I live in Western Maryland, which means that September often still feels like summer for us. Temperatures in the 90s aren’t unusual. What generally changes first is the early mornings and late evenings. We start being able to open the windows overnight to cool off our homes. There’s a crispness to the air that promises…
Tag: winter
As a Unitarian Universalist, one of the things I love when researching religions is commonality – finding similar practices across cultures, belief systems, and geography. As a Pagan whose religious roots reach deeply into history, these threads of similar practice and approach anchor me ever more firmly to the sacred world we share and the…
The contemporary Pagan year begins and ends at the close of the agricultural season. Most modern-day Pagans celebrate the year’s turn on or around October 31st, often in conjunction with the Celtic holiday of Samhain (pronounced “sow-ehn”). The shifting of the year marks a transition between the outwardly-focused warmer months and the more inward, home-oriented…
One perspective common to most of the belief systems that fall under the umbrella term of Paganism is a desire to connect more fully with the natural world. There’s a recognition among most Pagans that Western culture, as a whole, has slipped too far from the cycle of the seasons and the interconnected web of…