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A Renaissance of Love

From the primordial swirling void, the abyss of chaos, the dream of order begins to emerge. Divisions occur. First the division of light...

Confessions of an Herbalist

We were on a contemplative walk on the grounds of the Kenbrook retreat center where we met every month for two years, practicing the art...

How to Prevent Growth and Promote Cruelty

A few years ago, we collectively went through a sort of renaissance around shame and vulnerability. The researcher Brene Brown dropped...

The Medicine of Release

We are about to move into Aries season, which is bringing the rising fire of growth, direction, ambition, emergence. The equinox marks...

Equinox Magic

As a practitioner of the Old Ways, and by that I mean the wisdom and folk traditions that were handed down from the pre-Christian...

Our Future

I asked Ashlyn, our 15 year old daughter, if she and I could sit down to have a look at what is going on in the world and try to come up...

Walking the Line

There seems to be a line in the sand. From far away, it is just part of the landscape. A line among lines. Something that creates texture...

The Revolution

Look at all of us out here, trying to be good people. We clean up after ourselves. Pay our taxes. Shovel the snow and keep the lawn...

Blessed Are the Weirdos

I was teaching one of my final classes as a student in a yoga teacher training program. After the class our instructor evaluated our...

Yes, You Can Call Me a Witch

So often, I get messages from people that start something like "Can I ask you for some witchy advice?" Followed promptly by an apology in...