Category Archives: Story

Experiential Worship

I’ve been reading some articles about “experiential worship,” and it inspired me to think about my own experience.  After graduating from college, a classmate and I decided to travel in Europe.  On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1964,  I was … Continue reading →

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The Shipwreck Principle

Yesterday’s post reminded me of another event where an angel came to my rescue.  It was my senior year at Wellesley College.  Three friends and I decided to take a canoe trip down the Charles River to see our friends … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Angel

I put on my BOGS knowing the trail would be muddy, and set out with Bella for the Fox Hill trail. The entrance to the parking lot was so muddy I got stuck.  So I locked the car, put Bella … Continue reading →

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The Story of How I Realized that for Me, Primates are People

(Written in a workshop with Deena Metzger at Rowe in May 2010) It was when my mother broke her hip, and we all went home in turns to help her get from the hospital to the house we grew up … Continue reading →

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My Tribe

My joy in the Winter Solstice celebration in Stanstead makes me think of a passage I wrote for The Feminine of History is Mystery.  It was written when I was still living in Brunswick Maine, and could not imagine ever … Continue reading →

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Christmas

Christmas when I was growing up was mostly about presents and parties.  Our family had its ritual — stockings on our bed when we woke up, no access to the tree and the presents underneath until breakfast was eaten and … Continue reading →

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A Letter from God

For a while now I’ve been hanging out with “lost the will to live.”  Paying attention to the feelings but not acting on them.  I notice that I don’t have a lot of energy, and it’s hard to summon up … Continue reading →

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Manifestation: Beginner’s Luck

Mentioning the trip with Cara reminded me when I manifested something I wanted without even knowing about the technique.  Later, when we took DMA, I understand why it worked so well.  It was the fall of 1976. I was living … Continue reading →

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Genesis II

(Written in November 2008) Yesterday evening I kept reading Fox & Sheldrake (Natural Grace) and was reconnected with a wonderful vision of the shamanic realm: overlapping morphogenetic fields, overlapping souls, all of us intricately interconnected.  There was a discussion of … Continue reading →

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Ground-Candle-Bolc

For this holiday I put on my patchwork pants, and get out the glitter cloth and the sacred armadillo candles.  The meaning of this holiday has been revealed to me by remarks that others have made.  My friend Beverly gave … Continue reading →

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