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That Damned Christian Story | Lampposts and Other Light

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Lampposts and Other Light. May 7, 2015. That Damned Christian Story. 8220;I will sing the wondrous story…. Sing it with the saints in glory. Gathered by the crystal sea”. I don’t tell the story like they do. I don’t sing “of the Christ who died for me”. I can’t relate to that God. Maybe it’s my Asperger’s, or maybe it’s just who I am, but that isn’t my Story. I sing the story of Liberation. The Liberator God, who frees his people from slavery and from oppression. Here’s another version of that stor...

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Summer Harvests | Treasure in Barren Places

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Treasure in Barren Places. Modern Druidry and Gaelic Polytheism in the City. August 5, 2015. It was Lammas at Druid Camp. Alone, I would usually choose to celebrate Lughnasadh – the festival of Tailtu who created agriculture, of Lugh who prevents the death of the crops and brings the harvest. Summer games and competition and high-energy feats of challenge and pride, in honour of a proud, accomplished god. But we were together, and it was Lammas. I return to posts from American Pagans about rejecting Lugh...

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Reclaiming Narnia: Walking Trees, Talking Beasts, Divine Waters | Lampposts and Other Light

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Lampposts and Other Light. May 28, 2015. Reclaiming Narnia: Walking Trees, Talking Beasts, Divine Waters. And talking of Narnia… Jonathan Woolley writes a fantastic piece on the subject of reclaiming Narnia, on Gods and Radicals today. I Radical Voices from the Lantern Waste Opinions That Won’t Be Chronicled by Prof. Lewis. There is a deep magic, unknown to most. There is a deeper magic, unknown even to the wise. Then there is the deepest magic known to everyone. Aslan, or the White Witch? You are commen...

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Léithin Cluan | Lampposts and Other Light

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Lampposts and Other Light. Author Archives: Léithin Cluan. July 11, 2016. Crowdsourcing Story: the Welcome to Night Vale tarot. As readers of this blog know (and there aren’t many of you, and I love that, because niche readers for niche stuff😀 ), my spiritual path is rooted in story, particularly in modern stories. We didn’t stop myth-making when we ‘became modern’*. We didn’t even stop shared myth-making. Grown-ups we have become, falling in line with a social contract that serves almost no one. So obv...

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Fiction Friday: Running to Stand Still | Jack of Many Trades

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Jack of Many Trades. Where words mean things. Fiction Friday: Running to Stand Still. Tags: The Empty Sky. I fought my way through the panicked civilians, the nurses and doctors trying to help whoever they could, the soldiers fallen out of formation in the confusion. I understood now why we hadn’t seen any soldiers from Wa all day – they may have been bold in death, but they weren’t wasteful, not on this scale. I hurried through the hallways, unsure where he would be. To be honest, I had no way to kn...

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Bluebells | Lampposts and Other Light

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Lampposts and Other Light. May 17, 2015. Photo: Bluebells, by Jillyspoon (Creative Commons). This is the story of six bluebells. I’m struck by the power of life, of the ecosystem we are privileged to be part of. These tiny bluebells will feed bees, who in turn will ensure that we are fed. Looking after the most insignificant of bluebells, we move one step closer to real-ising our interconnectedness with all life. Later, at the bonfire, a child comes running up. “Mummy! I got flowers for you! The picking ...

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Blog of Mythic Proportions. Mythcon 46, Days 3 & 4 (Final Report): A Very Avery Adventure. Great T-shirts were everywhere at Mythcon; these might have summed up closing ceremonies as we all went our separate ways. 8216;s Mr. Spock for being “too perfect”), but it’s safe to say from our laughter that no one in the room was bored. It was like watching a (slightly) toned-down Lewis Black in full-on rant mode. But even Bratman’s acerbic tongue had nothing but praise for. Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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All that Lies Between: From the Centre to the Margins (and back again) | Lampposts and Other Light

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Lampposts and Other Light. June 7, 2015. All that Lies Between: From the Centre to the Margins (and back again). 8220;…all that lies between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel…”. The shrine at Healy Pass, Co. Cork, Ireland (which overlooks quite a view…) Photo by Meredith Desmond. The Healy Pass, built to transport food (and coffins) across the mountains between Cork and Kerry during the famine. Photo by Dulaman. There are the people who seek the centre. He is a patron of the margins....