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November 2020

November 25, 2020

Gratitude Salted With Fear

I have a statue of Guan Yin, the Asian Goddess of Compassion, in my yard....

October 2020

October 11, 2020

The Mystic Pagan: Samhain

Science and much of our modern world scoffs at the "thinning of the veil," at...

August 2020

August 17, 2020

Stringing Together the “Beads” of New Ideas

It was pleasant to think of creating a beautiful moment for participants at GA in...

May 2020

May 06, 2020

The Mystic Pagan: Going Beyond Dualism

Mystics are very interesting people.  They go far beyond the understandings of most traditional  practitioners...

March 2018

March 05, 2018

Visiting The Temple of Sekmet Near Las Vegas

Every year we travel around the South Western United States. I preach each Sunday at...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

Brigid's Mantle

And so on the eve of Imbolc, on the 50th anniversary of the birth of...

January 24, 2018

Ancient (Egalitarian) Societies, Modern (Women’s) Marches

DNA evidence reaffirming aspects of the research of Prof. Gimbutas invites us to revisit ancient...

January 01, 2018

Toll for the Old Year, Ring in the New

We are the heart and lungs, we are the eyeballs, throat, ears and even the...

October 2017

October 12, 2017

Gaia II

The beaver, the otter, the deer, the horned owl have enough sense to lie down...

August 2017

August 09, 2017

Embracing Our Gifts

Do you know what your gifts are? How have you embraced those gifts and let...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

Stitches for the Goddess

What are the mundane tasks in your life that help you connect with your own...

January 2017

January 02, 2017

Amaterasu Emerges—Here Comes the Sun

This can be a year when we deeply appreciate one another and the many diverse...

December 2016

December 13, 2016

Time-In-Between

This time-in-between is ideal for gathering the power of our reflections on the year that...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

Gifts Goddesses Offer

The Female Divine can be a motivator, supporter and guide in these efforts. The power...

October 2016

October 05, 2016

The Goddess Speaks Through Google Translate

It's the "Telephone Game" that gets played out thru the millenia.

August 2016

August 31, 2016

CUUPS Convo in Review

This past weekend CUUPS Continental held a Convo in Salem, Massachusetts – and … people...

July 2016

July 13, 2016

Sirius Rising

We are not, as many think, the place where you can believe anything, but rather...

July 08, 2016

Scientists Discover Life's Common Ancestor, An Ancient Living Ocean

[W]hat if science uncovered evidence that these ancient creation stories might just have gotten some...

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Credo (From Across the Pond)

The earth is my sacred home. I feel blessed by it. In my life I...

March 2016

March 17, 2016

A Brief History of Ostara

The history of the modern Ostara is a knotty one. Its roots stretch back into...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

Isis

Although their adherents may say otherwise, art and material culture does not show gods and...

December 22, 2015

Taweret

She is fearsome enough to give you a measure of assurance that she will indeed...

December 01, 2015

Aphrodite

It is worth remembering that when we see religious art in museums, what we are...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Ma-ku

Ma-ku is a Taoist deity of longevity. In Chinese art, she can be identified by...

November 17, 2015

Ho Hsien-ku

Ho Hsien-ku is one of the Eight Taoist Immortals, and the only one who is...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Samhain Through the Faces of Old Women

At first, I see nothing; then my own face swims into focus; then I see...

October 27, 2015

Kuan Yin

Kuan Yin, one of the most gender fluid of Bodhisattvas. "If they must be saved...

October 13, 2015

Doumu – The Dipper Mother

The Dipper Mother [Doumu] is a star deity and a Daoist adoption of the Tantric...

October 08, 2015

The CUUPS Podcast #30 – October 2015

The Fall 2015 issue of the CUUPS Podcast features "The Mother of Us All" a...

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