Naturalistic Paganism
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The Summer Solstice is just two weeks away!
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. A bunch of ritual and celebrations ideas can be found here……
Read MoreSacred Springs, Part 2 by Anna Walther
In “Sacred Springs, Part 1,” I described my first visit to Barton Springs, the most famous limestone springs in Austin, and explored the role that Barton and other major Edwards Aquifer springs play in indigenous spirituality. But there are many other artesian springs along Austin-area limestone creeks, including a small, unnamed spring just a mile from my home, near the headwaters of Walnut Creek in Northwest Austin. Last summer I spent time there grounded and centered, with senses wide open.
Read MoreSacred Springs, Part 1 by Anna Walther
Last summer I swam in Barton Springs, a spring-fed pool in the heart of downtown Austin. Native Americans have a vital, ritualistic relationship with the spring waters. The precise role the springs held in pre-Columbian indigenous spirituality is lost to time and conquest. I can take inspiration and guidance from Native American ways of relating to the Land, but must make my own practices and prayers.
Read MoreLate Spring Theme: Challenges!
In Deep Time, late spring can span the time from the Cambrian to the early Mesozoic – a time during which life moved onto land, including, belatedly, our vertebrate Ancestors. Surviving on land required many deadly challenges to be overcome. Similarly, our lives…
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
