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April 2015

April 01, 2015

Small Revolutions in Urban Reclamation

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

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Pagan is Latin for Redneck

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

October 2014

October 03, 2014

Under the Pavement, The Forest

Imagine a forest underneath the pavement, waiting to come out....

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Can a human being be the spirit of a place?

I started out thinking of Marie Laveau as a kind of local spirit of New...

June 18, 2014

The Queen of Fair Elfland

Now, I think I could make a good case that New Orleans and Faerie are...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

Dionysos in a Paving Stone, Brighid in the Broken Glass

When we go to festivals and spiritual retreats in nature, what are we retreating from?...

April 23, 2014

Wishful Ducklings

There is something here, a notion of human beings living in community with nature; not...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

The Garments of the Gods

When a god in one city appears different in another, perhaps it is that they...

February 20, 2014

Creating a Place-Based Practice

On the second dark moon of January, a group of 9 gathered in my front...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Place in the City

The fantasy of the witch's cottage is romantic, but is largely a fiction: most of...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Words

Many Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving this week by gathering with loved ones to feast, and...

November 21, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Rot

Death and decay, forces that have concerned human-persons for millennia, are still actively propitiated in...

November 13, 2013

Urban Witchcraft : Spirit Roads

Is the urban environment a magical landscape? Traci thinks so. This week she shares her...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Returning To America : Place As Cultural Experience

This week Traci shares her thoughts on returning to America, and experiencing the culture and...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

London Calling: connecting with big cities

Cities can get a bad rap in modern paganism, especially in modern witchcraft. We idealize...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

The puzzle of the Mother of Modern Witchcraft — a village witch who lived in a tower block

Doreen Valiente was the Mother of Modern Witchcraft, a religion which deifies Nature - yet...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

The Sacred Springs of South West England

This week Traci writes about her visit to the Blood Spring and the Waters of...

June 03, 2013

Crossing the boundaries of urban and rural

A visit to Bath leaves Elinor considering her response to urban environments, and how the...

May 2013

May 06, 2013

Childhood, risk and ‘wild’ places

Western societies have a growing tendency to keep children safe by cocooning them away from...

March 2013

March 20, 2013

Finding place through the eyes of a child

Turns out, any green space is magical to a child.

February 2013

February 20, 2013

In love with the Gods of the city

Joshua Graham hates trees! --No, not really. But he loves the city. This month's guest...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

A space of no place

Last week I had the honour to conduct a handfasting in a Spiegeltent: it was...

January 24, 2013

The Work Of Our Hands: beauty, delight, and the sacred

The weather this week in Austin has been scrumptious! Glorious sunny, mild days that are...

January 17, 2013

A Place Within A Place: reconsidering what is sacred

In thinking of Places within Places, and finding deep connection in an urban environment, it...