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Samhain is the time for mourning. Here are some prayers to help you mourn the deaths of some of the more difficult categories of ancestors, as well as a guide to building your own prayer for the heroic dead. Read more
Samhain is the time for mourning. Here are some prayers to help you mourn the deaths of some of the more difficult categories of ancestors, as well as a guide to building your own prayer for the heroic dead. Read more
For Pagans, the holiday season starts early, in October. Here's some handy suggestions for how to fit it all into your hectic schedule from secular to spiritual. Read more
Learn to make Corn Dollies as a great way to celebrate the harvest for the upcoming Autumn Equinox. Enjoy this great craft for all ages as the leaves start to fall and gardens fade. Read more
As I prepped for presenting my workshop last weekend, I decided to shape up my notes into an overview of what I will be talking about. In parts of this post I will reference what I would be asking the participants. Feel free to post in the comments section and I will get back to you with answers and resources if I can. As druids we honor the Earth Mother first in our rites because our founder, Issac Bonewits wanted... Read more
Here’s a list of the gardening, sustainability, and earth spirituality books I come back to time and time again: Homesteading Skills: Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Applehof Learn how to make stink-free compost in your apartment or small house. For realz! Four-Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman. The ultimate guide to season extension, this one is for the seasoned gardener that wants to take their space to the next level. The Garden Primer by Barbara Damrosch. This fine lady... Read more
Here’s the books I’ve read this last month, in the hopes that they may inspire or encourage you, Dear Reader, to read some neat books and talk about them. I list them in no particular order because it’s too much work to alphabetize them and I’m pretty sure none of you care. If you care about alphabetization of my book list, feel free to let me know and we can schedule a time for you to organize my books on... Read more
Rev. Melissa Hill updates on her own faith traditions response to the Charlottesville crisis and deconstructs the Golden Rule versus the Druidic virtue of Hospitality in Race Relations. Read more
I honor Heather Heyer as an ancestral hero. She died protesting Nazis Saturday night. Read more
So what have you been reading, Dear reader? Here’s what I’ve been working on, in no particular order, just as I happen to write about them. The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson This one is a fiction novel written by one of my new favorite authors. I have loved everything I’ve read of hers. It’s set in modern day Caribbean islands and is about this menopausal woman who begins to have magic finding powers. It’s not only so funny... Read more
The last segment in the July Blogging Series here at Pagan Patheos, Rev. Hill talks about her personal search for religious authenticity. Read more
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