On this page the following entries were made in the “September, 2009” time-frame.
Archive for “September, 2009”
Something Old, Something New
Lance Foster (The Sleeping Giant) raised some points in respect of my blog post entitled “Animism:Souls or Relationships?” that got me thinking about the language related to ‘new animism’ and ‘old animism’ and has left me feeling a little uncomfortable.
Core to any animism seem to be “ways of relating”, but in contemporary western society, the use of the words “old” and “new” are synonymous with “out-dated” and “improved”… as a distinction, I’m not sure that it is a respectful one… with an implication that “New, improved, animism” is shinier, more iPhone friendly.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that this… Read more »
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Benevolent and Malevolent Trees
Stories about benevolent and malevolent trees are widespread in British folklore.
Here’s one from Derbyshire:
A man has to make a journey late at night along a stretch of road which crosses a river at a place where the torrent is particularly fast and rocky. He is afraid because this stretch of road is haunted by a malevolent ash tree known as ‘Crooker’ who causes people to drown in the torrent. So although the way is dark, it is important to get to the bridge before moonrise when Crooker become active. But more important still is to gain the protection of…
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Does autumn get any better than this?
This post and photo appear at SkyWatch Friday, “a place to enjoy skies and views from all around the world.” A new edition begins every Thursday evening at 7:30 GMT. This photo checks in at #379 for this week.
Next to Wonderland Lake in North Boulder this morning.
No fiddling with color, no Photoshopping. Honest. (I haven’t had Photoshop anyway since I did a computer upgrade in midsummer.) Straight out of my pocket camera, Canon Powershot SD100, with minor cropping.
Post from: this lively earth
Copyright 2009 Priscilla StuckeyDoes autumn get any better than this?
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First Snow in the Mountains
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Storytelling and Re-Enchanting the Land
My own focus on cultural conservation has lately been in storytelling and
learning, memorizing, and telling stories. Yesterday I participated in
Archaeology Day at the state historical society. Over a period of 5 hours I
performed 20 sessions of storytelling to about 600 kids, grades 4-6, in a tipi.
I told a Shoshone-Bannock creation tale and the Cherokee story about how plants
became medicines.
It was amazing how these kids, brought up on all the latest Internet sites,
computer games, high def TV with 400 channels, DVDs, movies etc., sat
spellbound, focused, as they heard stories in the oldest human mode: oral tales
told in first person by a… Read more »
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Aspen gold
This post opens the 40th edition of the blog carnival Festival of the Trees, with a focus on the benefits of trees. Take a look at some of the lovely posts and photos from trees and tree lovers around the world.
The clear skies of the late-September day mean it is time to head uphill to aspen country. We play hooky from work all day to bathe in gold. Our first stop is next to a wall of rock. Aspens or rock? I can’t decide!
We are heading south on the Peak to Peak Highway, which means we catch the aspens partially backlit… Read more »
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Ritual, Deep Grammar and Cultural Appropriation
I know I’m going to offend some with this post, but I’m going to ask you to consider being bigger than the offence taken, and just ask if I might have even half a point.
I’ve not had much connection with my (albeit limited) experiences of pagan ritual. Don’t get me wrong, I love ritual… brought up all bells and smells High Anglican; a nicely crafted Nunc Dimitis and the smell of frankincense can have me in a trance at the drop of a hat. So I’ve pondered much about why I find most pagan ritual (neo-pagan ritual) that I have… Read more »
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Welcome, Nature Blog Network!
I’m honored and delighted to be the featured blog
this week at the Nature Blog Network. Welcome, NBN readers!
The Nature Blog Network is a marvelous community of nature lovers, writers, scientists, and photographers.
If you’re looking for outstanding blogging about birds, bugs, plants, herps, hiking, oceans, ecosystems, or any other natural topic — or if you blog on those topics yourself — this is the place for you!
If you haven’t yet visited NBN, take a few minutes to browse among the nearly 900 blogs in the network. Be prepared for some fantastic photos of birds, insects, trees, and all the other marvels nature… Read more »
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Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Flatt and Scruggs
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Trusting the senses
I haven’t been able to forget a comment David Abram made during his keynote at a conference I attended in the spring. He said even science, devoted as it is to studying the material world, in practice acts as if the world of the senses is less real than some other, subtler world that can be perceived only through instruments of technology. Someone from the audience asked, even biology?
Even biology studies a world not immediately available to our senses. The sensuous visible world of our flesh-and-blood encounter is taken as secondary, to be explained in reference to some other dimension hidden…
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