Hospitality Begins with Ditching Expectations

Hospitality can be a challenge. Especially when you're dealing with many different Powers, from many different pantheons and with vastly different outlooks. The key seems to be making every Power invited feel truly and sincerely welcomed. But where to start? Kathleen Norris, in Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, said that “True hospitality is marked by an …

On Hospitality

In my last post I spoke briefly on hospitality before moving on to my altar/shrine. I thought I'd revisit the topic and explore it in greater depth. This will likely be a series, actually – so consider advanced warning given! Hospitality is one of those rules that seems universal, and can be found everywhere from …

Rooms, Storage, and Doors – Thoughts on Altars

This Exploration I welcomed seven new Powers into my life, and left space for an eighth who will come later. This was a big deal. I've worked with my Lady, the Ancestors, and the Land alone for so long and with so few interruptions that adding anyone else to the mix is difficult for me …

Exploration

And so the Wheel turns and brings us to Exploration. Also called Candlemas and Imbolc, in my calendar this is the time of year when expansion in the mental and spiritual realms is paramount. I haven't been posting much anywhere on the interwebs since Origination (12/12). My focus abruptly shifted at Origination, and the directions …