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2018-07-12T12:51:31-08:00

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The Agenda I’m Advancing: Some Thoughts on Tolerance, Bigotry, and Discourse

Last updated on: July 12, 2018 at 12:51 pm By Misha Magdalene

We all have agendas, because we all have worlds in which we want to live, and we all exert what power we have to bring those worlds into being. Read more

2018-06-26T15:19:14-08:00

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The Long Haul: Managing the Everyday Magic of Resistance

Last updated on: June 26, 2018 at 3:19 pm By Misha Magdalene

You have the right and the responsibility to say, "This is what I'm working on, and this is as much as I can do right now." Read more

2018-06-22T09:02:09-08:00

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A World Turned Upside Down: On Politics, Power, Gods, Judgment, and History

Last updated on: June 22, 2018 at 9:02 am By Misha Magdalene

I can tell someone why they should care, but I can't make them care. At this point, I'm left with pleading: please, please care. Read more

2018-06-14T14:11:06-08:00

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An Alchemy of Grief: On Sitting with Death and What Comes After

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 2:11 pm By Misha Magdalene

How many of us in 21st century America have spent time with the dying, held their hands, given their medicines, cleaned their bodies? How many of us have actually seen what death looks like? Read more

2018-06-01T15:14:21-08:00

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#FollowFriday: Shannon Barber, Michael Lux, and Anthony Rella

Last updated on: June 1, 2018 at 3:14 pm By Misha Magdalene

I come away from their writing feeling like I've just had my brain sand-blasted and power-rinsed, and like I need to seriously step up my game. Read more

2018-05-30T10:35:46-08:00

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A Handle on My Cup: Some Thoughts about Labels and Identity

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 10:35 am By Misha Magdalene

In the wild, wild world of Paganism, polytheism, and magical practice, we spend an awful lot of time arguing about labels. Read more

2018-05-24T09:58:46-08:00

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An Alignment of Belief and Praxis

Last updated on: May 24, 2018 at 9:58 am By Misha Magdalene

Even as we invoke the land, we contribute to its destruction. Read more

communing with the land

2018-05-21T09:15:37-08:00

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Somewhere I Don’t Belong: Intruding on Paradise, and Other Lessons from Hawai’i

Last updated on: May 21, 2018 at 9:15 am By Misha Magdalene

I was welcome to visit, respectfully, and to contribute to the local economy, especially with the native Hawai'ians. And then, at the end of my scheduled stay, I was welcome to go home. Read more

communing with the land

2018-05-19T09:34:14-08:00

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A Green and Pleasant Land: On Belonging, Spirits, and Place

Last updated on: May 19, 2018 at 9:34 am By Misha Magdalene

For literally the first time in my life, I felt seen and known by the land, right down to my bones. I felt like I belonged there, physically, as much a part of the landscape as the soil itself. Read more

communing with the land

listening to the land

2018-05-16T14:16:58-08:00

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A Presence Beneath Our Feet: An Anecdote on Communing with the Mountain

Last updated on: May 16, 2018 at 2:16 pm By Misha Magdalene

I remember my promise to the mountain, and I am reminded that the spirits of the land—the spirits-of-place—are far, far greater than we are comfortable with. Read more

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