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Finding–Once Again–My Path
The last few monthly Pagan meetups have been held at Borders. Alas, the Seattle’s Best coffee shop was the first thing to go when the close-out sale began. The July meeting was held at the Peoria...
View ArticleSacred Sex, Sacred Play
On the Polytheists thread over at the Green Wizards forum, a new member confessed yesterday that she had just done her very first ritual on Samhain. She had felt nervous and awkward calling on the...
View ArticleThe Right Tool
When I was a kid, my grandmother had something that looked like a hacksaw. I think she used it to cut up meat bones. I wanted that hacksaw last night: I was making soup stock with a couple of big beef...
View ArticleVoluntary Poverty
“Voluntary poverty” I am using the words out loud in conversation, on the bus, in the shop, with friends… I am affirming and trying to demonstrate the possibility of living a useful and fulfilling...
View ArticlePagan Elder VS Elder Pagan, II
About ten days ago I went to a Pagan spirituality workshop and decided to stay for the Lammas ritual that followed–Lammas is the first of the three harvest celebrations. I was not thrilled with the...
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And A New Path Appears…
It’s been an interesting month. I said on August 9 that I was cleaning out the deadwood on my old spiritual path, and the Cosmos took interest. On Saturday the 18th I went to a program “Compassionate...
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Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
As I said two weeks ago, in the space of a day I got a label and a description for the spiritual path I have been unwittingly following for a year and a brand new road map, Karen Armstrong’s book...
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Working the Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
When you read “Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life,” you probably think of a twelve step program like Alcoholics Anonymous. That’s not an accident: Karen Armstrong says bluntly, “We are addicted to...
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Working the Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life II
Continuing with the Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, from Karen Armstrong’s book by the same name Step 3: Compassion for Yourself This is the tough one. This is the one holding me up–and Armstrong...
View ArticleWhat Do You Know!
For whatever it’s worth, this is my third anniversary doing Brewing the Pagan Permaculture. I started this blog to write about building community and living in a sustainable fashion, preparing for the...
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