open functions; but some may be limited to women or to adults and some may require that you notify them that you plan to attend. Please check the websites for group policies. If no country is given, the event is...
Hebrew Priestess Training Institute Taking Applications
You may have seen me refer to the Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess) Training Institute in previous posts. This innovative organization is preparing Jewish women to be priestesses in "embodied, feminist spiritual leadership grounded in the sacred feminine and sacred earth."Founded and directed by Rabbi Jill Hammer, Ph.D., and folklorist Holly Taya...
February 15 is the deadline for presentation proposals for the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology's conference, "The Green Goddess: Ecofeminism and Women's Spirituality." The conference will be held April 23-25 in Bangor, PA, near the Delaware Water Gap and will include "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican," a...