Changing paths
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Life
Read more: LifeChanging Paths challenge day 16: life. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” — Maya Angelou Maya Angelou also said that none of us are free until we are all free. The bottom line is that…
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The sky
Read more: The skyChanging Paths challenge 15: the sky. The sky has a huge impact on my mood. If it’s blue with a few clouds, I’m happy. If it’s dramatic, I’m excited. If there’s a rainbow, I love it (especially the rainbow that appeared the day after Ireland voted for same sex marriage). If it’s grey and overcast,…
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My path
Read more: My pathChanging Paths challenge day 14: my path. I don’t really describe my path as a spiritual path anymore. I think of it as an embodied path. My practice is to notice the beauty in the everyday: flowers, trees, music, the landscape, the sky, food, and poetry. As The Charge of the Goddess says, all acts…
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Roots and wings
Read more: Roots and wingsChanging Paths Challenge day 13: Roots and wings Today’s prompt is a reference to Carolyn McDade’s classic song, Spirit of Life, which contains the line “roots hold me close, wings set me free”. My family roots are in nonconformist churches but there’s also a strong tradition of loving Nature. My Mum loved Nature and so…
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Songs
Read more: SongsChanging Paths challenge day 12: Songs. Singing has always been a big part of my spirituality, and I love being in choirs. I dream of organizing a Pagan choir again one day.
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Wonder and awe
Read more: Wonder and aweChanging Paths challenge day 11: wonder and awe. I experience wonder and awe in response to Nature, whether in the form of mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, trees, or on a smaller scale such as the beauty of flowers or the complexity of a spider web.
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Animals and birds
Read more: Animals and birdsChanging Paths challenge day 10: animals and birds. I love animals and birds and Nature. It feels like such a privilege to see animals and birds in the wild. In our garden we have chipmunks and cardinals and robins and rabbits. We were once visited by a very floofy skunk. We have only seen one…
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Drama
Read more: DramaChanging Paths challenge 9: drama. I took this photo of a rather dramatic sky the other day. Whenever I see clouds like this, it reminds me of the bit in The Blues Brothers movie where one of them says “we’re on a mission from God”.
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Change
Read more: ChangeChanging Paths challenge day 7: Change Most people do not cope well with change, especially if it involves loss or destruction of their former way of life. It is hard for people with privilege to imagine losing more than one person in your family or friends group at a time: imagine losing all of them…
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Reconnecting
Read more: ReconnectingChanging Paths challenge day 5: Reconnecting Reconnecting with your spirituality when you feel uninspired, or heartbroken. Heartbroken at the multiple genocides, wars, massacres, injustices happening in the world. Heartbroken over climate catastrophe and species destruction.
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Reblog: Why I like being a Pagan
Read more: Reblog: Why I like being a PaganThere was some part of me that almost craved a sense of wonder and magic — something existing just beyond the humdrum of everyday life — all my life. I remember being a kid and imagining that I could feel the flow of magical energy all around me.
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Blogging challenge 2024
Read more: Blogging challenge 2024I’m starting the Changing Paths blogging / photo challenge. Take part and use the hashtag #changingpathschallenge2024 to be in with a chance to win a copy of Changing Paths. Subscribe to this blog, Changing Paths, or to the Dowsing for Divinity blog, to be in with a chance to win. Feel free to write poetry,…
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