Some crabs migrate based on the Moon. Oysters close. Worms mate. All these and so many more are ruled by the Moon. For billions of years, the Moon has changed life on Earth, and our Ancestors evolved in it’s light,…
Read moreOne of Many American Rituals, by Starstuff, Contemplating
What objects do you find sacred? Being able to openly pledge based on what symbolizes the most high in our minds is a precious part of being free, and, it turns out, a moving statement about what is important. A…
Read moreHappy Summer Solstice!
An island just voted to abolish time!
Read moreThe Evolution of Laughing and Crying, by Brock Haussamen
When I read today about reverence for nature, anxiety about the climate, and the fused destinies of humans and the environment, I hear Humboldt loud and clear.
Read moreJourney into Dreamtime by Munya Andrews, reviewed by Glenys Livingstone, Ph. D.
At the conclusion of each chapter of Journey into Dreamtime there are “Dreamtime Reflections”, posing questions for personal consideration, inviting personal participation and pathways into some actual sense of an alive self in relationship with the alive world described.
Read moreThe Summer Solstice is less than three weeks away!
“As I stand here on this celebration of Litha, the sacred wheel of the year continues to turn. As my ancestors did in times before and my descendants may do in times to come, I honour the old ways. This is the time of the Summer Solstice……:
Read moreBeing an Atheist Druid, by Skeptical Seeker
I love having a non-dogmatic spiritual practice.
Read moreHappy Spring Equitherm (Beltane)!
Celebrations Life! We celebrate life today, especially life’s constant growth. Some of the ways many of us are celebrating were published a few weeks ago, and at least for my family, our CUUPS Beltane ritual is coming up this weekend….
Read morePagans Scapegoated Again, as Privilege Misleads Millions of People, by [Starstuff, Contemplating]
Imagine for a moment that repeated terrorist attacks killed dozens of people, and continued to be motivated, by the killer’s own words, by a Jihad to fight for Islam. Imagine that these same killers mentioned how they have been motivated…
Read moreOur Music Affects Nature, by Kansas Stanton
I do not know the future of gene editing in embryos and I do not yet know my opinion on it, other than that we are still far from its fruition for many reasons.
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