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Your Mythic Life with Rev. Brian
@yourmythiclife
Trained/ordained interfaith minister & Gothi helping people rediscover myth & wonder in daily life. Ritual worker. Wedding officiant. (Him/He)athen
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Earth Day
You say it's your Earth Day. It's my Earth Day too, yeah! They say it's your Earth Day. We're gonna have a green time! I'm glad it's your Earth Day. Well, "Happy Earth Day" to ya! Wicca in the Bible Belt
“Undaunted by opponents, Riley has sought to help them...[and] he decided to create a food pantry...If we’re a church, aren’t we supposed to feed the hungry?” I met Terry Riley during the 2023 Parliament of the World's Religions. I'm not surprised he eventually forged acceptance f Interreligious Prayer for the Earth
From the video description: "In this video, CEIE invites you to receive the wisdom of diverse traditions, for nurturing a sense of reciprocity and mutuality with the more than human world, together with Seattle University and community partners..." Lament with Earth
The LAMENT WITH EARTH series: The BTS Center has partnered with The Many (a group of liturgists and musicians) to create a series of seasonal, worship-filled, online opportunities for grief in community. Their next LAMENT WITH EARTH gathering occurs on May 8, 2024. Its focus will My April 2024 Tarot Preview Card(s)
Back on April 1, I drew from The Spirit Keeper’s Tarot (Revelation Edition), my Monthly Preview Tarot Card for April 2024. Well, I intended to draw a card, but a second card seemed to “want” to come out, so it's here to supplement the main card.April 2024 preview card: The Bereav File under RESOURCES / RITUAL / IDEAS: "How to create rituals that work for Pagans with ADHD" by Halo Quin Fool for a Day (April Fools' Day): John Constantine
Once again, I celebrate April Fools' Day by sharing my favorite fool: John Constantine, the Hellblazer. Image from The Vertigo Tarot (1995) Art: Dave McKean Text: Rachel Pollack Introduction: Neil Gaiman "In the story of the Major Arcana all begins with the hero, alone and mysterious, 12 Easter traditions from around the world (barcelona.cat)
Here's "Twelve Easter traditions from around the world" (posted March 27, 2023; updated March 25, 2024): 1. Easter Bunny (United States via Germany) 2. The ‘caramelles’ singers of Scandinavia 3. A wet Easter in Poland (‘smingus-dyngus’ festival). 4. Corfu smashups. 5. Norwegian thr A little over a decade ago, Mark Townsend wrote a Good Friday reflection for Pagans. Perhaps it still has worth as an interfaith or interreligious offering. Here is a sample: "The cross is a symbol of a God who allows himself to experience the very darkest, most broken and most a Osterfeuer
If I had grown up in a church that held the practice of Osterfeuer, or Easter fires, I might never have become Pagan. OK, that's probably not true, but I did enjoy reading " Easter Fires may have been burning in Europe since Pagan days " PLEASE PRACTICE SAFE EASTER FIRES THIS HOLID Bunnies and Babylons
While this post was an interesting read about the works of Alexander Hislop (a Scottish Presbyterian minister who published a pamphlet/book entitled "The Two Babylons"), what I really liked were the crocheted bunny images (by HOerwin56) that accompany said post: The Grumpy Protes "Animists are people who recognize that the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human, and that life is always lived in relationship to others." –Graham Harvey (Animism: Respecting the Living World, 2006, Columbia University Press) Welcome Spring
This afternoon: Ritual fire to welcome the Spring Equinox, which arrives at 11:06pm Eastern Time tonight. I've ceremonially burned the Yule wreath I made on Mother's Night 2023. So, the wreath has now fulfilled its purpose as a symbol of the returning Sun. Hail Spring! #spring #e New altar item: Concrete skull match holder (with match striker)! With a penumbral lunar eclipse (March 25th) and a total solar eclipse (April 8th) on the docket, let's look at global mythology for five entities that were previously thought to hold the blame for obscuring the Sun and Moon . Image description: Victoria Ellis's illustration of mon Regarding Saint Patrick: “When the legend sells better than the truth, print the legend.” Photo of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. (Credit: Matthew Christopher, ABANDONED AMERICA) From the Atlas Obscura story, "Why Are There So Many Abandoned Churches? Changing neighborhoods, loss of faith, even heating bills make places of worship among t Empathy is not a fixed trait
And empathy is essential in interfaith work. Research News: Empathy was thought to be a fixed trait (as one ages). But recent studies show that adult brains can learn compassion; they can “learn to increase or decrease their empathetic responses.” Image description: Two human head March 2024 Tarot Preview: The Pugilist
Drawing from The Spirit Keeper’s Tarot (Revelation Edition), my Monthly Preview Tarot Card for March 2024 is... The Pugilist - Nine of Scepters. "The Pugilist is a spirit of great endurance, but that strength comes from having endured great suffering. The Pugilist is one who cont By What Name Do You Call ... The Cartoonist?
This early cartoon by Terry Moore is just ... ::chef's kiss::. Image description: Four panel cartoon. One large, rectangular panel above three smaller, square, panels. In the top panel, a priest and a congregant are sitting in a pew, stained glass window looms behind them. The pr
