On Rough-books, Resilience, and Love
I have not plummeted, as poet Denise Levertov once wrote. Something in me is whispering the same…
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Samhain: The Roots of Halloween
The Halloween bonfire can be traced all the way back to the ancient festival at Tara, held every Samhain. All fires were extinguished all over Ireland before the sunset. The sacred fire was supposedly lit by the Druids at Tlachtga and brought to Tara where the king, nobility and Druids presided over the lighting of the fire. After the Tara fire was lit, fires were lit all over the country symbolising the offering of warmth and protection through the dark months of the year, at its entry point.
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Small, Slow and Low
As always when I have a spiritual question, I headed outside and got my hands in the dirt. It is always for me the growing things that hold the simplest and most important answers. How would they answer this question? What did they know about collaborating with the underworld?
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Mapping A Path To The Divine
I like to explore the spiritual terrain of religions and even set up camp and learn their practices, but I have never settled on one. If anything I draw on all I’ve experienced in mapping my own route to the divine.
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Never Truly Lost Or Found
Suffering is so deeply part of the DNA of Jewishness. It’s why our prayers are all in a minor key!- so says my former rabbi.
Read MoreThe Braided Way
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.