Tag Archives: Ritual

Kate Braun : Lammas Celebrates the First Harvest

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Celebrating Lammas. Image © flaming crones.Thanksgiving, sacrifice, and celebration…Lammas is a fire festival of the First Harvest By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2010 “If a body meet a body comin’ through the rye…” Saturday, July … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Summer Solstice Seasonal Message

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Summer Solstice celebration at Stonehenge, 2005. Photo by Andrew Dunn / Time Machine by Heather Pringle.Summer Solstice:Mother Earth’s balancing act By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 “Summer breeze makes me feel fine,blowin’ thru the jasmine … Continue reading →

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Larry Ray : BP Means You ‘Better Pray’

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Time warp photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Blessing of the Fleet:Oil spill anxiety accompanies annual ritual By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — The uncertainty of the huge BP oil … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Beltane Seasonal Message

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Beltane. Image by Janna / deviantArt / Kuoma-stock.Fire and fertility:The Goddess is receptive to Lord Sun By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / April 23, 2010 “O doo not tell the priest our plight,For he would call it sin,For … Continue reading →

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A King’s Easter : Reflecting on Jesus and Eggs

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A King’s Easter:Pausing to reflect on Jesus and eggs By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 3, 2010 This year — for the second time — the sad anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. falls … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : George’s Messiah

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Happy Easter,But crucify him first By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 3, 2010 This morning, the cheery NPR voice announced that today was Good Friday — but not for the Catholic Church, which was reeling from you … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Vernal Equinox Seasonal Message

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The egg and the emergence of Lord Sun: Egg tulip image from uphilldowndale.Vernal Equinox:Honor Eoster, the goddess of Spring By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / March 11, 2010 Every day’s another dawning/Give the morning winds a chance/Always catch … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Candlemas Seasonal Message

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Candlemas. Image from Judeness’s Weblog.Candlemas:We focus on Mother Earth By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / January 31, 2010 “Keep on the Sunny Side, always on the Sunny Side, Keep on the Sunny Side of Life…” Tuesday, February 2, … Continue reading →

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Yes, Virginia : The Truth About Santa Claus

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Does Santa exist? Coke thinks so.The truth about Santa Claus The hope of us all is not that children will finally learn that Santa Claus is not real but rather that adults will finally realize that he is very real. … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Yule Seasonal Message

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Yule: Lord Sun emerges “What you envision will bloom in the pale moonlight…” By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / December 15, 2009 Monday, December 21, 2009, is Yule, the shortest day and longest night of the year, when … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : Thanksgiving and the Popol Vuh

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Popol Vuh Series, Number 5, 1943, lithograph, Carlos Merida, from Art Museum of the Americas.A Thanksgiving day well made:We remember the Popol Vuh By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / November 26, 2009 Crawling down below Meauan Mountain, where … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : How I Stopped Hating Thanksgiving

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“The First Thanksgiving,” painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930) / Wikimedia Commons.How I stopped hating ThanksgivingAnd learned to be afraid This is a society in which even progressive people routinely allow national and family traditions to trump fundamental human … Continue reading →

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