I wash my face
In the nine rays of the Sun,
As a goddess might bathe her child
In the rich fermented milk.
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Guided Meditation For The Warrior Path
In a discussion with a local group of pagan warriors, we realized that we needed something to open up our training sessions. This is something that I’m still working on, but hopefully others will find it useful as well.
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Liminal Gods
I read a blog the other day about primal Gods that grabbed my attention and has had me thinking ever since. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything else that simultaneously made me feel so in agreement and also wanting to argue counterpoints. Maybe that’s how it should be, as we each connect to these older natural forces in our own ways. It’s uncomfortable for me to talk about them, especially here, because they are so personal, representing an intimate connection to the liminal place between the living green world and the timeless Otherworld.
Tumbled Dreams: April 06 – April 12, 2013
What are “Tumbled Dreams”? These are the posts I made to my tumblr during the week because I felt they did not warrant a separate post on this blog. However, these “interstitials” often explain some of the backstory to the larger dream posts. For those readers that only read Three Different Ways, they may help explain some of the characters and sudden changes in plot and direction.
8,076 words and one image.
Why I am a Syncretic Gaelic-Heathen Pagan
Patheos has been doing a blog challenge, asking people to answer the question of why they follow the path they follow in 200 words. This is my answer:
I am a syncretic Gaelic-Heathen pagan because I(…)
Yarrow Charms
Yarrow is probably one of my favorite herbs to work with, magically. Lady Wilde tells us that it is an excellent magic herb and was sown into clothing (Wilde, 1991). She also mentions an Irish folk charm where ten yarrow leaves(…)
Celtic from the West 2: Rethinking the Bronze Age and the Arrival of Indo-European in Atlantic Europe
Editors: John T. Koch and Barry Cunliffe
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Copyrighted: 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84217-529-3
Synopsis:
Europe’s Atlantic façade has long been treated as marginal to the formation of the European(…)
Full Tilt
One would think I could at least get a little light from the moon I mutter to myself as I walk down the dark road. Not even a damn street light. “That’s never bothered you before” comes a voice from the shadows. I roll my eyes and retort that(…)
Tumbled Dreams: March 30 – April 05, 2013
What are “Tumbled Dreams”? These are the posts I made to my tumblr during the week because I felt they did not warrant a separate post on this blog. However, these “interstitials” often explain some of the backstory to the larger dream posts. For those readers that only read Three Different Ways, they may help explain some of the characters and sudden changes in plot and direction.
11,721 words. It’s been a week.
Book Review – Druidry and the Ancestors
I recently read Nimue Brown’s book Druidry and the Ancestors: finding our place in our own history. I was intrigued by the book’s title but approached reading it with some trepidation as I have felt ambivalent about the work of other(…)