As time goes on, more and more of my daily news feed consists of reports of ecological collapse: fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts. It’s increasingly easy to believe the earth is telling us to leave. It’s increasingly tempting to believe that there m…
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10 Books that Shaped My Spiritual Journey (Paganism and Beyond)
I love books. I probably feel more at home bookstores and libraries than I do in my own house. Books have had a profound influence on my spiritual evolution. In fact, I can mark certain spiritual transitions by the books I was reading.
An Earthseed Solstice: Festival of the Teacher
The summer solstice coincides with the birthday of Octavia Butler, June 22. So we celebrate Butler’s life and work, as well as the beginning of summer. Through the ritual, we will seek to deepen our understanding of the words of the Book of the Living: “God is Teacher” and “Partnership is learning and teaching”. The ritual will involve song, like Peter Mayer’s “God is a River”, and call-and-response. The center of the ritual will be a “meditative teaching” and the construction of an altar or “focus” to honor teachers who have inspired us.
What Would Octavia Butler Have Thought of the Real Earthseed?
It seems to me that often a work of fiction can take on a life of it own, beyond the intention of its author. I’ve often wondered what Octavia Butler would have thought of the real Earthseed which were are fostering here. Syrus Marcus Ware recently ans…
Read more2016: Why Earthseed Now? A personal mosaic.
The following was written before Election Day, 2016. Now, its mention of concerns about 3rd party voting seems almost quaint, just 3 days after the result, given… Read more “2016: Why Earthseed Now? A personal mosaic.”