Within the diverse religions that make up the theological category of Paganism, the season of harvest shines brightly. The majority of Pagan religions are agrarian and celebrate the agricultural patterns of the regions we live in. During the harvest season, this manifests in ceremonies that offer gratitude to the spirits of the land and the…
Author: GlasseWitch
I’ve noticed that there’s a funny thing that happens when I fall down a research rabbit hole. Ideas I encounter somehow start to become part of my outlook. It seems like when my brain discovers a concept that makes sense on some level, it just gets adopted without a lot of conscious contemplation of it….
A guest blog by graphic novelist Jennifer Hayden. I was giving my favorite drawing pen a nice hot bath when I noticed for the thousandth time what a sacramental ritual it was. The pen—a rapidograph, popular during the 1970’s, my youth—has to be taken apart, the tip unscrewed into two pieces, and each one dropped…
When I look at the path of a river, I sometimes marvel at the way it cuts through stone to wend its flow through the landscape around me. I’m lucky enough to live near both the Potomac and Conococheague rivers and I’ve spent a lot of time wandering their shores and paddling kayaks along their…