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December 2012

December 31, 2012

Saying goodbye to home

As we make our way through the last day of 2012, though, I find myself...

December 27, 2012

Happy Festivities! now for light reading

Do you practice a nature religion? Does the land beneath your feet have its own...

December 25, 2012

Sacred Space

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

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 20, 2012

Traci’s Top 10: Tips For Cultivating Place In The City

My return to the U.S. last week felt disconcerting, but it's rarely a smooth transition....

December 18, 2012

Foraging connection

Foraging for food is not just for survivalists or dumpster divers hoping to save a...

December 17, 2012

Feeding the Sidhe

Back in 1998, before I moved to Scotland, I was a baby Witch living in...

December 14, 2012

What is Place anyway?

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

December 13, 2012

Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting connection

When our Place changes in ways we don't entirely like, in ways we feel an...

December 11, 2012

Connecting through language

While some magickal workers would argue that spirits are not limited by language barriers, my...

December 10, 2012

Letting my inner country girl out

I was born in South London (pronounced “Saaarf Laarndun”), in the area of Lewisham --...

December 07, 2012

Living by the Light

I grew up in a rain forest in the south eastern panhandle of Alaska. The...

December 06, 2012

Getting my feet wet

The sun peeked out from behind a grey veil, illuminating Bantry Bay in gold wash....

December 04, 2012

A journey through place

When I was 27, I moved to Israel. People would ask me why. I’d joke...

December 03, 2012

Whose land (spirit) is it, anyway?

Many of my North American Pagan friends drool over my easy access to ancient monuments,...