NíDara, who writes over at the Oaken Roots Hermitage, recently asked me: I know a key part of devotional hearthcraft is that every activity is sacred, but how do you find a balance between internet stuff, daily responsibilities, and deity relationships, especially from a neurodivergent point of view? Neurodiversity is, well, diverse. I can only … Continue reading Neurodivergence and Doing the Work, pt 1.
Book Reviews
My Home Is My Temple
I have really felt the lack of a spiritual group or space recently. Even before the pandemic, Dragon and I were uncertain about having a spiritual home. We enjoyed Metropolitan Community Church, affectionately called "gay church," which has a radical vision of Christianity and queer liberation. (Sylvia Rivera's ashes are on the altar; one of … Continue reading My Home Is My Temple
I Want to Be a Tea Monk
One of the more difficult things about my call to priesthood is not having a clear image of what I want to do and be that is also something that feels possible in the place and time I live. If I had no constraints, I know exactly what I'd do: I'd be a tea monk. … Continue reading I Want to Be a Tea Monk
This Post Made Possible By COVID-19
I ended last year with COVID. It wasn't as bad as the first time I'd gotten it back in April 2020 - then, we absolutely should have gone to a hospital, but the world was, as you may recall, in a death spiral. Under no circumstances were we to leave our home unless one of … Continue reading This Post Made Possible By COVID-19
2024: The Year Blogging Happens
Hello, dear friends. It's been about five years since my last update. I started this blog in 2010, the same year I picked the nickname Sage to identify myself in Pagan and polytheist spaces. I don't think of it as my "spiritual name" so much as yet another name to call myself in a different … Continue reading 2024: The Year Blogging Happens
How Not to Explode with Anxiety in a Time of Ecological Disaster
I was born in 1990, bare months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first news story I remember is watching reports of the Oklahoma City bombings, which someone had left on the TV where five-year-old me could see. Like other Nineties kids I grew up with a slew of environmentalist entertainment, from recycling … Continue reading How Not to Explode with Anxiety in a Time of Ecological Disaster
Week 6: IE Studies Book
This is going to be a short post because I'm simply announcing that I have started to read A History of Pagan Europe by Nigel Pennick and Prudence Jones for the DP. The reading list for the Dedicant Path does not seem to have been updated since I first attempted the program in 2010 with the exception of … Continue reading Week 6: IE Studies Book
Orthopsychy
Relationships are a cyclical thing. We might talk about relationships being in balance, but it is less the balance that comes from nothing happening and more the carefully achieved equilibrium of a skilled juggler managing several objects (possibly quite heavy, possibly quite dangerous) in the air at a time. Relationships too are like juggling: there … Continue reading Orthopsychy
Prayer for Orlando
(Or, the litany of a sad queer Brigidine Pagan) Shine light into the darkness to cast away our fears and blame. Set aflame our hearts that we not succumb to inaction and apathy in the face of tragedy. Warm our souls when we are weary from the crushing weight of living in this world. Dry … Continue reading Prayer for Orlando
The behaviour of online Pagans, and why I’m going ‘stealth’ online again
This post is about two close friends of mine who have found themselves in the cross hairs of unfounded accusations. I share this post not to send people rushing off in their defense (which has caused some more drama and I've been asked to try to keep more from happening) but to support my friends … Continue reading The behaviour of online Pagans, and why I’m going ‘stealth’ online again
Sage and Starshine 