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November 2012

November 11, 2012

Holidays and Hinduism

Diwali begins today. Well, in some communities. The major Lakshmi puja is observed the day...

November 08, 2012

Morning Practice

Every morning I escape from the family routine of breakfast, showers, dishes, getting dressed, stop...

October 2012

October 19, 2012

From Kali to Lakshmi

The first three days of Navratri have passed. Three days of making purification (via kala),...

August 2012

August 10, 2012

Crashing, and hard

I have had a long summer and I'm feeling frayed. I'm back from my last...

June 2012

June 11, 2012

Walk Like a God – a review

One of the blogs that inspired me to start my own is Rogue Priest, written...

May 2012

May 05, 2012

Silence

When I envisioned this blog project and thought up Place as a quarter I had...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Breath

Everything comes back to the breath. Everything. Meditation? It's about the breath. Trance? It's about...

April 27, 2012

Everything I need for this quarter I learned from Hinduism

On my last entry the ever insightful Niklas suggested I think about things in terms...

April 20, 2012

The newness isn’t really so new

New(ish) quarter, new altar, new practices, new challenges. I'll be honest: I don't feel up...

April 16, 2012

Recovery

Staycation 2012 was both a dud and an exercise in recovery. I did very little...

April 03, 2012

Moondays

I'm going to discuss Female Things, like fertility and menstruation, so if this is not...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Let’s talk about Practice

I was asked last week just what a practice of Place looks like. What does...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Vulernability

I know vulnerability doesn't relate specifically with Christianity. But it seems to be the theme...

February 28, 2012

Resolution

So I went to sutra study. I was able to read a few comments on...

February 27, 2012

Conflict

My lunch today was amazing. Like, really, really delicious. But the conversation was good too....

February 21, 2012

Lent comes early this year

...For me, at least. Today is Fat Tuesday. Not being culturally Catholic, I've never had...

February 09, 2012

Praying like a Pilgrim

I was hoping to have all of The Pilgrim's Tale, a Russian spiritual classic, read...

February 02, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part three

When I left off last time I was married, miserable and crying during prayers. (You...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part two

Thanks to my experienced readers I was reminded that the word for this type of...

January 14, 2012

A House Blessing

Friday, January 6th, was Theophany (according to the Eastern Orthodox Church) and Epiphany for the...

January 11, 2012

A quick check in

I haven’t meant to go so long between posts. We are in our house, but...

January 03, 2012

A New Year

I'm not much for New Year's parties or resolutions. Now that I have kids I...

December 2011

December 23, 2011

Beginning Thoughts from Cornwall

The 21st has come and gone. A new quarter begins. I stood at the sink...

December 16, 2011

A Goodbye

The boxes are packed. We came to Wales with twelve boxes, four suitcases, two cats...

December 13, 2011

Sing, Ye Choirs of Angels!

After worshiping the Dark Mother Kali at a full moon Hindu puja, it was rather...

December 05, 2011

A Trinity of Sorts

The concept of the triple soul came up in the comments of an earlier post....

November 2011

November 28, 2011

House Magic for Beginners – the post

There are many levels to magic. There's Big Magic: big in scope and aim and...

November 03, 2011

Ancestors

(Part three of three) The Samhain season is at last over for me. Four straight...

November 01, 2011

Samhain Ritual

(Part two of three) Imagine a damp, grey evening, the last of twilight taking leave...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

For the love of tarot

I have had a love of tarot for well over a decade. In college I...