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We Need Your Support
Last night was our last night with my husband’s kids for we don’t know how long. We all went out to eat at T.G.I. Friday’s and ate spinach dip and ice cream sundaes until we were stuffed to bursting....
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Valuing the Spiritual Desert
Last night, I dreamed of trudging through a muffled, snowy suburban landscape — no plows, only fallen power-lines and blessed quiet. When I was little, a blizzard swept through the place where I...
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Deity Dumped
Photograph (CC) courtesy of Sandra Lara “She didn’t say it in so many words, but I got the distinct impression that she thought we should ‘see other people…’” My voice trailed away. Folks sitting...
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Dark Moon Waiting
Photo (CC) courtesy of James Jordan Three nights. Three nights of waiting, building power under the dark moon. I have done my preparation. I have cleared the space in the waning light. I have drawn the...
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Steampunk Druidry
I don’t believe in mere coincidence. The gears of chance and synchronicity move us all. So when Nimue Brown (blogger at Druid Life) shared her musings on Steampunk Druids on the very same day that our...
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It was a dark and stormy night…
This past weekend, I hit the halfway mark for NaNoWriMo‘s 50,000-word goal, and today (if I can meet my word count goal) I’ll break 30,000 words! So to celebrate, I thought I would share an excerpt...
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Light a Candle to Begin
This post originally appeared on the former Meadowsweet & Myrrh blog in January 2010. May you enjoy a blessed winter solstice, a merry Christmas, and a happy new year! for Carl McColman and all...
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Anatomy of a God
Theology is a tricky thing. It’s no coincidence that the history of religion is just as full of heretics and apostates as it is of saints and theologians. Sometimes, it’s almost impossible to tell...
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Biophilia: On Love and Nature
(Dedicated to P. Sufenas Virius Lupus, that he might better understand) Percy really wants to get in your pants.When you tell people that you love nature, you run the risk of being accused of one of...
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Invasives: Enemies or Allies?
In the late spring and early summer here in the Pacific Northwest, you’re bound to notice a certain delicate golden-blossomed plant growing along the roadsides. It leans out over the shoulders of...
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A Ritual to Greet the Land
If it’s seemed a bit quieter than usual around here, it’s because for the past few weeks now I’ve been involved in the wonderful work of teaching my first online class! Keystones of the Sacred Land is...
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Nature and the Awe of Childhood
Is there only one way to appreciate nature? In his recent blog post, John Halstead seems to say that there is. As he muses over his own children’s apparent distraction and lack of appreciation, he...
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The Pulse of Autumn
There must have been an autumn when I was a child… But those days I remember as being full of the smell of sharpened pencils and graphite shavings, the rustle of notebook pages, the glint of bent...
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In Praise of Boring Sex
The upstairs neighbors are at it again. The steady rocking that could at first have been mistaken for footsteps on the floor above has grown louder and more insistent, though even still it takes a...
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The Goddess, the Broom and the Barred Owl, Part 1
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | “I was made from the ninefold elements. From the roots of the earth I was made; from the bloom of the nettle; from water of the ninth wave.” As an...
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Gods Like Mountains, Gods Like Mist
The other day I was talking with Jeff about a recent post by Morpheus Ravenna on ritual theory for polytheists, and he said something so profound in its simplicity that it made me gasp in recognition....
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Daring to Dream: An Imbolc Family Adventure
The Lilly Family Fellowship, by amazing comic artist Joel Watson, creator of HijiNKS ENSUE It all started this past winter solstice when Jeff’s youngest daughter told us that she was going to be a...
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When the Frogs Begin to Sing
“As we enter the path of transformation, the most valuable thing we have working in our favor is our yearning.” ― Cynthia Bourgeault We hear the song long before we reach the pond itself ― the rolling,...
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Keystones of the Sacred Land: Free 12-Week eCourse
A few weeks ago, one of my students from the Keystones of the Sacred Land eCourse that I taught last summer sent me a link to a breathtaking video called “How Wolves Change Rivers.” What an awesome...
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Animist Blog Carnival: Wakeful World Book Club
Welcome to the May 2014 edition of the Animist Blog Carnival! For this month’s theme, the ABC hosts its first-ever virtual book club — exploring the work of renowned animist and Druid author, Emma...
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