Author Archives: Brendan

The Canuck World Tree

In lieu of a Q of the Week (since I was in Edmonton for the last four days…) At the Spirit of the West Gathering, I had a brilliant time. The event is run by excellent people, and I do … Continue reading

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Q of the Week: Leadership

Leaving aside, for the moment, the observation that not all pagans are involved in open public groups that have or require leaders; and leaving aside, for the moment, that no one is under any obligation to join such groups… As … Continue reading

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Q of the Week: Health

This past week I’ve been mostly bed-ridden with the flu. No, not the swine flu, thankfully! But my condition has been unpleasant enough anyway: dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, headache, lightheadedness, and a few other unmentionable symptoms. It seems a good time … Continue reading

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Q of the Week: Suicide

The Irish story of Deirdre of the Sorrows ends with a kind of stand-off between Conchobor, the king who loved (or, more acurately, who lusted for) Deirdre, and Deirdre herself, who despises the king. Conchobor had arranged for the betrayal … Continue reading

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Question of the Week: Heroes, Saints, and Worthies

A happy and delightful and fertile Beltaine to all of you! Who knows if I’ll be able to do this on a Sunday afternoon as I used to do, at least for the next little while, since I’m going to … Continue reading

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This week’s Q…

…is deferred to some unspecified time in the future, since I’m in Montreal attending Melange Magique’s Beltaine Fair. I may or may not post it later in the week, since I’m moving out of Hamilton on Wednesday. Then on Saturday … Continue reading

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Follow-up to this week’s Q

Jason Pitzl-Waters probably didn’t have my last Q of the Week in mind when he posted this to his blog today, in honour of Earth Day: “Deity is not merely a transcendent force separate from creation, deity is everywhere and … Continue reading

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Question of the Week: Violence

The week that wraps around the end of March and the beginning of April this year had rather a lot of well-publicised mass murders in the United States. Sat 4 April: Father is suspected of shooting dead his five children, … Continue reading

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Question of the week: Relationships

A short one this week, since I am in Elora, the village where I grew up, visiting my family for Easter sunday dinner. Since there may well be as many as 30 people visiting today (siblings, nieces, nephews, in-laws, and … Continue reading

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How Beautiful Are They – Video

Courtesy of Druidic Dawn, here is a video recording of my Mount Haemus Lectre, from August 2008. Also, the text for the lecture can be found here.

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