At Litha, the power of the sun reaches its maximum. Litha therefore signifies the prime of life, the climax of cosmic complexity.
Read MoreIf there is one thing that has always drawn me to Paganism, it is the embrace of nature as both beauty and bitch. Rotting Silver is a column devoted to this Earth in all its tarnished radiance: poetry, prose, and parables of ugliness alloyed with joy.
Read MoreOn Solstice, we celebrate both the amazingness of the fragility and impossibility of Life and the overwhelming joy of the Life all around us. This is it! Isn’t it AMAZING?!
Read More“I’ve come to discover that many Pagans feel the same as me — they have a deep yearning to venerate something unseen within nature, although they’re not sure what the nature of that thing is. They also desire to connect somehow with their ancestors and bring back the ‘old ways.'”
Read MoreThe elements, plants, animals, and seasonal patterns that inspire my practice manifest in specific places; therefore I must be grounded in a specific place in order to interact with them.
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