The beginning of the Summer Solstice is a time when life seems to be flourishing the most in the Northern Hemisphere, I think it’s a good time to reflect on…
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Why Paganism?
This is my first post in a while. In ’24 I was going through quite a few personal transitions. I’m happy to say that the muse has returned. I have…
The Tailteann Games and Lughnasadh
One hundred years ago today, the fledgling Irish Free State established the Tailteann Games for the first time in at least eight hundred years. You may not know it from…
How real is the experience of spiritual phenomena?
So, the question of “belief” in Pagan practice has been on my mind a lot in recent months. Many people have claimed to have seen, heard, or felt spiritual phenomena…
The great Christmas letdown–consequences of a perverse marriage between spirituality and commerce
It’s fitting that both the day after Christmas and the day after New Year’s fall on a Tuesday this year. Tuesday is an appropriate day to wake up to after…
Recreating a tattoo from the “Siberian Ice Maiden?” I’m not so sure about that.
There has been a lot of buzz about the frozen body of a 2,500 year old Pazyryk woman, known popularly as the “Siberian Ice Maiden.” She was mummified and then…
The Samhain celebrated by the ancient Celts
Let us welcome the Celtic fire holiday of Samhain! Forms of this ancient Celtic festival have spread around the world, particularly with Halloween. Such popularity might be seen as both…
A Samhain New Year? It actually makes sense
What if I told you that an argument could be made that the time around Samhain is one of the most natural times of year to mark the new year?…
Wheel of the Year criticisms peak at Autumn Equinox
Due to a rather strange set of circumstances, Wheel of the Year criticisms are now part and parcel of the Autumn Equinox tradition. And I’m all for it.
Celebrating the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere
The day that gives the Earth the longest daytime in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest nighttime in the Southern Hemisphere goes by many names. In the Northern Hemisphere, it’s…