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May 2013

May 23, 2013

An Animist’s Take on Fiction: to view or not to view

This week Traci considers the image bank of fiction, how that repository impacts 'spirit' communication,...

May 16, 2013

Pagan Ireland: the Banshee {video}

This week Traci shares a short clip from Glenafooka: a documentary about Irish folklore and...

May 07, 2013

An unexpected way to meet a Goddess

It was a feeling of immediate recognition. When I spoke to the river in my...

May 02, 2013

Mí na Bealtaine! the Merry Month of May

It's Bealtaine--the beginning of summer! And Traci shares some Irish history and folklore associated with...

April 2013

April 11, 2013

Boots Across Ireland: Liosnabroc ringfort {video}

This week Traci introduces the first video of her new monthly feature, Boots Across Ireland....

March 2013

March 05, 2013

Appropriate Stories

How can someone from a dominant culture share the ways in which another culture has...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Sheep in my front garden: we’re not in Texas anymore

Traci shares a uniquely Irish experience: waking to find sheep breakfasting in her front garden!

February 21, 2013

What Place is This? Our spaceship among the stars

Traci explores the living organism we call home, and encourages us to think of Place...

February 19, 2013

Two peoples, one mountain, our tales (Part 2)

Last week I told a creation myth based on this Northern California mountain that comes...

February 14, 2013

Snakes in the Dark: beginning to remember

As we slide into the Chinese year of the snake, Traci imagines the connection between...

February 12, 2013

Two peoples, one mountain, our tales (Part 1)

I'm sure that you've heard of The Great Flood. It destroyed the Old World, and...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Oiche Fhéile Bhríde: The Eve of St. Brighid’s Feast

Tonight is, the eve of St. Brighid’s Feast, perhaps one of the most celebrated holidays...

January 10, 2013

What lurks at the bottom of your garden? {Yeats, faeries, and the Irish occult tradition}

Ireland is a land awash in folklore. Like waves crashing upon its shores, the stories...