Imbolc Waxing Bridgit Moon Here I am, a heretic beneath the bell tower of Blue Cloud Abbey, sitting at this mobile scriptorium, pecking away at the keys. The bell tower rises outside the window, a jet passing by, contrail at an acute angle toward the north, a metal angel streaking like Icarus toward the sun; […]
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Samhain Waning Harvest Moon Spent lunch with Leslie. She’s progressing in her work at Groveland. We had a very interesting conversation about a UU ecclesiology, not an easy topic since the notion loses something in importing it from Christianity. UU’s insist on calling their congregations churches, but that is accurate only historically for almost all […]
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Corvids
Imbolc New (Bloodroot) Moon Another image came to me last night. The monks look like ravens, clothed in black with their beaks pointed backward (the cowl) and a human face where the back of the head would be. Ravens and the corvids in general are the most intelligent of all birds, having demonstrated their cunning […]
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