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How you envision birth at the deepest level

December 27, 2012 By Guest Contributor 1 Comment

By Julianne Davidson Birth art can help you understand how you envision birth at the deepest level. This exploration is like stepping into an ancient archetypal force and journey of self discovery. The actual process of creating birth art requires one to partake in the process of visualizing their birth. Consciously thinking about and imagining your birth aligns your goals, may set fears at bay and help you to understand true feelings about birth. Birth art can be meditative, relaxing, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: birth, pregnancy Tagged With: birth, birth art, mandalas, meditation, Pagan, Paganism, pregnancy 1 Comment

Wednesday Wisdom: Sacred Space

December 19, 2012 By Sarah Whedon Leave a Comment

A weekly Wednesday Wisdom post with two or three profound or beautiful thoughts on a theme related to Paganism and childbearing. An invitation to meditate or just to pause a moment and consider. "During pregnancy, we have the opportunity to deeply explore the concept of the body being the physical temple that houses the spirit." -- Arin Murphy-Hiscock, Pagan Pregnancy: A Spiritual Journey From Maiden To Mother "If we believe that birth is a powerful, sacred event that has … [Read more...]

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Dar a luz on Solstice

December 17, 2012 By Sarah Whedon Leave a Comment

It's Solstice week, and I'm scheduling this post in advance because when it publishes I'll be headed to the airport to join friends and family for some solemn candle lighting, joyous feasting, and more than a little tearing open of presents by the children. When we light the Solstice candles, and tell the story of the Mother goddess pushing out from her swollen body the brightness of the new baby Sun, I'll be thinking of those of you divinely human mamas who are getting ready to dar a … [Read more...]

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Holidays After Loss: Spirit Babies Ceremony

December 13, 2012 By Guest Contributor 5 Comments

Editor's Note: The Amethyst Network, a miscarriage support organization, is launching a new blog circle series: As part of our efforts at sharing stories and creating healing circles, we are launching blog circles here at TAN. Each month we will post a brief message introducing the theme for the month, and inviting you to participate in the circle. All you need to do is put your name and link into the Mr Linky widget at the end of this post, and your blog post can be included in the circle. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: birth, pregnancy Tagged With: abortion, miscarriage, Pagan, Paganism, pregnancy loss, ritual, Silverwing, spirit babies, stillbirth 5 Comments

Guardian of the Womb

November 20, 2012 By Guest Contributor 4 Comments

By Molly Sometimes for me the Goddess is a symbol—of my own personal power, of Nature, and of women’s strength and value. Sometimes, like during the death/birth of my third son, She is a literal presence in my life. In November 2009, my third son died during my second trimester of pregnancy. My birth-miscarriage experience with him was a powerful and transforming experience and I was left with a sense of openness to change. A receptivity to larger forces and powers in the world. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: birth, pregnancy Tagged With: Anput, Carol Christ, Goddess, miscarriage, miscarriage-birth, Molly, mysticism, Pagan, Paganism 4 Comments

There is a crack in everything

November 15, 2012 By Sarah Whedon 3 Comments

"I have always believed in the need to acknowledge life's darkness in order to fully experience love-magic. This has never been so clear to me as now, after the birth of my baby girl." -Francesca Lia Block in Guarding the Moon Recently on the Pagan Families Facebook page there's been a lot of talk of miscarriage, stillbirth, and other often deeply challenging and painful experiences related to pregnancy and loss. It seems that one of the hardest things about experiencing such a painful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: birth, infertility, poetry, pregnancy Tagged With: abortion, abuse, Guarding the Moon, Leonard Cohen, miscarriage, Pagan, Paganism, pregnancy loss, stillbirth, tubal ligation 3 Comments

From the editor’s desk: Samhain

October 29, 2012 By Sarah Whedon Leave a Comment

‎Let yourself love and be loved by your Ancestors, your Mighty Dead, your Beloved Dead, the Newborns and all other beings in your life, for that is how all souls can indeed be blessed. -Elinor Predota Halloween, Samhain, and Dia de Los Muertos are all marked on my calendar for this week. And all around the Internet, Witches and Pagans are making ready to celebrate this time when the veil grows thin. Many of us honor our ancestors and beloved dead now. In addition to death there's also … [Read more...]

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30 days of peace

July 23, 2012 By Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

By Janet Callahan Not every pregnancy goes according to plan. After 5 years of on-again, off-again fertility treatments, my son came crashing into the world by emergency c-section at 27 weeks and a day, weighing only a pound and seven ounces, thanks to pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. With that kind of delivery, there isn’t time for setting the mood – no candles, no soft music, no labyrinth or birthing tub….just panic. The spiritual side of that sort of birth defaults to praying, … [Read more...]

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A big week at Pagan Families

May 31, 2012 By Sarah Whedon Leave a Comment

I totally missed that Pagan Families turned one year old last weekend. I have a really good excuse, though. I was celebrating my daughter turning one week old. While she sleeps on my lap I'm taking the opportunity to celebrate the first year of this website, and to fill you in on some other exciting news. On May 26, 2011 I announced that Pagan Families: Resources for Pagan Pregnancy and Birth was born. In the past year I've been blessed to be able to publish the writing of some really … [Read more...]

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Book Review: Pagan Pregnancy

April 24, 2012 By Sarah Whedon 2 Comments

It is important to think of pregnancy as a process, not a condition... pregnancy changes you and your life on a deep level. - Arin Murphy-Hiscock I am aware of exactly one book available for purchase right now specifically on the topic of Paganism and pregnancy. Arin Murphy-Hiscock wrote Pagan Pregnancy: A Spiritual Journey from Maiden to Mother years ago, and the book was finally released as an ebook just a few months ago. As soon as I saw the news I enthusiastically set to work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: birth, pregnancy, review Tagged With: Arin Murphy-Hiscock, birth, energy work, Goddess, magic, natural childbirth, pain, pregnancy, responsible spirituality, review, ritual, triple goddess 2 Comments

How you envision birth at the deepest level

Wednesday Wisdom: Sacred Space

Dar a luz on Solstice

Holidays After Loss: Spirit Babies Ceremony

Guardian of the Womb

There is a crack in everything

From the editor’s desk: Samhain

30 days of peace

A big week at Pagan Families

Book Review: Pagan Pregnancy

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