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May 2013

May 03, 2013

Procession Photos and May Day

Niki posts pictures of the amazing Procession of the Species parade in Olympia, WA.

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Exploring Place Through Fiction

A story about a magic event may be true, or it may be True. Perhaps...

April 26, 2013

Procession of the Species

Niki prepares to participate in the Procession of the Species.

April 19, 2013

The body as a place

Niki ponders a brand new (to her) idea about our bodies being Places and Lands...

April 02, 2013

I’m a Pagan because of connection, and continuity and change

Sitting in a metal tube for nine hours is one of the most specifically human,...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

I like weather

On the cold mornings when we walk to preschool, my 4.5 yr old son insists...

March 12, 2013

Expanded awareness

I wrote a while back about sitting in one spot for an hour at a...

March 01, 2013

Make Magic of Your Life: wherever you are

Niki Whiting takes the concepts from T. Thorn Coyle's recent book, Make Magic of Your...

February 2013

February 15, 2013

How to be a tourist

What is it like to make your home in a "tourist" town?

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...

February 01, 2013

The problem of Imbolc

I've never felt all that connected to this spoke on the great wheel of seasonal...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Transitions

I find that when I first arrive in a place, it takes me days or...

January 18, 2013

Land as Lover

David Abram, in his amazing book The Spell of the Sensuous, talks about geography as...

January 15, 2013

Eaten by the Nothing

Glasgow sat in the same blanket of quiet I'd known from my childhood, but this...

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 08, 2013

Walking meditation

One of my key practices is the walking meditation. Usually, I just step outside and...

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 21, 2012

The beginning is nigh

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

December 18, 2012

Foraging connection

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

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...