Our people are a part of us, like our bones and our blood. Our people who are no longer with us in body are with us in the ways they have changed the world, and how their memories live in us. I see dead people when I look in the mirror or look at the work that I do. Right now, that's a good thing. Read more
“Death isn’t so bad once you get over the idea of it,” Aunt Geneva called out to me. Every Samhain, I relive that joy. Read more
In this season of Death, may you feel the love of your Ancestors around you. May you know how much you are their hopes and dreams made manifest. Read more
this [is a story] from Central Africa. I like this story because of the differences between Nzambi Mpungu and the Christian Jehovah, and the different reasons Spider and Prometheus have for stealing the heavenly fire. Read more
Winter Work is a particular course of study or area of focus for the dark season. It’s a way to root deep, learn, strengthen and grow so that we too emerge refreshed, rejuvenated and stronger in the spring time. Read more
It’s naïve to think economic expansion can continue to be a goal of government. Survival is the only goal that makes sense, survival with an eye toward economic and environmental justice. Read more
As the seasons pass we return to what we were, but each season of return we are also new. As the season ends again, and a new season, begins, it is a time to reflect on how we will approach this season anew. We are reborn. Read more
Think how much more powerful it would be with a group of people working together to honor the three faces of the Goddess during the shifting phases of the moon, and as a group who would partake of the high magic that would push them to a higher level of competency, love, and understanding in a world that needs it so very much. Read more
When she is Demeter she is the voice of anguish, grief, and rage. When she is Persephone, she is first innocence and then the powerful claiming of authority. As Hecate, she is implacable and unrelenting change. That one person can become each of these personas so deeply makes for compelling listening. Read more
God as a concept has a long history in Western philosophy, at least as far back as the ancient Greeks. But in order for the concept of god to be useful, you can’t have an anachronistic understanding of god...it is usually clear that someone like Aristotle was not a Christian, it’s easy to forget that Aristotle was also not a monotheist. Read more
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