Archive for the 'Culture' Category

Enlightening Quotes

When the last tree is cut
the last river poisoned
the last fish caught
then only will man discover
that he cannot eat money.

-Cree Indian Wisdom

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Drawing Down the Moon : Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers and Other Pagans in America Today

Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
The only detailed history of a little-known and widely misunderstood movement. Drawing Down the Moon provides a fascinating look at the religious experiences, beliefs, and lifestyles of the Neo-Pagan subculture. Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people [...]

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Ariadne’s Thread: A Workbook of Goddess Magic

Ariadne’s Thread: A Workbook of Goddess Magic
Using the figure of the ancient goddess Ariadne as a metaphor, Mountainwater unravels the mysteries of a woman-centered spirituality. She offers gentle guidance through the cycles of a woman’s life; the phases of the moon; the yearly nature holidays; and the aspects of divination. She concludes each chapter [...]

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Astrology & Horoscopes

Astrology literally translates to mean “the study of stars”. The word comes from Greek: ἄστρον (astron), “star”, and λόγος (logos), “theory”, “study”.
The zodiac is the belt or band of constellations through which the Sun, Moon, and planets transit across the sky.
Star-gazers of every sort have long been fascinated by these constellations and the easy [...]

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

12 Steps to Finding a Spiritual Teacher You Can Trust

Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars: Making Things Whole (Folk Art and Artists Series)
Books abound on the array of neo-pagan faiths and Wiccan traditions, but after reading all we can, it is common to desire a teacher to inspire and guide us along our chosen path. Unfortunately, the world is full of hucksters eager to cash [...]

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Goddess™: On the Proliferation of Goddess Imagery in Popular Culture

Change happens slowly, but when it finally hits, the years of individual strides and steps culminate in a burst of change. Trouble is, change doesn’t always take effect in the ways we’d hoped.
When the “goddess movement” was birthed out of feminism in the early seventies by groups of women passionate about both political and [...]

Saturday, January 12th, 2008
The average woman must inevitably view her actual husband with a certain
disdain; he is anything but her ideal. In consequence, she cannot help
feeling that her children are cruelly handicapped by the fact that he is
their father.
                -- H. L. Mencken