The autumnal equinox has wheeled around once again. Every year I am reminded how this season has become my favourite season. Historically lacking the consumerist trappings of… Read more “Celebrating Mabon: A Season of Thanksgiving”
Category: thin spaces
Those We Meet on the Road
Roads are thin spaces. I often romanticize thin spaces — their defiance of clear boundaries and their endless possibilities. They represent a reality of spiritual realms that… Read more “Those We Meet on the Road”
Peace At The Edge of the World
The Welsh have a word that possesses no definite translation: hiraeth. Roughly, it means: missing something, longing for places and spaces that feel like home. It is… Read more “Peace At The Edge of the World”
Off the Edges of the World
I walked off the edge. And I jumped. And I was pushed. And I sat teetering on the brink. I don’t know why particularly. I wouldn’t refer… Read more “Off the Edges of the World”
A Bardesy Blessing
I was able to spend some time on Bardsey Island/Ynys Enlli on the tip of the Llyn Peninsula, Wales. Known as the Island of 20,000 Saints, it… Read more “A Bardesy Blessing”
Jumping Off
The day is gray and cloudy outside, but the drizzle has stopped. I’m going through all of my things, packing up again, and preparing for my few… Read more “Jumping Off”
Ancient Steps, Thin Spaces, New Life
I walked a portion of the North Wales Coastal Pilgrimage Trail today — Aber Falls. . An old area of Britain, with ruins littering the landscape. Some… Read more “Ancient Steps, Thin Spaces, New Life”
The Loss of Light and The Coming of Fire
As you read this, I’m trekking about the ancient lands of northeast Wales. I’ve arrived just in time to celebrate Lammas or Lughnasad on August 01.… Read more “The Loss of Light and The Coming of Fire”
Sacred Fire: Letting Go on the Summer Solstice
It’s time again for the summer solstice — Litha, Alban Heruin, Midsummer. The axial tilt of our earth is the nearest to the sun as it will… Read more “Sacred Fire: Letting Go on the Summer Solstice”
The Unspoken Sacrament
“Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” (Mark 9:7) Sacraments are those wondrously… Read more “The Unspoken Sacrament”
Reluctant Mysticism 