For my dad, Robert D. Cushing On what would have been his 90th birthday Again Death announces itself with a telephone call. With my partner John’s death, the call came late, after the fact, with a policeman breaking Death’s news. My mother’s caller was the nurse at CECA saying she had tested positive for [...] Learn more →
The words of the prayers are inspired by Death’s Octavo, the eight helpful energies that ring Death in the Tarot laid out as the Fool’s Journey, and the images and writings of the Herbcrafter Tarot. Words to be spoken are in bold. [1st bead ~ Death, Marigold] Mother of All Changes, full of power, full [...] Learn more →
In March 2016, before the Equinox, and as the moon opened to fullness, I had an experience that is basically inexpressible because of its power and because of its commonness. I sensed the moment the seasons shifted as the moon rose over a river filling with spring’s ice floes. To convey a glimpse into the [...] Learn more →
For the past few years I have undertaken what I think of as a simple Solstice to Solstice practice. I …. … eat some strawberries on the Summer Solstice. … freeze other strawberries on the Summer Solstice. … eat the frozen strawberries on the Winter Solstice. I started doing this practice instinctively. I wasn’t influenced [...] Learn more →
Poets are not more important that other people, but because they write we can “meet them” from afar through their words. In these dark days I have been meeting Palestinian poets through their words after their deaths. Their words are beautiful. I thought to share them with you so you can meet them, too. Their [...] Learn more →