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October 2020

October 21, 2020

Devotions in 8 10ths of a Mile

Devotions can be accomplished in front of an altar, a shrine, the rising sun, or...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

Irish, Celtic, and Indo-European Midsummer Lore

Timing While the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21st, Midsummer occurs around June 24th. The...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Right in Liminal Space

Many of us are self-isolating due to the COVID-19 crisis. This has given us a...

April 20, 2020

365 Days of Discovery – Conclusion

This post offers an alternate view on the death of the god Miach, as interpreted...

April 06, 2020

365 Days of Discovery – Part 1

An alternate view on the death of the god Miach, as interpreted from the lore.

March 2020

March 23, 2020

A Call to Miach, Part 1

A Call to Miach, Part 1 In my daily devotionals, I call to four healing...

February 2020

February 01, 2020

The Year of the Earth Mother

A new year and a new decade make this the Year of the Earth Mother.

November 2019

November 27, 2019

Time to Give Thanks

Giving Thanks In thinking back on giving thanks, I remember speaking to a Brahman friend...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

The Core Order of Ritual – Part 2

I have been fortunate in my travels to attend ADF rites on four continents and...

September 2019

September 29, 2019

Four Salutations of the Day, Reformed

Once upon a time, among the Reformed Druids of North America (RDNA), there was a practice...

September 07, 2019

The Core Order of Ritual – Part 1

The beauty of the Core Order is that it suggests an order, but other steps...

August 2019

August 12, 2019

Building a Devotional Practice with the Ancestors

What can the Ancestors bring to our lives and our practice? How do we build...

March 2019

March 05, 2019

The Weapons of the Irish Gods

"The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann" describes the four treasures in greater detail...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

Urban Earth Mother

Urban Earth Mother I discovered the Urban Earth Mother. She wasn't hiding. Heraclitus said "Nature...

February 16, 2019

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sky

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sky Working with High Days is a wonderful thing,...

January 2019

January 08, 2019

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sea

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sea, complete with description and an example devotional prayer....

November 2018

November 21, 2018

Building a Devotional Practice with the Land

When approaching the land as the object of a devotional practice, one should not focus...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

12 Steps Toward Decolonizing Irish American Paganism

Edit: I coincidentally was writing this the day my mom asked me not to wear a...

August 08, 2018

Symptoms of a Colonial Worldview In Your Paganism

Last post we opened the question of decolonization. I was going to put a bunch...

July 2018

July 26, 2018

Are You a Colonial or an Indigenous Cultured Witch?

Many people who claim to be drawn Celtic heritage have in fact internalized the colonizing...