Getting Comfortable with Liminality
We’re now in the deep, black waters of the dying year, in the last weeks of our journey towards the darkness. This is the final stretch...
The World Shapes You, but You Also Shape the World
Our own ecosystem is informed by the external world. This is because we are Nature. Our energies are woven in and through the landscape.
What Fire has Taught Me
Summer gifts us many things, including the exploration of the element of Fire. In the Celtic Pagan tradition, Fire is exalted now, and we
Welcoming the Transition to Spring with Intention
The Spring Equinox is upon us, which will usher us into the light half of the year. For the next 6 months we will be in the domain of...
Equinox Medicine: Holding Duality within Ourselves
The land is waking up around us. (I’m sure you’ve noticed.) The crocuses and daffodils have shown up first to the party, showcasing their...
Grief, Possibility, and the Precious Dark Days of the Year
It’s often at this mystical time of year that I find myself lingering in a liminal space in the early morning before I fully wake. Where...
Magic disappears when you think you know everything
The other day, I stood beneath a tree looking dazzling in her red gown, as I listened to the raindrop sounds of the leaves falling to the...
Drink in the Growing Darkness with Water's Medicine
The rains began on the Autumn Equinox here in Portland. A signal from Water that Autumn was underway. That Water was taking the reins and...
Embodied Ecology
There is a growing field of recognition that our experience of being in a body is absolutely informed and impacted by our environment....
Lughnasadh, Seed-Codes, and the Lion's Gate Portal
Tomorrow is the exact astronomical half way point between Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox. Half way between the sun’s zenith and when we...