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
June 21, 2018
A World Turned Upside Down: On Politics, Power, Gods, Judgment, and History
June 21, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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June 14, 2018
An Alchemy of Grief: On Sitting with Death and What Comes After
June 14, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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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
June 1, 2018
#FollowFriday: Shannon Barber, Michael Lux, and Anthony Rella
June 1, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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
May 30, 2018
A Handle on My Cup: Some Thoughts about Labels and Identity
May 30, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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In the wild, wild world of Paganism, polytheism, and magical practice, we spend an awful lot of time arguing about labels. Read more
May 24, 2018
An Alignment of Belief and Praxis
May 24, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
Even as we invoke the land, we contribute to its destruction. Read more
May 21, 2018
Somewhere I Don’t Belong: Intruding on Paradise, and Other Lessons from Hawai’i
May 21, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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
May 19, 2018
A Green and Pleasant Land: On Belonging, Spirits, and Place
May 19, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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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
May 16, 2018
A Presence Beneath Our Feet: An Anecdote on Communing with the Mountain
May 16, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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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
May 11, 2018
On the Perils and Necessity of Listening to the Land
May 11, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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It might take a while, but sooner or later, you should get a response… and that’s when the fun starts. And by “fun,” what I really mean is “hard work and unpleasantness.” Read more
May 9, 2018
Communing with the Land in the Age of the Slow Collapse
May 9, 2018 By Misha Magdalene
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Stepping away from the slow collapse into dystopia and ecological suicide may not avert disaster, but might help us survive it, which is the kind of enlightened self-interest I’d like to believe is inherent in Pagan and polytheist praxis. Read more
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