Monthly Archive: September, 2012

The closing ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics was the opening many modern pagans were hoping for. The lyrical phrases calling on the spirits of autumn, winter, spring and summer, and the declaration that “The circle is unbroken, the ancestors awoken,”were part of a Druid ritual written in 1997.   Whether viewers realized it or not, they were encountering modern paganism.  “We have...

tet-asw: Shared experience and shared labor are two of the building blocks of authentic community that foster relationships and bonds that endure. I see people differently when I have experienced them in ritual. The memory of our voices joined in chanting connects me to them. The memory of weeding a labyrinth together and of moving wood together for a bonfire...

tet-asw: Just in case anybody here doesn’t know about Helena Aislin’s tarot blog. helenaaislin: Today’s card is not one of my favorites. Today’s card is the Eight of Sword – a card of feeling hemmed in, trapped, helpless. However awful the feeling this card gives one, however, it is also a reminder that often our limitations are of our own...

tet-asw: (via Audience with the Ancestors) Saturday, October 27, 2012 5:30pm Fort Washington State Park Hosted by: Oak and Willow – Keepers of the Holly Chalice – Weavers of the Moonfire – Chalice of Living Stars – Tenders of the Earth Temple and Grail of the Birch Moon The Audience with the Ancestors ritual will be offered for the first time...

Red Oak Grove, ADF                 & The Rud Kindredinvite you to celebrate:Alban Elfed or Harvest Endaka: Mabon or Autumn Equinox          Brendan Byrne State Forest, Group Site A, Woodland, NJ September 21-23, 2012 Directions, Maps & More Details: www.RedOakGrove.orgReserve your spot now:  http://www.RedOakGrove.org/register (via Red Oak Grove, ADF & The Rud Kindred)

halfmoose: (via Phillyhenge, Or The City As Sundial | Hidden City Philadelphia)

halfmoose: (via Federal safety minister hexes job posting for prison witch in B.C. – News1130) VANCOUVER – Public Safety Minister Vic Toews appears less concerned about the quality of spells cast from behind bars than he is about a backlash from taxpayers, cancelling a Corrections Canada tender for a priest to nurture the spiritual needs of witches in prison. Earlier...

tet-asw: What I propose is that we shift from a passive to an active relationship with belief.  To be clear, I’m speaking of belief in its context of the state of our psyche.  I’m not using the term belief or beliefs in its usage as a container for dogma in this situation.  When we suspend disbelief in reading a novel...