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• Pain and Pausing, by Molly Remer

  By Molly Remer on August 14, 2019 • ( 9 )

  

  “I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles, in which vital and transforming events take place.” —Rufus Jones Last year in August, I wrote here at FAR about my own pattern of getting sick each July and the… Read More ›

• Greenness, Whiteness, Blackness, and the Nature of the World by Marisa Goudy

  By Guest Contributor on August 13, 2019 • ( 25 )

  

  There’s magic in hiking alone, but as women, we’ve been taught to worry about venturing far on our own. In fact, we’ve been taught to worry about a lot more than that. Though once I merely shrugged off the warnings… Read More ›

• The Devil’s Bargain: “If You Can Convince a White Woman” by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on August 12, 2019 • ( 32 )

  

  This week’s news from America. Where to begin? When will it end? The President of the United States is a racist who incites racist violence. Republicans have been slow to condemn the President and are not likely to pass a… Read More ›

• On Va’etchanan: Do Not Murder, Rather Love by Ivy Helman

  By Ivy Helman on August 11, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Va’etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) gives us pause for thought in its contradictions.  First, the parshah (Torah portion) contains the aseret hadibrot (Ten Commandments), among which is:  you shouldn’t murder (5:17). Then, pasukim (verses) 6:4-5 contain the shema (Hear O Israel! The… Read More ›

• Mid –Summer Musings: Lady in Waiting by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on August 10, 2019 • ( 18 )

  

  Yesterday at the Mid-Summer Turning I took a woodland walk in warm summer rain and then spent a quiet day at home. I visited with a few tadpoles and green frogs that inhabit my vernal pool, sat on the bridge… Read More ›

• Dancing at Lughnasa by Mary Sharratt

  By Mary Sharratt on August 9, 2019 • ( 13 )

  

  Summer passes all too swiftly. Just yesterday it was spring and the woods were full of bluebells and the hedges frothy with hawthorn. Then, only a few days ago, I noticed that the heather is already blooming. Rowan berries hang… Read More ›

• My Mystery School Experience–Facing Life Part II by Janet Rudolph

  By Guest Contributor on August 8, 2019 • ( 15 )

  

  This post builds on Facing Life Part I. I love the concept of ancient mystery schools. I found a modern one in Maine in 1997. The mystery school experience allowed me to delve into life’s meanings and magic in a… Read More ›

• Soulful Art in New York City by Judith Shaw

  By Judith Shaw on August 6, 2019 • ( 9 )

  

  Though temperatures outside were sizzling during the July heatwave in New York, I was cool inside the Frick Museum. Nearing the end of my visit I was standing by a rope that blocked entry to a curved stone staircase –… Read More ›

• We Are Not Alone: Embodying and Re-enacting Ancient Wisdom by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on August 5, 2019 • ( 8 )

  

  A few nights ago, on the way to dinner, two friends and I passed by a small church near the old fortress in Ierapetra, Crete. The liturgy was broadcast via microphone and a crowd of people gathered outside the church…. Read More ›

• Eye of Newt, a Binding Spell by Barbara Ardinger

  By Barbara Ardinger on August 4, 2019 • ( 8 )

  

  I first wrote this spell in 1994 when a certain Member of Congress from Marietta, Georgia, took out his Contract On America. I sent the spell out on the internet and know that it was used. I rewrote it to… Read More ›

• A Dream of Death and the Light Beyond Light: Remembering Ñacuñán by Laura Shannon

  By Laura Shannon on August 3, 2019 • ( 12 )

  

  In my final year of college, my B.A. in Intercultural Studies required me to take a daily accelerated Spanish class. Thus I met Ñacuñán Sáez, the dazzlingly urbane young professor from Argentina who had recently come via Italy and Oxford to our tiny… Read More ›

• Don’t Think About That – a poem of motherhood in this wounded world by Trelawney Grenfell-Muir

  By Trelawney Grenfell-Muir on August 2, 2019 • ( 12 )

  

  Get the kids out the door to swim Sunscreen, lots of sunscreen Summer’s worse every damned year Deadly heat waves are killing people as our civilization begins to crumble Don’t think about that, gotta remember to fill water bottles Pack… Read More ›

•  Fish Tails: A Grandmother’s Legacy by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on August 1, 2019 • ( 6 )

  

  When the two year old pulled the silvery gold fish out of the pond to the cheers of her five and seven year old siblings, parents, and grandmother, I shuddered involuntarily. The young perch impaled by sharp hook was gasping… Read More ›

• Art That Lifts the Soul by Judith Shaw

  By Judith Shaw on July 31, 2019 • ( 8 )

  

  Art that seeks the essence. Such art comes in many forms and styles. Some art is political, some is decorative. Some art is conceptual, some is commercial. But the art that draws me in, that makes me feel deeply, and… Read More ›

• Gentle Moments in a Violent World by Marcia Mount Shoop

  By Marcia Mount Shoop on July 30, 2019 • ( 14 )

  

  “Be gentle with yourself.” It may be some of the most redemptive guidance I have ever received.  And I share that invitation daily with people in painful situations. “Be gentle with yourself.” In a world seemingly hell bent on self-destruction,… Read More ›

• Plant Trees, Trees, and More Trees by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on July 29, 2019 • ( 14 )

  

  I dream that all of us who are suffering burn-out because of national and world politics come together to plant and nurture trees. Scientists say that planting ONE TRILLION TREES would neutralize two-thirds of carbon emissions and reverse climate change…. Read More ›

• The World Cup was won by Lesbians, Activists, Mothers, Youngsters, Over 30’s, and all around Remarkable Ladies by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on July 28, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  As a follow up of my June FAR post, I am writing about soccer and the Women’s World Cup. The final aired on Sunday July 7th and saw the USA women beat the Netherlands 2-0. This historical win was the… Read More ›

• What to Do About Bullies by Deanne Quarrie

  By Deanne Quarrie on July 27, 2019 • ( 6 )

  

  I could probably go on and on about this topic, so in the interest of education I offer the following information gathered in my own recovery. Why would I write about bullying at all?  Are we not Goddess lovers, one… Read More ›

• Poem:  “How to Survive a Four Letter Word” by Marie Cartier

  By Marie Cartier on July 26, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  What is taken from a woman? When someone breaks her open and fills her with nothing of herself, and then leaves? She has to find all the pieces of herself. That’s why they call it—recovery.     You have to… Read More ›

• “Go Back to your Country!” OK. But … I’m From San Francisco! by Karen Leslie Hernandez

  By Karen Leslie Hernandez on July 25, 2019 • ( 23 )

  

  On December 15, 2018, at 10:22PM, I received a call and a voicemail from someone I didn’t know. The charming message left for me? “Hello, Karen. You fat, disgusting slob. Go back to your country. I hope your new year’s… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday Isis: Isis Isis…Ra! Ra! Ra! by Karen Tate

  By Guest Contributor on July 24, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  I wanted to pull myself away from the ugliness out there and take time to honor the Egyptian Goddess, Isis, as Her birthday is recognized to be in the latter part of July.  My husband, Roy, and I formed the… Read More ›

• Sappho’s Poems as an Ethos for Women’s Ritual by Jill Hammer

  By Jill Hammer on July 23, 2019 • ( 15 )

  

  For by my side you put on many wreaths of roses and garlands of flowers around your soft neck   and with precious and royal perfume you anointed yourself.   On soft beds you satisfied your passion.   And there… Read More ›

• And We Are Singing, Singing for Our Lives! by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on July 22, 2019 • ( 10 )

  

  Last week I wrote about the grief I feel for the state of my nation (the United States) and of the world. A few days later one of my favorite writers, Katha Pollitt, asked why we are not all in… Read More ›

• Temple Magdalen by Elizabeth Cunningham

  By Elizabeth Cunningham on July 21, 2019 • ( 27 )

  

  Since I began writing for FAR in July 2012, I have written about Mary Magdalen, or excerpted a passage from one of my novels, near or on her July 22 Feast Day. For why I made the controversial choice to… Read More ›

• Beaches and Books by Esther Nelson

  By Esther Nelson on July 20, 2019 • ( 10 )

  

  Even though I’ve traveled and lived throughout much of the world, I’ve never thought of any one place or geographic location as home.  I have always felt a little envious of people who claim to have a strong, visceral connection… Read More ›

• Facing Life Part 1 by Janet Rudolph

  By Guest Contributor on July 19, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  I remember the first time I killed a living animal for food. I was a college student. I was traveling with other students on a month-long backpacking trip along the Sea of Cortez in Baja, Mexico. It was a very… Read More ›

• Independence Day? by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on July 18, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  She haunts me little bear, too slight, too wary to seek seed I cast for her under White Pine in whose strong arms she finds comfort and safety, if only for one night.   The animals are innocent   Where… Read More ›

• Finding God in Music by Gina Messina

  By Gina Messina on July 17, 2019 • ( 6 )

  

  We cannot force a connection with God through a faulty conduit. What is important is that we affirm ourselves when we find it — when we feel it. Embrace those experiences, name them for what they are and recognize that you are sacred and the divine – whatever that means to you – is present.

• All Are Our Teachers by Lache S.

  By Lache S. on July 16, 2019 • ( 7 )

  

  What can we learn from each other? Some people teach us that we need help with boundaries. Some remind us that we are easy to love. We can observe the way some lovers make us want to escape, simmering a… Read More ›

• Grief, Have I Denied You? by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on July 15, 2019 • ( 16 )

  

  I have never had so much trouble trying to find a topic for blog and to begin writing it as I have this time. It is 6:58 am in Greece, three hours and two minutes before my blog is due… Read More ›

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