Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

A Sense of Place

Home
Pagan

Sacred Spaces

Select a Category Africa Amazon Ancestors Animism Austin Boots Across Ireland Boston boundary crossing Bretagne Children Cities Community Connection Culture Detroit Druidry Earth Edinburgh Elements England Eskdalemuir Eugene experiential family Fiction Florida folklore France Glasgow Heathenry home how to build it Human Spaces imaginary landscapes Introduction Ireland Journeys Know your wild herbs Land Spirits London Maine memory lane Naturalizing Nature's Metaphors New York Poetry Remembering Ancestors Sacred Spaces San Francisco Scotland Seasons Seattle Tanzania Technology Texas the South Theory Top 10 traditions Travel Uncategorized United States video Water West Virginia Witchcraft Worlding

Select a Month August 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012

July 2013

July 16, 2013

People and Place

Do people make a place the way it is or does a place shape the...

July 12, 2013

How a valley in Scotland changed my theology

Something started to change fundamentally in my theology once I moved to Scotland. I often...

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 20, 2013

When the Sun Stands Still: Summer Solstice in Ireland

The light, gold, like the deep raw honey of summer, washes the front garden. The...

June 14, 2013

Being in nature

The knowledge crept up on me: that I love being in nature, find it soothing,...

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 17, 2013

Heading Out for a Festival

Niki heads off to Canada for a vacation and some sacred space.

May 16, 2013

Pagan Ireland: the Banshee {video}

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

May 06, 2013

Childhood, risk and ‘wild’ places

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

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Living on the ‘Roseline’ and other spiritual fantasies

Do 'spiritual fantasies' like the Roseline help us engage with place, or keep us separated...

March 2013

March 20, 2013

Finding place through the eyes of a child

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

March 08, 2013

Sacred Lands and Spiritual Landscapes

Niki looks ahead to Cherry Hill Seminary's conference on Sacred Lands and Spiritual Landscapes and...

March 04, 2013

Aliens on our own planet? What science fiction and space exploration can teach us about our sense of place.

We may often feel alien to ourselves and to the life around us - alienated...

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...

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 18, 2013

The importance of beauty

Beauty is a vitally important part of my relationship with place, and I think of...

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...

January 11, 2013

10 things to look forward to in 2013

Ten things I am looking forward to seeing/doing/experiencing in western Washington in 2013. Some will...

January 07, 2013

The land is made of stories

Even though the slog of January, February and March remains ahead, it feels like a...

January 01, 2013

Lessons from the river

The river is a place where Goddess teaches me about the flow of time, the...

December 2012

December 25, 2012

Sacred Space

We stepped gently into the shimmering circle, and sat in the pews in front of...