Outside the Charmed Circle
We all have agendas, because we all have worlds in which we want to live, and we all exert what power we have to bring those worlds into being. Read more
We all have agendas, because we all have worlds in which we want to live, and we all exert what power we have to bring those worlds into being. Read more
You have the right and the responsibility to say, "This is what I'm working on, and this is as much as I can do right now." Read more
I can tell someone why they should care, but I can't make them care. At this point, I'm left with pleading: please, please care. Read more
How many of us in 21st century America have spent time with the dying, held their hands, given their medicines, cleaned their bodies? How many of us have actually seen what death looks like? Read more
I come away from their writing feeling like I've just had my brain sand-blasted and power-rinsed, and like I need to seriously step up my game. Read more
In the wild, wild world of Paganism, polytheism, and magical practice, we spend an awful lot of time arguing about labels. Read more
Even as we invoke the land, we contribute to its destruction. Read more
I was welcome to visit, respectfully, and to contribute to the local economy, especially with the native Hawai'ians. And then, at the end of my scheduled stay, I was welcome to go home. Read more
For literally the first time in my life, I felt seen and known by the land, right down to my bones. I felt like I belonged there, physically, as much a part of the landscape as the soil itself. Read more
I remember my promise to the mountain, and I am reminded that the spirits of the land—the spirits-of-place—are far, far greater than we are comfortable with. Read more
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