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Sit in your cell as in paradise

Posted on 1 February 2012 by

Sit in your cell as in paradise. Put the whole world behind you and forget it. Watch your thoughts like a good fisherman watching for fish. The path you must follow is in the Psalms—never leave it. If you have … Continue reading →

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Druid cosmology: The map is not the territory

Posted on 15 September 2011 by

When you look around and make a map of where you are in relation to Everything Else, what you get is cosmology. All cosmologies start from the question, “Where am I?”, and usually they answer it by saying, “You are … Continue reading →

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Your thought for Independence Day

Posted on 4 July 2011 by

“Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion.” - Thomas Jefferson, quoting John Locke Be careful with those fireworks. Enjoy your festal food. Remember those who are not free. … Continue reading →

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The Master Story

Posted on 28 June 2011 by

Penelope at One Cannot Have Too Large a Party offered today’s Collect, the commemoration of St. Irenaeus of Lyon, with the following reflection: Almighty God, you upheld your servant Irenaeus with strength to maintain the truth against every blast of … Continue reading →

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More solstice stuff

Posted on 23 June 2011 by

Wonderful pics from the Solstice, both summer and winter, at the Atlantic’s website. Yoga practitioners doing their Sun Salutations in Times Square, New York.

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Poem: “Hommage a Taliesin”

Posted on 22 June 2011 by

I have been a paganI have been a ChristianI have been a finch in a cageI have been a cardinal in a treeI have been a mockingbird on a stop signI have been a nun, I have been an oracleI … Continue reading →

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Things my readers should know about me

Posted on 22 June 2011 by

Things I am serious about: religion books music birds writing marriage Things I am not serious about but I love them: Star Trek in all its forms and variation. My favorite series are the cheesy campy Original and Deep Space … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice Intention

Posted on 21 June 2011 by

Tarotist and author Mary K. Greer posts the following on her blog: “With the Great Solstice Turning of the Seasons, we honor the spirit of the Tarot and all those, past, present and future, who unselfishly support its gifts of … Continue reading →

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The sermon I’ve always wanted to preach for Trinity Sunday

Posted on 19 June 2011 by

I sang at my husband’s church this morning as part of a quintet; together with a better soprano who has been suffering from bronchitis, we made one big soprano. Most of what we sang was Gregorian chant, along with two … Continue reading →

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In which I cheerfully express heresy

Posted on 18 June 2011 by

A year ago tomorrow we moved into our little carriage house downtown, with its front door on a brick courtyard featuring a large Japanese maple, an even larger magnolia tree, and a small fountain. Work is five or ten minutes … Continue reading →

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