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Irish Paganism Does Not Belong In The Past
When people first discover, (or rediscover), Irish spiritual and animist tradition I notice that, for non-Irish seekers, at least, there...
When The Source Ran Free: A Story For The Present Time
Watching the sun rise over the wetlands, the mist fading, even here in the midst of nature there is the strange stillness of a world in ...
On the Philosopher's Stone
'There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope. The hopers would feel slighted if they knew.' ~ Jalāl...
What is Ecological Storytelling?
“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town,” is a saying often attributed to the...
The Etymology of the saying 'Knock on Wood'
Did you know that the tradition of knocking on wood actually comes from the belief that every tree is inhabited by a spirit known as...
The Tree of Life
The original symbolism of the Tree of Life involved a mythical sense of a world axis, the “axis mundi” around which creation was created,...
The Scottish man who has dedicated his life to Trees
In 1986 Alan Watson Featherstone founded the award-winning conservation charity, Trees for Life, which works to restore the Caledonian...
All is a Miracle
"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in...
Words to live by
I have no parents: I make the heavens and the earth my parents. I have no home: I make awareness my home. I have no life or death: I make...
On the Gift of Wholeness
This time of the year can be difficult for many, opening a portal into feelings and memories of deep loneliness, shame, sadness, and...
On the Bedrock of BEing
It’s compassionate and also merciful to step back and acknowledge how much we’ve been through with this pandemic. Just to be alive as a...
On Shadowlands
We all have aspects or ourselves that we’ll do just about anything to avoid ~ our deep fear of intimacy, unacknowledged narcissism,...
On Integration
Just because we 'have' an experience does not mean it is 'integrated' and metabolized. Just as the belly can experience leaky gut,...
On Earthing
The next time you notice you’ve turned against yourself, tangled in a looping storyline about how you’ve failed, how you’re not enough,...
The Wind on the Hills
'The Wind on the Hills' by Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866-1918). Go not to the hills of Erin When the night winds are about; Put up your bar...
On Dissolution
In times of liminality and transition, grief begins to emerge from the shadowlands. But to even begin to touch it can break us open and...
On Point Zero
On a conscious level of course we very genuinely want to heal and fully step into a life of deep intimacy, creativity, and aliveness....
On Grief
It's okay to be sad, to feel a bit shaky and uncertain, melancholic, to lament, and to grieve. Despite a collective disembodiment to...
On Perception
We all have certain feelings or experiences that we’ll do just about anything to avoid. It’s just too much, too raw, too tender, too ...
Fireside Chat: Words On Pain & Vulnerability
Insights into physical, psychological, and emotional processing, and the art of letting go.