Week 3 of 30 Days of Love is here!
For many of us, it is hard to imagine a world without police, prisons, and punishment as “justice.” Fear-mongering about a lawless society in which we all have to fend for ourselves has become a talki
Trying to Pick a Historical Blog Post for January 28
Faithful readers of this little blog often ask how I pick the topics for my historical entries, many of which seem to be obscure or exotic. The process is simple, if haphazard. I consult a number of
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Thinking of the Good and the Bad and What Might be Coming
William Buttler Yeats died in Menton, France, on this day, the 28th of January in 1939. His body was interred in France and lay there for nearly a decade before his remains were removed to Ire
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Sorrow
“I believe that we’re all entitled to our pain—that there’s no hierarchy of grief or fear, in which someone else’s pain invalidates our own. If anything, giving voice to our pain metabolizes it; we co
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This week at the Clear Spring School
We've had a challenging week as a number of students and one staff member were out with illness and possible exposure to covid-19. But it was a good week with students building interesting things with
Temple of Witchcraft documentary soon to be released
A new documentary that will explore the history and evolution of the Temple of Witchcraft is due to be released late-Spring, early summer. Continue reading Temple of Witchcraft documentary soon to be
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Sowing Justice: Why Corporations Love the Filibuster
Jeff Milchen While many corporations offer feel-good commercials promoting multiculturalism and equality, their political arms (like the Chamber of Commerce) and political investments perpetuate the d
Sowing Justice: Why Corporations Love the Filibuster
Jeff Milchen While many corporations offer feel-good commercials promoting multiculturalism and equality, their political arms (like the Chamber of Commerce) and political investments perpetuate the d
Lewis Carroll’s Derelict Canon of Zen Koans
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born at the All Saints’ vicarage in Cheshire, England, today, the 27th of January, in 1832. His family produced military men and clerics. His great grandfather a b
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Memories Dim as International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Observed
The grim reality is that 77 years after the world got confirmation of the breadth of the Holocaust anti-Semitism is on the rise in the United States and in Europe. As the last survivors of the dea
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Are You Hexed or Are You Living in a Pandemic in a Dysfunctional Society?
When you can’t find ordinary explanations it’s time to start looking for magical explanations – and sometimes we do. But if you feel like you’re being hexed, there’s an ordinary explanation you may be
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Compound leaf
What a liberating example Janet set with her year of butterflies! When she was very tired or didn’t get to her drawing until very late in the day, she would draw one freehand. Here’s my equivalent, do
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Love
“If there is one thing that I appreciate about our Unitarian Universalist Association’s invitation to siding with love in these current times, it is that the invitation invites love as an active force
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Catalonia seeks reparation for Witchcraft victims and awards prize to Judith Butler
Spain moves forward with a proposed resolution that would offer reparations and restitution for those accused of witchcraft in the country's history. Continue reading Catalonia seeks reparation for Wi
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Action Alert: Urge Your Legislators to Renew the Child Tax Credit (CTC)
“For the past six months, more than 61 million children in roughly 36 million families across the U.S. have received a monthly payment of $250 or $300 per child… [But] tax credits that would have
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Boundless Gratitude to Thich Nhat Hanh for His Teachings and Meditations
By Amy Caldwell | As we entered our second year of the pandemic, early in the spring of 2021, I was reviewing the changes and additions the monastics of the Plum Village Center for Engaged Buddhism ha
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The Zen Priest Dreams the Jesus Prayer
DREAMING THE JESUS PRAYER James Ishmael Ford I find Jesus and the Jesus Prayer on my heart a fair amount of late. And only a little less, Mary, for me as the great Western manifestation of Gua
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