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August 2015

August 15, 2015

Speaking of Burning Mountains…

So, here I am in the midst of writing stories about a world aflame, and...

August 14, 2015

The Mountain Of Fire, A Parable

Once upon a time, a long time ago, in another dimension where whole worlds can...

August 13, 2015

The Most Important Issue Of Our Day

You may have seen a comic by Chainsaw Suit called All Things Considered. It's three...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Living Values in A Place

When we try to live according to our values, we cannot just do so in...

June 05, 2015

Bugs of Africa

Before the plane left Dar Es Salaam, a voice came over the P.A. to tell...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Anatomy of The Spirit of Place

I am a conscious being who lives and has experiences which affect me and shape...

May 20, 2015

On Place, Pagan Values, and Politicizing Paganism

These woods where I live have a spirit to them, a kind of consciousness, and...

May 19, 2015

So, This is Tanzania…

It's kind of amazing to think about the fact that we are standing on the...

May 18, 2015

Be Here Now

It's the day before hopping on a plane I am wound up tight as can...

May 01, 2015

Spiritual Sovereignty

My heart bleeds for the religious traditions that have been lost to the onslaught of...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Beltane On The Beach: An Enduring Maine Tradition

Despite the beauty of Popham Beach, Beltane On The Beach is at its core about...

April 22, 2015

Earth Day: A Moment to Celebrate

So it is on this Earth Day that I recall that early enthusiasm, with the...

April 14, 2015

Footprints in the Muck, Blind Spots, & Seeing Past the Light

Mud is a messy dialogue. It is the in-between state, the parley between earth &...

April 06, 2015

Developing a Daily Devotional Practice of Place

For many of us, there is no choice but to re-dream the magickal practices that...

April 01, 2015

Small Revolutions in Urban Reclamation

It’s a system that has died, been reborn, is on life support and is completely...

March 2015

March 24, 2015

The Problem with Subsistence Living

There are many of us who would like nothing more than to live a subsistence...

March 18, 2015

A Sense of Florida

It’s not all silliness and Florida Man har hars. Think drug cartels, murders for hire,...

March 17, 2015

On Snakes, Truth-Speakers, & St. Patrick

If we extend the metaphor further, then not only did St. Patrick (and by extension,...

March 16, 2015

You are a slave to your cultural norms

Last weekend the US entered Daylight Savings Time. This is always a moment of great...

March 09, 2015

Your Home Has Been Stolen

When I was growing up, the native people of the land where I lived were...

March 03, 2015

Elemental Ethos: Water

The metaphysical associations with water tend to be the realm of emotions and felt experience....

March 02, 2015

A Dark Place In My Heart

For several months now, I haven't been writing like I normally do. A long time...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

The Burning Heart of the Forest

The Burning Heart of the Forest will never die out: a photo essay

February 17, 2015

Pagan is Latin for Redneck

"Paganus" is an ancient term of otherness. It was disparaging, much like the "redneck" of...

February 03, 2015

Elemental Ethos: Air

It's snowing again today. The forecast calls for an additional 8-12" blanket to top off...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

The Science of Subjugation

Drilling into Nature's resisting holes: Francis Bacon and the rape of Nature.

January 20, 2015

Elemental Ethos: Earth

The local ecosystem is our home, our host. I have come to realize that, for...

January 16, 2015

Gods Under Glass

Why seeing gods in museums makes me a bit uncomfortable.

January 06, 2015

Elements of Nature

Here I am. I feel you on my skin. I feel your power, but rather...

December 2014

December 24, 2014

By Way Of Introduction

I look at all my friends in the sky, and to all the energies in...

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