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October 2013

October 29, 2013

The Busy Witch: Letting Go of Summer

For years, I’ve resisted the changing seasons and the coming cold; I moved to the...

June 2013

June 12, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Is There Really a Devil?

I think the Devil is a way of putting outside of us all the things...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Naturalistic Traditions: Were early agricultural peoples naturalistic?

Early humans depended upon nature for their very existence. However, nature religion does not equal...

May 17, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Summer Samhain Feels Both Wrong and Right

Memorial Day is a kind of summer Samhain, and it can feel so odd in...

May 03, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Taurus Season – A Celebration of the Sacred Body

It's May. It's Taurus season. The season for celebrating the element of Earth in its...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

The Busy Witch: Balance Within and Without?

With the coming Equinox, I am ready to shed my winter skin. Not only is...

March 08, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Pisces New Moon and the Ocean Contained

Monday, March 11 marks the Pisces New Moon. Then, there will be six planets in...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Naturalistic Traditions: Modern Cosmology

It is surely strange to begin a history of ancient naturalism with modern cosmology. Nevertheless,...

February 22, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Through the Desert, Home

The desert was beautiful. I loved looking at the texture of the mountains, the rocks,...

February 13, 2013

Astrology Book Review: The Moon’s Nodes

Borstein's insights into human relationships and the growing pains of the soul come straight from...

January 2013

January 02, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Innate Paganism

If you're like me, you get to the cold, dark, damp days and think, ‘Bloody...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things January

For places in the northern hemisphere with four seasons, winter has taken hold and the...

December 01, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things December

For places in the northern hemisphere, winter has arrived. Snow pricks your cheeks, and naked...

November 2012

November 03, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things November

What can a naturalist celebrate in November? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions,...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things October

What can a naturalist celebrate in October? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions, a...

September 04, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things September

Summer has waned, and those in a four-seasons climate are now moving into autumn. In...

August 2012

August 01, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things August

What can a naturalist celebrate in August? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions, a...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Pantheisticon: Sex, Gender, and the Green World

I’ve just finished transcribing the Pagan Spirit Gathering press conference from last month regarding Dianic...

July 23, 2012

Colorado Poets Slam Pat Robertson

July 20, 2012

Sacred Body, Sacred Earth

Victor Anderson, one of my beloved teachers, enjoined us to neither coddle nor punish weakness....

July 14, 2012

Pantheisticon: Walking (with apologies to Thoreau)

A couple of summers ago I took my Environmental Sociology students (all three of them—hey,...

July 08, 2012

Gateway Goddess: Poison Ivy Vengeance – A Trickster Teacher

Small farm girl, angry with her brothers. She knows how to get even. She gathers...

July 05, 2012

Pantheisticon: Some Post-Solstice Musings

I used to be very puzzled when Pagans referred to the solstices as “midsummer” and...

July 02, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things July

What can a naturalist celebrate in July? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions, a...

May 2012

May 27, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things June

What can a naturalist celebrate in June? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions, a...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things May

What can a naturalist celebrate in May? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions, a...

April 01, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things April

What can a naturalist celebrate in April? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions, a...

March 2012

March 07, 2012

The Shape and Nature of Energy

I recently discovered an article on radio waves that really got me thinking (Here is...

March 01, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things March

What can a naturalist celebrate in March? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions, a...

February 2012

February 14, 2012

What Was Lost: The Story of Spring

I only had a single moment with her father, but it was enough. When I...