Category: Readings

Being inside any Political System is Against Christian Values From the introduction of Keith Niles book titled, Jesus Untangled Do you know what you get when you mix religion and politics?  You get politics.  That’s an old joke, but it’s truer than most Christians want to admit, especially Christians in America.  At least, that has…

The Twilight of Capitalism May 5, 2018, Seed Moon Ceremony From Savage Grace, Resisting Fascism, Chapter 2, p59, by Chris Hedges We are entering the twilight phase of capitalism.  Wealth is no longer created by producing or manufacturing.  It is created by manipulating the prices of stocks and commodities and imposing a crippling debt peonage…

American Psychosis, Resiliency & Human Potential American Psychosis article by Chris Hedges”, p27, Savage Grace Here is a quote from Chris Hedges.  He is a thought leader and political activist and commentator, news reporter, and good guy at large. We – all of us gathered tonight – you, me, the children — this family that…

Understanding the Dark Night (p22-23) (p24) Savage Grace, Living Resiliently in the Dark Night of the Globe Some ‘sober data’ to consider in regard to this dark night of the globe: The worst thing that can happen is not energy depletion.  It is not economic collapse.  It is not nuclear war or conquest by a…

The Christian Monopoly on Spirituality Traders Moon Ceremony November 2017 The church became dominant in Europe following the fall of the Roman Empire. The only religion recognized in Middle Ages Europe was Christianity and specifically Catholicism. Christianity in the middle ages dominated the lives of both peasants and the nobility. Religious institutors including the Church…

Woman-Slaughter (witch-burning) Statistics Excerpts from Greg Laden’s Blog (Traders Moon Ceremony November 2017) If you ask the question, “How many witches were executed?” in any given place (Europe, America, England), you will get answers that range from fifty thousand to nine million.  Conventional wisdom holds that the witch burnings were contained to three places over…

Witches Brew was Actually Beer Kathleen Harrison, Contributing Author, Cannabis and Spirituality ‘Some 10 years ago, on a warm autumn afternoon, I saw a witch and had an epiphany – an overwhelming, instantaneous revelation that drew the threads of 30 years’ experience as a cultural anthropologist into crystal clear focus.’   So began the late Alan…

Energies of the Full Moon Seed Moon Ceremony May 2017 The full moon is a time of positive opportunity if you use it correctly. It can increase your positive energy or conversely, it can wreak havoc on your emotions.  Since the full moon pours down a tremendous amount of energy, you must be in a…

Michael and Lucifer Moon Ceremony, April 2017 God and the Angels were together in Oneness; everything was still united as One. Creation existed, but individual experience of Creation wasn’t yet possible.  It might have been like having a cake but being unable to eat it.  Creation wanted to experience itself being Creation, and so the…

The Empathy of the Moon Cold Moon Ceremony December 13, 2016 All of the year’s full moons have names, that very based on the ancient tribe that gave them their names.  “Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the Native American name for January’s full…