Martin Luther King, Jr.: “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” But a loving reminder, dear Heathens, it does not bend by itself. Our deeds are the force that bends it, or not. This is a great week to contemplate the arc from your foolish youth, to your present … Read more
The Wheel turns, and The Wheel turns. Here we go again, for the first time!Our New Moon in Aquarius always kicks off a Lunar New year, but this year, it’s also in alignment with Imbolc.This is a Sabbat and season of fog, dreams, abstraction, and breaking up the old forms to make way for the … Read more
Thoughts on Imbolc and the Perseverance of Hope The last six-ish weeks of Winter is known as Imbolc or Candlemas. There is a feeling, an impulse rustling at the edge of crocus buds jutting, verdant, out of the frosty ground. You catch it in the sudden song of returning robins, something offbeat, upbeat, swift. Like … Read more
Lupercalia Whips. Wolves. A lottery where girls are given to men. Sex in the streets. The Pagan root of Valentine’s Day. History and misinformation has put A LOT at the feet of this ancient Roman festival. Let’s take a look at what was possibly the truth and what is modern projection on the holiday Lupercalia. … Read more