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…
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The Samhain celebrated by the ancient Irish and Scottish
Let us welcome the Irish and Scottish fire holiday of Samhain! Forms of this ancient Celtic festival have spread around the world, particularly with Halloween. Such popularity…
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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…
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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…
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Celtic erasure and how my fellow Pagans often unwittingly contribute to it
Up until recently, I wouldn’t have considered using the phrase “Celtic erasure.” Certainly, growing up in Chicago, “Celtic” was everywhere. St. Patrick’s Day—at least the Chicago-several-generations-removed-from-Ireland version—was…
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Bealtainn calling January: How my Scottish heritage charmed me back to Paganism
I hit a wall on January 8, 2020, but maybe that was the best thing to happen to me in a long time. I was burned out…
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Personal Imbolc experiences
It might seem excessive for me to post more than one article about Imbolc in a single week. But Imbolc has intersected with my life in many…
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The end of our civilization and a new beginning
I've started following the Substack column OK Doomer by Jessica Wildfire. She pulls no punches--especially in this article. She says that we are facing the end of…
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The transition to renewable energy will fail without reducing consumption
We’ve been told for a long time that the transition to sustainable living can be done without having to consume less. But we’ve been misled. The reality…
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Happy Samhain! This holiday is not Halloween.
11722 Westcross 84. I have often found it confusing by the fact that Samhain falls on the same day as Halloween. This time of year, it’s not…