In ritual, we use invocations to awaken areas of our psyche and kindle our wisdom. This ritual step invites us to notice nature and the ways we mirror it. It might feel like calling in 'other', but it's mostly calling to the wide territories of our own intelligence. Begin this …
Wisdom Keeper
the wisdom of shedding
On Monday, I watched a cloud of red-breasted robins descend upon my little woods, filling the trees, the air, and covering the ground.They flicked at the leaves on the ground en masse, the dozens of tiny bodies sounding like a 300-pound bear walking through the woods.I had time to watch them, …
Your lens of wisdom
One of my favorite board games as a kid was Space Hop. Yours too? Space Hop is a game all about astronomy and our solar system. So, these days any time there's a cool tv show on about space, I watch it. And if by some miracle there's a cool show about the …
after the storm
As I write, we're marking a painful anniversary in these parts. One year ago, Hurricane Helene tore us up. It was a brutal, indescribable storm. Lives were lost. So were homes, businesses, and a general sense of "economy". Over the last year we have healed, and not-healed at all. We've …
Lineage
I love the scenes in British dramas where a kid is learning to recite all the Kings & Queens of England. The kid usually turns it into a little song to help remember which Henry or Elizabeth. It's cute. Royals aside, I've learned that lineage can mean a lot. Lineage can be a point of …