Yvonne Aburrow's Blog, page 58
April 12, 2019
Notable and quotable 8
Some wonderful articles that I’ve spotted this week:
Magic: what is it, where does it come from? By Ryan Cronin The Goddess Kālī swallows Jordan Peterson whole. By Josh Schrei My Grandmother’s Tree by Sīv Watson Shattered vessels and scattered sparks by Lorna Smithers MagicA beautiful post from Ryan Cronin on what magic is and where it comes from. I especially liked the description of the Old Magic:
This magic is not something we create; it is all around us. But it can be so hard to see...
Noteworthy posts 8
Some wonderful articles that I’ve spotted this week:
Magic: what is it, where does it come from? By Ryan Cronin The Goddess Kālī swallows Jordan Peterson whole. By Josh Schrei My Grandmother’s Tree by Sīv Watson Shattered vessels and scattered sparks by Lorna Smithers MagicA beautiful post from Ryan Cronin on what magic is and where it comes from. I especially liked the description of the Old Magic:
This magic is not something we create; it is all around us. But it can be so hard to see...
April 5, 2019
Notable and quotable 7
Things I’ve read and wanted to share.
Black-only spacesIf you’re a marginalized group, it is helpful to have spaces where you don’t have to be constantly on your guard against the dominant group. This is true for women and LGBTQ+ people, so why can’t people accept that it is also true for Black people?
In Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People, Kelsey Blackwell explains why Black people need their own spaces:
People of color need their own spaces. Black people need their own s...
Noteworthy posts 7
Things I’ve read and wanted to share.
Black-only spacesIf you’re a marginalized group, it is helpful to have spaces where you don’t have to be constantly on your guard against the dominant group. This is true for women and LGBTQ+ people, so why can’t people accept that it is also true for Black people?
In Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People, Kelsey Blackwell explains why Black people need their own spaces:
People of color need their own spaces. Black people need their own s...
April 3, 2019
Full Moon dreams
As it was Full Moon, I had a weird dream. Most of it was just processing the day’s events, but some of it was not.
My cat was scratching at the screen, so my brain was trying to write Typescript to program the screen not to make a noise. Then Jody Wilson-Raybould and Michael Wernick showed up. I think my brain was trying to program them in Typescript too. So that part of the dream was just processing stuff that was happening.
[image error]Forest landscape by Flo222 on Pixabay (public domain)
Then I was a...
March 31, 2019
Books I’ve read in March
Books I’ve read in March. Only two – I must have been spending too much time reading Guardian articles and WordPress blogposts (not to mention spending far too much time on Twitter and Instagram).
Beyond the Broomstick by Morgana [image error]Transgender Day of Visibility
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility to all transgender, nonbinary, genderfluid, and genderqueer people.
[image error]March 30, 2019
Sex, gender, and deities
Do deities have gender? What about sexual characteristics? As non-physical (and some might say, metaphorical) beings, they can manifest in whatever form they want.
DefinitionsDeities are the identities or personalities of places, lands, natural phenomena, and cosmic forces. Sometimes they have an anthropomorphic interface: that’s to say they sometimes manifest in human form.
Sex is biological though not actually binary. There are seven different biological characteristics that are used to d...
March 29, 2019
Noteworthy posts 6
Ethical plant use, an animist perspective on evil, an overview of the LV-426 Tradition, asking for inclusion, sonnets for Mary on Lady Day, and complex societies, gods and morality.
Ethical plant useJust as there’s a huge issue with crystals in nature-oriented spiritual practices, there’s also a massive problem with using plants, as many of them are becoming endangered due to over-harvesting. Dana at The Druid’s Garden suggests some ethical ways of engaging with plants.
I’d like to suggest...
March 28, 2019
Wonder and delight: Tolkien and Pagan ideas
JRR Tolkien loved ancient Pagan mythology, especially Norse mythology. He also loved trees, flowers, rivers and streams, mountains, woods, and landscape generally. His writing is infused with a love of Nature, as well as an in-depth knowledge of ancient cultures and mythologies. He was, however, a Catholic, both by upbringing and conviction. He wrote his legendarium as a supporting world for his invented languages; though the earliest version was intended “to restore to the English an epic tr...
