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Covering a variety of spiritual topics, from meditation, ritual, magic and prayer, to philosophy, poetry, music, art and politics--all from the perspective of a young Druidess.
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Here Am I.
In the face of the overwhelming evidence of cycles, the Eternal Return of the Same, and the complete deconstruction of the Myth of Progress, that I had somehow believed in for such a long time without...
Running the Poetry
Today I went on my first run using the techniques from a book I've been reading called ChiRunning, by Danny Dreyer. To be fair, it's been almost two weeks since my last run and it's not like I ever ra...
Dance Trance Revolution
Remember how I had promised to write a few more poetic posts for the up-coming spring, instead of nit-picky obnoxious posts? Here's the thing about plans: uh....This is not going to be an interesting ...
Lacuna: Ego & Flux
The second mind-fraction in the January Lacuna series, inspired by a discussion several months ago about the Buddhist concept of "antama," or "no-self" and how it might fit into a Cetic/Druidic worldv...
Practicing the Daily Simple, Part II
In my last post about practice, I discussed some of the simplest daily ways in which I keep myself grounded and centered. These techniques--with the exception of the most formal form of meditation--ca...
Practicing the Daily Simple, Part I
"I feel as though we've reached a point where we're not really learning how to write better anymore, we're just learning how to talk better about what we've written."- a friend discussing advanced cre...
The Seed
The seed of a clementine is on my tongue, the window's chill a medium between the cold and I, with my lips, closed up around it as a tomb, hoarfrost on a stone, creaks open along the seam. The seed is...
Dreaming of Beauty & Meaning
This morning I awoke from a dream, the last sentence of which I almost spoke aloud as I opened my eyes, "The difference between what Sarah does with words, which is the epitome of incoherence, and wha...
Integrity, Nonaction & Living Green
(Part of the Blog Action Day initiative.)Through nonactionNo action is left undone.It may seem strange, writing about "nonaction" on a day when bloggers worldwide are dedicating their posts to environ...
Sobriety
Sometimes I feel like sobriety is extremely undervalued these days.One should be, I think, sober and fully present. Out of respect.Is this a weird idea, that it is important to respect the world? I se...
Space to Live Fully
Still enjoying my sabbatical from blogging and pursuing my newly sparked interest in drawing, so you'll have to hold on for just a bit longer, dear readers. But meanwhile, I wanted to share an excerpt...
Unfocused Pieces.
I'm currently on sabbatical--an enforced period of rest from overuse of the computer and too much pressure (entirely my own fault, admittedly) to read and write at an enormous pace. There is some need...
Attention & The Sacredness of Things
Having lunch with my best friend, Raymond, today, I mentioned that I'm reading Annie Dillard's book, Holy the Firm. I tried to describe what the book is about by saying it's a kind of long, poetic med...
Seven Minutes of Heartbeat
Another installment of the GodsEye Project. Feedback is much appreciated, as I'm only just learning how to work with this software and create the effects I intend.(Tip for Playing: Click "play" and th...
Seven Minutes of Rain
I recently inherited a used digital camcorder from my parents (who have entrusted it to me with the promise that I will make DVDs out of the hours upon hours of footage they've filmed over the years o...
A Poetry of Moments
Spiritual Goals
I've been tagged by Nathalie to participate in Alex Shalman's Gotta Get Goals meme. This actually ties into the gwers that I'm currently working on in the OBOD Bardic course, so I figured I'd list a f...
A Bit on Hillwalking
Having written a brief meditation on hillwalking last month, I thought I'd expand a little on the practical aspect of the technique. For those of you who've been following along in the "Texts, Traditi...
The Empty Boat
Witness to the Ordinary
Swimming the Sunlight.
Impromptu Book Altars