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Needed: Rites of Passage

As part of a class assignment I recently wrote and delivered a rite of passage for transgender, genderqueer and gender non-conforming individuals. Read more about the ceremony here.

I Want To Remember This . . .

from Carol P. Christ’s Rebirth of the Goddess: To transform the way we think we must find alternatives to dualistic and hierarchial habits of thought. Philosopher and thealogian Mara Keller proposes three foundations on which a nondualistic or holistic philosophy can be built. The first is the intuition of the unity of being and the [...]

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“Often our minds, conditioned and indoctrinated as they have been, can prevent us from perceiving the truth; sometimes our bodies can tell us more.” — Hallie Iglehart Austen, The Heart of the Goddess

A Peek Into My (Scholarly) World

Embodied Thinking Embodied thinking is an alternative to objective thought. When we think through the body, we reflect upon the standpoints embedded in our life experiences, histories, values, judgments, and interests. Not presuming to speak universally or dispassionately, we acknowledge that our perspectives are finite and limited. Rather than being “subjective” “narrowly personal,” “merely confessional,” [...]

About Kali

It was right around the time that M and I split and after my health scare that I realized that it was absolutely time for me to get my Kali tattoo. Here is the background story on her significance. I was a devoted Christian from the age of 8 – 18. I belonged (this word [...]

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