Category: Readings

Recognizing Fascism & Finding Hope Amidst the Darkness Savage Grace, Chapter 2 Five ‘realities’ that tell us that our society has descended into fascism. The first is the death of conscience.  In Donald Trump, America elected a sociopathic narcissist.  “The ancient texts tell us that when cultures lose their ability to distinguish right from wrong,…

The Sisterhood is a Natural Response to Unnatural Times by Sister Kate, Snow Moon March 2018 We are living in unnatural times.  It is unnatural for one generation to have a worse quality of life than the generation before it.  It is unnatural to starve your people, while fueling a war machine.   It is unnatural…

Trump Happens Savage Grace, Chapter 2 (Snow Moon March 2018) A year ago, we did a binding ceremony on President Trump.   It’s over a year since he took the helm and like PTSD’d war vets, we still wander around asking the question, “How did this happen?” Our Beguine mothers were scholars who believed that one…

Indigenous Elders and the Crisis of Mankind Savage Grace, Living Resiliently in the Dark Night of the Globe Great indigenous elders whom we revere have taught us that divine ferocity is an essential weapon in the armory of love. In a time where denial reigns supreme and there is a corrupt emphasis on fake compassion,…

Hope is a Verb with Its Sleeves Rolled Up foreword, Savage Grace (Quiet Moon, Jan 2018) When John of the Cross, often accredited with the concept of the ‘dark night of the soul’ escaped his prison and torture, he penned a poem we know as the ’Dark Night’ and in it he wrote that what…

Archangel History:  A Snapshot of Belief Systems by Sister Kate, April 2017 Angels cannot be male or female. As pure spirits, they are each fully realized beings of their own proper nature – this means that each angel is a separate species from the rest.  Because angels are completely immaterial and have no bodies, they…

Fascism on the Rise Traders Moon Ceremony, November 14, 2016 After a bountiful Traders moon feast, we gather here, nine devoted women, under this the Supermoon, which is casting a powerful healing light upon our wounded planet.  Before we call upon our ancestors to join us, we light these purple candles to carry tonight.  These…

Sacred Words, Sacred Voices written by Sister Kate for Harvest Moon Oct 2018 Reference Readings in American Indian Law: Recalling the Rhythm of Survival Our readings show you that in our quest to combine the best of what our ancient mothers had in life and living on this planet, along with the best of what…

Women in Ancient Greece by Steve Coates, Keepers of the Faith In reference to Joan Breton Connelly’s eye-opening Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece: Her portrait is not in fact that of an individual priestess, but of a formidable class of women scattered over the Greek world and across a thousand…

Quotes from Women that Reflect Our Values by Sister Kate Samantha Ettus is a work/life balance expert obsessed with helping women reach their potential.  Samantha notes that most lists of motivational quotes are dominated by the counsel of men, and though that is a fact, it certainly isn’t because women lack words of wisdom.  So…