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Halloween Time: 10 Steps from Dog to Wolf
1. Betwixt Dog and Wolf. Enter night, exit light. Samhain (a Gaelic word pronounced “sow-win”), an ancient Celtic celebration from October 31st to November 1st, welcomes in the darkest slice of the seasonal pie. If [...]
Happy Fall Equinox: Inviting in gratitude, poise and balance
Dear Ones... I love this thanksgiving day that honors the balancing act between night and day. We are momentarily suspended before slowly slipping into the darkness of winter. At this time of year in the [...]
The Pulsing Heart of Crisis
She dons a black cloak that both allures and terrifies. Dark wings push through the hard crust of her shoulder blades. The shadow cast by her cloak is too thick to reveal her facial features, [...]
Of Fire and Honey: Nature’s Timeless Gifts
Nature’s timeless gifts – like the elements of fire and honey – have featured in rituals since deep time. As humans, we have a long-established relationship to the beast of ritual, dating back to our [...]
My Love Affair with Ceremony
I wasn’t born a ceremonial creature. Actually, during my first encounters with traditional ceremony I remember feeling terribly awkward, like a tourist (a very obvious one at that) in a foreign world. I have [...]
Gathering Around the Fire: Reclaiming Ancestral Gestures
It’s easy to slip into a sense of awe and magic when huddled around a bonfire under the twinkle of stars. We have an ancestral impulse as humans to gather around the fire under [...]
I respectfully acknowledge that I am standing on the Unceded traditional territory of the K’òmoks First Nation (Puntledge, E’iksan, & K’omoks).