Frozen River Song
Night between the trees Caressed by moonlight Stars speak to me of Where I am Not yet morning light My antlered guide Is Waiting here At the edge We are flying over ice The echoes cracking A new river Being born A man in furs […]
Tag: animism
The Place of the Legless
I am the descendant of many lines of ancestors who helped to form opposing sides of some of the most storied armed conflicts in their history. Both sides of the genocide carried out against the tribal peoples of this continent under the name of Manifest […]
A Study in Ancestors and Rust
The giant stands across the dark river with one foot on each side. Glints of silver can be seen in the waters that rush past between his feet. The darkness between them is the darkness of the night without moon. His eyes do not […]
The Nice Day
This piece was originally published in A Beautiful Resistance, Issue 4. I am republishing it here in memory of the rain I hope will soon visit us here in California. I find myself at the top of a barren hill. The light is dim and […]
Silence from the edges to the center
I maintain a small circle of small stones in my back yard garden. When I moved in I was sure I would soon be bringing in a collection of huge boulders to raise up and do my rituals and meditations within. As I lived with […]
Marwolaeth Y Duw Aur: A Lament for the Lost Marshes
Great Sorrow As the body on the bier Goes down The river flows Annwn grows More distant Dry rushes Where marshy ground once stood In peace The river flows Annwn grows More distant Red flags Waving eagle standards high In war […]
Future Animism
(Image from Here) Hello again folks! Happy Earth Day! It is with great sadness that I announce that this is my last is my last post on this platform. Pagan Bloggers has been good to me, and I want you all to understand that I […]
What World Shall We Create?
“There are certain actions we can take now. It is important for each individual, community, and nation to take stock of what that means for the betterment of the whole. Technical solutions can never move forward without political will, and the necessary political will requires […]
Agranona’s Music
I am standing in the cool air of the evening with my feet on the stone of the entryway. The night is full with the smell of winter and I can hear only my breath and the breath of my sisters around me. We have […]
I.M. Ursula Le Guin: Always Coming Home
A great voice has passed: Ursula K. Le Guin, but of course her voice will still echo on the winds’ 12 quarters. Ursula Le Guin: Animist, Taoist, anarchist, feminist, novelist, poet…. Many are the Pagans she greatly impacted in her stories (and poems […]
