My grove recently celebrated Alban Hefin (the summer solstice). This year we didn’t do any formal ritual. It was an exercise in simplicity. And I have to say it was as an effective a ritual as any. One grovemate lives in a cottage on a farm here in Southern Maine. So we gathered at her [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Wordless Ritual
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Instant Ritual
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Still in California… Today I ventured out at lunch to find something to eat. I settled on noodles from a restaurant next to the hotel I am staying at. After I got my food and stepped out of the restaurant, my attention turned to two little birds in the outside dining area I was passing [...]
No Unsacred Place
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I recently read the following quote by Wendell Berry, “There are no unsacred places. There are only sacred places and desecrated places”. This profound thinker has in one sentence, succinctly put what I have babbled on about for years. I think all true poets are at their core, Bards. And Mr. Berry is a true [...]
