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October 2014

October 23, 2014

Love Letters To My Ancestors – I

Lupa Greenwolf marks this Samhain season--and an interfaith collaboration--with the first of three love letters...

October 17, 2014

Saegoah Kalendar Now Available + Cervid Constellation Pumpkin Carving Patterns

The Saegoah Kalendar is finally here! Also, you can get your own Cervid Constellation Pumpkin...

September 2014

September 28, 2014

DIY Autumn Adventures – Fruiting Trees

You can enjoy the fruits of harvest wherever you are. This is a great time...

September 19, 2014

Festivities of Natural Annual Events Around The World: Australis Equilux (Equal Length of Night and Day Globally)

A global overview of the seasons during this solar-earth event, and the celebrations, rituals and...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

The Forgotten Gods of Nature

When we think of the gods of nature, we almost always anthropomorphize them. But what...

August 18, 2014

A Saegoah Styled Wedding – or Bonding Ceremony

A Saegoah Wedding is called a Bonding Ceremony, and it is typically done between Transequinox...

August 07, 2014

Transequinox Pastries

Transequinox is midway the summer solstice and autumn equinox. A time of hot weather and...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

The Altar of Curiosities, Part III

In this third and final installment of the series, Lupa Greenwolf discusses how to create...

June 12, 2014

Saegoah Celebrations: Lux (Summer Solstice)

A Saegoah's Way of Celebrating The Longest Day of The Year. Playing with light, movement,...

June 10, 2014

The Altar of Curiosities, Part II

Lupa discusses in detail what defines an Altar of Curiosities: a collection of natural or...

June 05, 2014

The Altar of Curiosities, Part I

The Altar of Curiosities is a system that's very much based on my relationship with...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

A New Look at the Magic of Trees

I am here in this world, and I want to be as fully in this...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Introducing Paths Through The Forests

New blog from Lupa Greenwolf and Rua Lupa on ecotheology, permaculture, animism, bioregionalism, and more!

February 2014

February 27, 2014

A Shallow Grave in the Woods Doesn’t Sound So Bad

I just finished reading Bernd Heinrich's Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death. On one...

February 20, 2014

Transequilux keeps me occupied

Transequilux can be a busy time of year, when for most people it is the...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

Saegoah Celebrations: Nox (Winter Solstice)

One Saegoah's way of celebrating the longest night of the year.

November 2013

November 07, 2013

Cultural Quandaries: Death

Death is often something dreaded and not talked about. This sort of reaction to a...

October 2013

October 21, 2013

Ritual & Ceremony of a Naturalistic Saegoah Part 3 of 3 – What & How I Do Ritual and Ceremony

What this Naturalistic Saegoah does for ritual, ceremony, and customs.

October 15, 2013

Ritual & Ceremony of a Naturalistic Saegoah Part 2 of 3 – When & Where I do Ritual and Ceremony

When would a naturalistic Saegoah do their ceremonies and rituals? This question really should be,...

October 08, 2013

Ritual & Ceremony of a Naturalistic Saegoah Part 1 of 3 – Why I do Ritual and Ceremony

Why would someone who considers themselves naturalistic (AKA an atheist) do ceremonies and rituals? Here...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

The Art of Taking as an Offering

Over on my personal blog, Therioshamanism, the concept of giving things has been on my...

June 18, 2013

Poem: Our Planet, Our Home

A poem about our home and how that came to be.

May 2013

May 02, 2013

Community Connections: Ehoah Ceremony Outline

A ceremony that revolves around how Nature functions, and is relevant no matter where on...

May 03, 2012

Grieving For Our Losses

Back in March, I went to visit my parents in Missouri. While I was there,...

April 2012

April 02, 2012

An Ecopsychological Alternative to “Maiden, Mother and Crone”

To our readership: I've been rather busy as of late, and haven't had as much...

March 2012

March 04, 2012

I Greet the Land With Love

So you may have noticed I was pretty quiet throughout February as I was out...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

Deep Ancestral Totemism, Part Three

In the previous section of this series, I discussed a guided meditation to help you...

January 10, 2012

Deep Ancestral Totemism, Part Two

In my last post, I introduced the model of the triune brain (reptilian, old mammalian,...

January 03, 2012

Deep Ancestral Totemism, Part One

The human brain is a fascinating thing. I had already learned a good deal about...

December 2011

December 26, 2011

Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos”: A Pagan Perspective

When I'm making artwork, I often enjoy having some music or video going on that...

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