As more and more of a generation crosses the Veil, those of us left, both those of the generation that brought us to were where are and those of us that inherit their legacy and lore, contemplate mortality in ways that weren’t as literal not long ago. I could talk of many of the elders in our traditions and stream who have passed over the years and ( Read more... )

I stand beneath the starstrone sky,
In the darkness of the night,
A lonely hill, grey in the dark,
A darkness you can feel.

The stars the spin, they move around,
Before my wondering eyes,
Stars not fixed but thought to be,
Stars like dancing fire flies.

And spin they do, but all return,
To their course across the sky,
These pin pricks move yet stay quite ( Read more... )

What follows is a brief outline of an approach to forming a new working group. I have deliberately attempted to make it general and not path, stream, or tradition specific. These are mostly off the top of my head, so their usefulness for others might or might not be significant. I’ve tried to include all the things I see as necessary and essential ( Read more... )

The focus on the abstract and the symbolic in many modern traditions is a bit odd in my opinion. Not that the abstract and symbolic don't have a place or value, of course. As a born mystic, these things have always intrigued and interested me. It's the amount of focus and the importance placed that I think is a harmful thing for really growing and ( Read more... )

One thing I see a lot that I think is detrimental to the passing of what we know and learn, the lore the spirits have given us, and the lore our teachers, both formal and informal, have given us is entitlement ( Read more... )

I am the raven ( Read more... )

"I see people ( Read more... )

(Note: Wrote this last week but didn't get it onto Livejournal ( Read more... )

The disconnect that is often propagated between the human world and the natural world, and the dichotomy created by it, has slowly lead to an understanding that pulls us away from some very important truths, creating a cycle of misunderstanding that pulls us further and further from a healthy and beneficial coexistence with the world we live in ( Read more... )

This is an interesting part of the year, with various holidays and special days all dancing through the days together. The Jewish Passover began last week and will continue though tomorrow. The Christian Easter was yesterday. Living in Colorado, I must mention that yesterday was also 4/20. And today is Earth Day. We are between the Equinox and ( Read more... )