Tag Archives: Taoism

Hail, La Nina

Imbolc New (Bloodroot) Moon A while back I asked John Harstad, then the naturalist at Cedar Creek Nature Center, a wonderful place run by the University of Minnesota and only about 15 miles from home, about first signs of spring. … Continue reading →

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Let There Be Darkness

Fall Waxing Harvest Moon Let’s try darkness again. In Taoism the familiar Taiji makes my point about the essential and complementary nature of light and dark. Taoism gives equal weight to the yin and yang* represented in the taiji, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Commentary on Religion, Faith and Spirituality, Great Wheel, Great Work, Holidays, Humanities, Myth and Story | Tagged camp chesterfield, Dante, eurydice, Jesus, Lucifer, orpheus, Pandemonium, seasons, taiji, Taoism, Winter Solstice, Yang, Yin | 1 Comment

How We Discover Who We Are

Summer Waxing Grandchildren Moon Sl-o-w-i-n-g dowwwnn. Ah. Life returns in the emptiness. Doing gives us fuel, puts us in life, covers our lives with experience, action, momentum. Without doing we would not live, not be different from the rock in … Continue reading →

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Beltane: 2010

Beltane Waning Flower Moon The old Celtic calendar divided the year into two seasons, Summer and Winter. Summer began on Beltane, May 1st, and ended at Samhain, Summer’s End, at October 31st. Summer is the growing season, the time when … Continue reading →

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Don’t like the weather? Tough.

Imbolc New Moon (Wild) We have more snow. Not a lot, maybe a couple of inches. It makes the whiteness fresh. Some folks have begun to complain that this winter has gone on too long and that this snow insults … Continue reading →

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Leaving Denver

Winter Waxing Cold Moon The decompression has begun. My suitcase awaits only my dopp kit to be ready to go. A shower, final packing and I’ll be ready. Ready, that is, to drop off the rental car before noon then … Continue reading →

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The Tea Ceremony on Tour

Beltane Full Flower Moon Two tours this morning. The first, a Visual Thinking Strategies, for third graders from Maxfield school in St. Paul went well. The kids attention petered out after about 45 minutes and we went on search of … Continue reading →

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Eat a Peach, Live Forever

75 bar falls 29.75 1mph WSW dewpoint 41 Beltane New Moon (Hare Moon) I chose the English medieval name for the moon this month because of a wonderful incense burner in the Weber Collection. It is a bronze bunny, eyes … Continue reading →

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A Burning Tree

65 bar falls 29.94 0mph S dewpoint 30 Beltane New Moon (Hare Moon) The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life … Continue reading →

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The Wollemi Pine–Live From the Carboniferous

33 bar steep rise 30.06 5mph N dewpoint 22 Spring Waning Gibbous Moon of Growing The workshop I attended today had two co-sponsors, The Institute for Advanced Studies (UofM) and the Arboretum(UofM). This was the culminating workshop in a … Continue reading →

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