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A Room Of My Own

Late last year a large green building appeared in our front yard. This is to be my very own studio! After years of working in a very small ...
Wise Words: Eating From The Tree

In pagan stories around the world, there is usually no original sin; human beings as a species are not guilty. Neither are they perfect, an...
Elsewisdom: A New Knowing to Close the Circle

What a strange year it has been, full of journeys through dark and low places, punctuated by occasional bright, high peaks. I’ve written po...
Wise Words: Small Religions

“Only a god,” Heidegger famously said, “can still save us.” An atheist would disagree, but I think that on this one, the atheist would be w...
The Sacredness of What Is

For everyone Be gentle with yourself. We all turn against ourselves, sometimes. Be gentle and kind. It is natural to be kind, and...
Telling the New Stories

I wrote most of what follows several weeks ago, originally as part of my post about Jeanette Winterson and the importance of reading, This S...
Finding the Bedrock

Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued more—also because the status quo depends on it; but love depends on self-...
Not Knowing

Considering the complexity of the situation we find ourselves in, it’s hard to say anything because I know that what I write can only ever b...
Imbolc and the New Year

I’ve always been something of a contrarian—that is, if everyone else is doing something, I generally don’t want to have anything to do with ...
Interwoven Selves: A Review of From a Broken Web

This review was first published on Medusa Rising on 18th March 2025 . * Catherine Keller, From a Broken Web: Separation, Sexism and Self (Be...

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