It’s been refreshing to read the current discussion on spiritual experiences, most recently restarted with John Halstead’s post about American Gods. In response to that, Rua Lupa warned against “emphasizing Pleasure as a pinnacle of religious practice” and how that could result in problematic hedonism (pleasure as the sole goal). John also pointed out some important benefits of spiritual experiences (with some of his own experiences), and Mark Green described both his own experiences and how the benefits and potential excesses of spiritual experiences need to be balanced. All of these raise important points, and I agree with all of them. While trying to avoid repetition, a couple additional points come to mind. Read More
These are the kindest and best of days. The evenings grow long, the air is mild. Here where I live, anyway, life is good.
For our ancestors, too, these were good days. Planting and early tending of crops were over. Early lambs and hunting of spring animals were abundant. After the long, anxious wait of winter, this was a time to enjoy life.
The Summer Solstice approaches! Ready?
The Summer Solstice is known in Contemporary Neo-Paganism as Litha or Midsummer. Neo-Pagan mythology often marks this as the moment the sun god meets his death, though sometimes that event is reserved for the cross-quarter in August or the autumnal equinox in September. This is the last Solstice before the eclipse – something that can be part of this year’s Summer Solstice ritual if you choose. A bunch of ritual and celebrations ideas can be found here, Read More
We owe cyanobacteria our respect. And they might deserve our fullest gratitude as well if it weren’t for one nasty trait.
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