I do get a fair amount of people in my practice that are newbie seekers. And it's cool to check things out. A lot of the time, though, they’re expecting me to say something earth-shattering to them or give an extremely detailed "this is how you get to enlightenment" kind of roadmap. Much of the time their guides are pretty close-mouthed. I can’t spoil all their fun, right?! This stuff takes lifetimes and it can be a really winding path; and the journey is the whole point! Thi

This past weekend I spent quite a bit of time in ceremony with the goddess Brighid. I often feel “goddess” is the wrong word for these large intelligences and forces of nature. She seems so much larger, and so much more connected to the land and elemental forces. In her winter form I see her as the Cailleach, the old woman of the hills; the old hag. Callieach is an old Gaelic word that may have been more related to a land-goddess than old hag (hag itself may have once had a m