May 1, 2019 / River Roberts / Make A Comment / Uncategorized
For those of us who run in Earth-based spiritual circles, today is Beltane. (At least in the northern hemisphere. I’d like to wish a very blessed Samhain to our friends on the other side of the Equator.) For those of us who have been aching for spring, this is a holiday that marks the time […]
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Tags: beltane, Cherry Trees, energy, holidays, lifeforce, Mary Oliver, May Day, Pablo Neruda, poetry, spring, warmth
February 20, 2019 / River Roberts / Make A Comment / Community Work, Leadership, Ritual
I recently experienced a series of very challenging interactions with an organization that I felt should have been much more empathetic and understanding of my experience. Without going into too many unnecessary details, I was made to feel unwelcome and undeserving of support while I was in a pretty vulnerable space. My dealings with that […]
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Tags: community, energetics, energy, gracing, ritual
February 6, 2019 / Jason Frey / Make A Comment / Community Work, Upcoming Events
When we talk about energy and energetics, what exactly do we mean? This has been a topic of conversation recently among the Expanding Inward team – not surprisingly, given that we’ll be exploring that very topic for several days at our upcoming Spring event – and I have to say, thus far there’s no single […]
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Tags: energy, events, everyday rituals
February 11, 2015 / Laurie Dietrich / 1 Comment / Ritual
My old computer died an honorable death a couple of weeks ago. It was not unexpected. All rites were observed. It was a mostly trauma-free transition. There was one unpleasant surprise though. My calendar did not survive the Great Crossing Over. So my calendar did not prompt me that it was about to be New […]
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Tags: community, Diana's Grove, ecstasy, energy, invocations, presence, ritual, trance, values