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August 2015

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...

March 2015

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...

December 2014

December 12, 2014

What Watches As We Laugh?

To think of land spirits as only passive victims of our rage and human endeavors...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

When the heather blooms: the end of summer

I do my best to appreciate the land as it is, today, through all of...

August 2014

August 04, 2014

When water is cut off: from Cochabamba to Detroit, by way of my bathroom

We all need water, but we are not all in control of our water supply.

June 2014

June 23, 2014

The power of the song thrush: life, death and the feast of St. John

The Jug of Punch, the song thrush, the summer solstice, the feast of St. John,...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

On the Hearth and the Un-Hearthed

It saddens–no, enrages me–that so many people do not have homes. From what I’ve learned...

January 17, 2014

Display, Filter, Conceal

Losing my camera on pilgrimage helped me remember to see.

January 10, 2014

The Liberation of the Earth

Many of the ancestors of Modern Paganism were anti-Capitalists, and the reason for this is...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

Capitalism and the Spirit of Place

When we decide to move from one place to another, to leave a city for...

November 2013

November 12, 2013

Sharing Your Home

For some Pagans, the first thing to do before moving into a new home or...

November 07, 2013

The Texas Cool Season: when life rejoices!

As most of pagandom welcomes the dark, cold time of winter, Traci relishes the blessed...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Oiche na Sprideanna Approaches

As the Irish festival of Samhain approaches, Traci shares some little known lore about this...

October 14, 2013

Getting clear about my place: the uses of withdrawal

The body, sex and pleasure are all sacred, and it is vital not to exclude...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Stories of Gods and mortals: myth and Pagan practice

The Gods of Pagan mythologies are involved not in an elaborate theology, but in an...

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...

May 2013

May 14, 2013

Writing fiction as a spiritual practice

For the last two weeks I've been writing about how reading fiction affects my sense...

April 2013

April 05, 2013

A new season

Spring makes Niki want to get out of the house and move!

March 2013

March 15, 2013

My spiritual map

Niki draws a silly map of her 'sacred landscape.'

March 11, 2013

Knowing our places, inside and out

T. Thorn Coyle's book "Make Magic of Your Life" focuses on desire and making desires...

March 08, 2013

Sacred Lands and Spiritual Landscapes

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

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 18, 2013

The importance of beauty

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

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Waiting for spring

I've gotten out and about a little bit more in the last two weeks than...

January 16, 2013

The Challenge of Place

Through the challenge of accepting what is here and now, I no longer cloud my...

January 04, 2013

Finding the magic

Even though I've been in Olympia for a year I feel as though I've hardly...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

5 ways to know you’re in Britain at Yule

This week, I'm focusing on a national and very human sense of place -- Britain...

December 21, 2012

The beginning is nigh

I doubt anyone will be surprised that I don't believe in the End of the...

December 14, 2012

What is Place anyway?

Place may seem like a strange choice for a religion blog. There’s no religion called...