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A Ritual for Spring 2013

3/20/2013

by Deborah Globus

This one goes out to my friends at The Creative Haven:

My circle of friends always celebrated the Vernal Equinox by tying colored “ribbons” to trees to bring into our lives what we were hoping for in the upcoming season. We would use color symbolism to represent the quality we were looking for, sometimes combining colors to get just the right feeling.

Want to play along?

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Slowing Down of the Season

12/19/2012

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by Deborah Globus

I feel the slowing down of the season.

I feel it in the desire for a roaring fire.

I feel it in the desire to watch TV, to take in the tales on the screen while wrapped under mounds of blankets.

I feel it in the sluggish mornings and the desire to rest, rather than struggle at the computer to make form out of the nothingness on the screen.

I feel it.

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A Hobbit-y Holiday to You and Yours

12/13/2012

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by Deborah Globus

I love Tolkien. From those very early days of reading The Hobbit for the very first time, to falling in love with Strider and hunting for Ents in my neighborhood – Tolkien has become embedded in my life.

It’s not that passionate love either. It’s the kind that grows when you’ve been together for so long and experienced so much together that you just are…together.

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A Samhain Blessing

10/31/2012

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A Samhain Blessing by Caitlin Matthews

Grandmother Wisdom, open the door,

Grandfather Counsel, come you in.

Let there be welcome to the ancient lore,

Let there be welcome to the Winter of the Year.

In cold and darkness you are traveling,

Under crystal skies you will arrive.

May the blessed time of Samhain

Clarify the souls of all beings,

Bringing joy and wisdom to revelation.

From the depths to the heights,

From the heights to the depths,

In the cave of every soul.

"Let there be welcome..."

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A Ritual for Yule 2011

12/18/2011

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Yule is the name for the celebration of the winter solstice.

Every year on/or around the longest night of the year a group of us get together at our friend Casey’s house. She decks out her tree in pretty white lights but leaves off the more Christmas-y decorations until after our circle. There are candles everywhere!

After dinner we all gather in her living room for our ritual in celebration of the longest night of the year...

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Notes on the Passover Seder 2011

5/2/2011

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by Deborah Globus

We found out last night that Osama bin Laden was killed by American forces. Almost 10 years and the man responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 is dead.

I had thought I’d feel more of a sense of satisfaction.

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My name is Deborah Globus and I am La Padre. With me you'll find the support you need to uncover practical, do-able spiritual practices that work for you. I offer new perspectives on old practices like journaling and ritual, with a side of compassion and a healthy dose of humor, just to keep it down-to-earth and real!

A Ritual for Spring 2013

Slowing Down of the Season

A Hobbit-y Holiday to You and Yours

A Samhain Blessing

A Ritual for Yule 2011

Notes on the Passover Seder 2011

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