My emotions do feel like a poison. They sicken and rot, and they boil and bubble over — and with nowhere to go — they corrode.
Averill, ‘A Work in Progress’
Yvonne Aburrow has a list of books to help introduce kids to Pagan world-views and values. They also wrote a (short) post about polytheism in Wicca. (There’s also this post, ‘Towards an inclusive Wiccan theology‘ that may be of interest to people.)
The simplest prayers are often the loudest. Lighting a candle and sitting in silence can be a powerful prayer to support your focused intent. Perching in the prow of a boat and smiling into the sea spray sounds like a lovely way to honor and commune with any number of water deities. The point is, feeling into the true meaning of the action, both for you and your devotional target.
Grace E, ‘Grace Notes: Prayer’
I think prayer is especially meaningful when it is consistent.
In one of the groups I am a part of a member linked to a post on prayer in the ‘digital age’.
… what I learned was that God wasn’t the one who needed my prayers. It was I who needed them more.
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, ‘How prayer helped me detox from the internet’
I stumbled over Ryan Smith’s blog (which I had somehow missed) and wanted to link to two of the posts I read this week, but I recommend checking out the other posts on his blog as well! First up is ‘Guides, Not Gatekeepers‘, about leadership and clergy roles, and the second is ‘Mysticism and Personal Practice’.
As linked in one of my groups was this amazing Tree of Contemplative Practices. The image is below, but I recommend checking out the webpage it is from – their version of the tree has information for each of the practices listed.
