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July 2015

July 10, 2015

*Ghosti: a Weird Word for Relationships

One of the things that we in ADF love is a good scholarly article. As...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

Thermodynamics and Meditation

I was asked to teach meditation at the Upper Midwest Druidic Conference this past weekend. It...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Toad Blessings

There was a toad in the garden today. It was invisible until it moved, and...

May 14, 2015

Wherein I Find a Chicken in the House and a Lesson to be Learned

There’s a chicken in my house. Staring at me from the living room. What The...

May 07, 2015

I am the next She-Hulk

I’ve heard people say pain is a great teacher. I suppose my question was always:...

May 01, 2015

Beltane Coloring Page

It's the time of year when herbs come into season. I've been harvesting chives, sorrel,...

April 2015

April 25, 2015

A Voice for the Earth

This is the speech I wrote to share at last weekend's Earth Day event in...

April 18, 2015

Love your Mother!

Check it out! The Rev. Melissa Hill shares her book list for how to be...

April 16, 2015

The Long Eye: Sight Meditation and the Future

“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told...

April 02, 2015

Breaking the Cycle: Demeter

If you’ve been pagan very long or interested in classical Greek literature at all you’ve...

April 02, 2015

The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree: Rhea

Last time I told the story of Gaia, the great grandmammy of the Greek Gods. ...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

The Gangster Earth Mother: Gaia

Most of us these days know the name Gaia from James Lovelock’s theory of the...

March 24, 2015

Freedom in Failure

For many years now I have done my annual offering ritual. I do it after...

March 20, 2015

Ostara Freebies!

For Ostara I decided to do a coloring page of Frigg, the wife of Odin...

March 17, 2015

What’s in a Name? The Power of Defining Meditation

Before we even begin to talk about meditation first we have to figure out what...

March 12, 2015

Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire

The smell of pine and juniper hangs in the air and my hands are covered...

March 10, 2015

Seven ways to live closer to the Earth

Seven ways to simplify your life and live closer to the earth.

March 06, 2015

Weaving a Tug of War Tradition of Spring

A Spring Equinox story and traditions inspired by the Baltic tribes of Northeastern Europe. This...

March 03, 2015

The Priest Path: What is this need to speak of dreams?

My friends and companions of a scientific bent mock the religiously minded as simple fools...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Finding the Tribe of the Outsiders: Black and White

Years ago I was given a vision. Sometimes, when I’m in a trance state I...

February 23, 2015

The Tribe of the Outsiders

I have spent some time reading about the race issues at the rather infamous Pantheacon....

February 13, 2015

Earth Mother Kickassery: A Tale of Hannahannas

So I'm going to let you all in on a little secret. I'm working on...

February 02, 2015

The Lion’s Roar: Druidic Meditation Part II

Winston Churchill said this before he began his work as Prime Minister of England during...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Druidic Meditation Techniques (Part 1):

Sometimes inspiration comes from funny places. I’ve had epiphanies driving in the car and powerful...

January 08, 2015

Meditating on Genderqueer and Tools for Healing

Transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, intersex, non-gendered, third gendered, gender-fluid.Read those words again. Let yourself feel how...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

Whistling in the Dark: Some Ideas Toward a Method of Trancework

Recently I had a interesting conversation with an ADF member about her new friendship with...

December 11, 2014

Black Lives Matter

I've shared this around the internet, but I wanted to share it here too. We...

December 02, 2014

In Which I Accidentally find a Shrine to Diana

Sometimes I have to work hard to do spirit work. I struggle and think and...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Crazy in a Good Way: The Dissociative state and Trancework

This is about controlling the dissociative state. This is about using our own psychology for...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Samhain Coloring Page for the Morrigan

I've been too busy to think, which is pretty normal this time of year. There's...