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Day of the Dead Meditation: “Spirits” by Birago Diop
Listen to Things
More often than Beings,
Hear the voice of fire,
Hear the voice of water.
Listen in the wind,
To the sighs of the bush;
This is the ancestors breathing.
[Starstuff, Contemplating] “Our Most Precious Gifts” by Jon Cleland Host
This gratitude fills my life, and comes into special focus with Samhain. So many things in our day-to-day lives can be reminders of that. Small signposts pop up with even trivial prompts. As this year draws to a close and the next approaches, these spur me on to pay these gifts forward to future generations – who are also the children of our Ancestors.
Read More[Rotting Silver] “Faith in the Earth” by B. T. Newberg
Rotting Silver is a column devoted to this Earth in all its tarnished radiance: poetry, prose, and parables of ugliness alloyed with joy.
Read More“Why I Do Not Call Myself a Pagan” by Dave Salyers
I have long felt conflicted about calling myself a “Pagan”. I have a focus on ancestral and animistic nature veneration, while the term “Pagan” in the Western sense seems to be conflated with casting spells to alter the natural flow of things and resurrecting worshipping of pantheons of deities from ancient civilizations.
Read MorePre-Order Your Copy of “Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans”
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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