I'm a woman, a witch, a mother, a grandmother, an eco-feminist, a lawyer, a gardener, a reader, a writer, and a priestess of the Great Mother Earth. Hecate appears in the
Homeric Ode to Demeter, which tells of Hades who caught Persophone
"up reluctant on his golden car and bare her away lamenting. . . . But no one, either of the deathless gods or of mortal men, heard her voice, nor yet the olive-trees bearing rich fruit: only tenderhearted Hecate, bright-coiffed, the daughter of Persaeus, heard the girl from her cave . . . ."
Hina-’ulu-’ohi’a
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Hina-’ulu-’ohi’a is the Hawaiian Goddess of the ’ohi’a tree. On the island
of Oahu, she is thought to be the wife of Ku-ka-’ohi’a-laka, God of canoe
builde...
The charmed lives of the dwarf chameleon
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This morning there is a Berg wind blowing, a mountain wind that is hot and
dry, signalling thunderstorms. I have been out in the garden picking olives
to...
Goddess of the Week
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Nü Kua, the primaeval Chinese Goddess credited with creating the human race,
is another repeat Goddess, last seen here on the 11th of January in the
mid...
Technical Help Needed
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I need some technical help with this web site. There, I said it. My right
navigation column is doing funky things — it shows up on the bottom of the
first ...
In Perfect Love
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When darkness falls on your life so hard that not even the stars are
available to show you the way forward; when it's down to the wire, just you
and the u...
Pagan values: pleasure and beauty
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Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love
and pleasure are My rituals. Let there be beauty....
(The Charge of the Goddess)...
Summer Squares Take Four: Turning the Corner
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Happy Friday! This week's Summer Square is call *The Violin*. It is part of
a project I call *The Blue Quartet.* The pictures are not very good because
it ...
Half Empty, Half Full
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It has been a very lean summer. Everyone is cutting back, stores are
closing, and I don’t know anyone who takes their job (if they still have
one) for gran...
message recieved
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I've been thinking a lot lately about the core tenets of my practice as a
Pagan psychotherapist. Buddhism is currently in fashion in my profession,
mind...
Mirror, mirror, on the wall...
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"Selfish", "immoral", and "future opportunities" are several words The Boreal Narcissus is way too familiar with: Please tell me she's not quoting Thomas Paine
Sunday Kaylablogging
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This afternoon I gave Mex one of the extra tennis balls from the set I'd gotten for Ericka's backrubs... ...Kayla stole it from Mex and refuses to share. Las...
The Wisdom At The Bottom Of The Keg
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Like this, but not so furry. It's amazing, the things you learn as you go through life. It turns out that going-away parties are actually a sort of analgesic...
Thomas Paine 3.0
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Now that the 4th of July fireworks and the parties are over and most of us
are back to work, I'd like to take a look at Thomas Pain, one of the
forgotten ...
4 of Air (Swords) - Gaian Tarot Card of the Week
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What do we most need to know for the coming week? 4 of Air Love this card, with its message of creating a sacred space for meditation, contemplation, incubat...
OBAMA AS PARSIFAL
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I read President Obama’s book, Dreams From My Father and especially noted the part about the Muslim half of his family--his half brother, his absent father a...
Focus & Depth
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Back in late February I shared my current long-term goals. I had promised to
share my progress toward these goals like I did last year. But life took a
t...
don't it make you smile?
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Oh my, how cute is that?
And, including the caption, from YBIAA:
Oh, I'm sorry, baby. First, you win the war against toddlers
through...er....rather unc...
All this, every day
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One of my favorite modern mantras is "All this, every day." It's a snappy spiritual retort to my inner (and often outer) whining about all the things I need ...
Green Air and White Nights
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I think it's a line from the first book of The Lord of the Rings in which
Tom Bombadil mentions the healing and rejuvenating power of "the green
smell" and...
Our Third Blogaversary!
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Our Third Blogaversary slipped quietly by us while we were celebrating Independence Day. I hope to blog a "think piece" later this month to initiate our 4th ...
June 20th is World Refugee Day
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June 20th, which is very close to the summer solstice, is World Refugee
Day. Why not include this important theme in celebrations and prayers?
Below is an ...
Déshabille Witch, 1952
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“Legendary French pin-up magazine Paris-Hollywood” featured a centrefold
under the title “Le Sabbat de la pin-up Déshabillable” in issue no. 127 in
1952. B...
Spud and Chloe
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Spud and Chloe yarns have arrived at Stitch DC. A wonderful new line of
machine washable yarns with excellent pattern support from our favorite yarn
comp...
Investigation?
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Link: The Obama administration may not be so quick to “turn the page,” after
all: Newsweek reports that Attorney General Eric Holder “is now leaning
toward...
Making a Sail for Recumbent Bicycles (Easy)
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What You’ll Need:
1 Backpack Frame
2 2” Spring Clamps
Duct Tape/Scissors
Some vinyl or plastic sheeting
Directions:
1. Cut vinyl to fit inside backpack fra...
Friday Top 5
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Top 5 Great Ideas from Buzz 2009 and WOM Slam 3:
1. Blow up your business-as-usual business model.
2. If you're not pissing anyone off in social media...
A Sealed Fate by Lisa Gordon
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A Sealed Fate by Lisa Gordon reviewed by Nina Lazarus for the Esoteric Book
Review I do not read fiction as often as I could, and magickal fiction can
be e...
Prescriptions for a Lackluster Reya
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*Outside the Museum of the American Indian on the national mall.*
I loved the book, The Secret Garden. I still love the idea that the essence
of healing, ...
Urlaub (Vacation)
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Blogging will be sporadic over the next several weeks. I'll be on the road and not completely back to my normal "routine" (if there is one!) until mid-Septem...
Does Jan Brewer Care About Religious Minorities?
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The Religion Clause blog reports that Arizona governor Jan Brewer (a
Republican who assumed the governorship after it was vacated by Democrat
Janet Napolit...
Clouds
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Clouds White clouds in the sky Protecting us from the light I watch the fun
shapes by Angelgirl (age 12) Related posts:Coats Poem 1 A coat is a shield
prot...
Say What You Will, The Man Knows How To Keep A Secret
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-By Jake T. Snake I truly wonder how many years it is going to take to excavate the mass graves of the Bush Presidency. There are so many other shoes falling...
Notes from a Reluctant Spring
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Well. And where did March go? I’d say I missed it, but I was there,
hunkered down in the still-very-cold and wondering where Spring has gotten
herself to...
Interview With A Hedgewitch [Juniper]
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You can call me Dizzy; I am a thirty-something Greenwitch, no affiliations,
no initiations. I am something of a girly girl, a blue-collar babe, love to
gar...
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