Tag Archives: Mythology

Ed Felien :
The night of the dead, the day of the living

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Thorne Dreyer

The ancients marked this time to remember the dead and to celebrate life. By Ed Felien | The Rag Blog | November 6, 2015 Saturday, November 5, marked the halfway point between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice. The … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : (New) Moon Musings

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

New moon and solar eclipse. Photo by maharani_r / photobucket.Moon Musings:New Moon and Solar Eclipse(Sunday, July 11, 2010) By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / July 5, 2010 [I have been researching, gathering data, putting the data in some … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Summer Solstice Seasonal Message

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Summer Solstice celebration at Stonehenge, 2005. Photo by Andrew Dunn / Time Machine by Heather Pringle.Summer Solstice:Mother Earth’s balancing act By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 “Summer breeze makes me feel fine,blowin’ thru the jasmine … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Beltane Seasonal Message

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Beltane. Image by Janna / deviantArt / Kuoma-stock.Fire and fertility:The Goddess is receptive to Lord Sun By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / April 23, 2010 “O doo not tell the priest our plight,For he would call it sin,For … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Vernal Equinox Seasonal Message

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The egg and the emergence of Lord Sun: Egg tulip image from uphilldowndale.Vernal Equinox:Honor Eoster, the goddess of Spring By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / March 11, 2010 Every day’s another dawning/Give the morning winds a chance/Always catch … Continue reading →

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Ray Reece : A Luddite’s Prayer to Gaia

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Space Junk” by Todd M. Bacastow / academics.uww.edu.Stop the (lunar) madness:A Luddite’s prayer to GaiaBy Ray Reece / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2010 In the New York Times Online of 11 February, columnist Ross Douthat writes disapprovingly in … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Candlemas Seasonal Message

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Candlemas. Image from Judeness’s Weblog.Candlemas:We focus on Mother Earth By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / January 31, 2010 “Keep on the Sunny Side, always on the Sunny Side, Keep on the Sunny Side of Life…” Tuesday, February 2, … Continue reading →

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Avatar : Contradictions of Cameron’s Animation Masterpiece

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The contradictions of capital-intensive history:James Cameron’s animation masterpiece The stunning experience of nature, culture, and politics does achieve an important spiritual reversal of the Cowboys and Indians plot. By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / December 28, 2009 “I’ll … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Yule Seasonal Message

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Yule: Lord Sun emerges “What you envision will bloom in the pale moonlight…” By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / December 15, 2009 Monday, December 21, 2009, is Yule, the shortest day and longest night of the year, when … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : Thanksgiving and the Popol Vuh

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Popol Vuh Series, Number 5, 1943, lithograph, Carlos Merida, from Art Museum of the Americas.A Thanksgiving day well made:We remember the Popol Vuh By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / November 26, 2009 Crawling down below Meauan Mountain, where … Continue reading →

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Claude Lévi-Strauss : ‘La Pensée Sauvage’

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss: dead at 100.Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss:Making sense of la pensée sauvage By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / November 4, 2009 In French sauvage means wild, not necessarily savage. In our language savage means aggressive, a … Continue reading →

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Dick Cheney and The Curse of the Pomegranate Seeds

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Image by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. No one is happier than Hades, chortling down in his dark homey hell while topside the earthly GOP, Guardians of Pomegranates, urged on by Hades’ emissary, Dark Dick, pass out the fruit’s … Continue reading →

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