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Episode 38 – Funerals for Pets
Sometimes, grief can blindside. David Hooper from Build a Big Podcast told me how heart-wrenching it was to have his dog put down. Weeks later, when he felt he was managing his grief, he came home from a stressful day at work, immediately went to put food in his dog’s bowl and reality hit. He sat down and cried. I’ve been there. My guess is you’ve been there, too. Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony Ideas, Friendship, Funerals, Life in General, Rituals, Uncategorized
Tagged animal lovers, animals, family pets, loss of a pet, pet bereavement, pet funerals, pets
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Episode 37: Croning – A Ritual for a Woman of a Certain Age
She’s a woman of “a certain age.” Our culture thinks those words are better than saying “she’s old.” Well, I am a woman of a certain age. I am certain of who I am, certain of what I want, … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Goddess, Life in General, Rituals
Tagged aging, babyboomer, crone, croning, iamcrone, oldage, ritual, seniorcitizen, womanofacertainage
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Episode 36: Colored – A Black Lives Matter Ritual
At 9 years old, I didn’t care that my mother wasn’t funny like Lucille Ball, or that she didn’t wear circle skirts and twirl around the house like Loretta Young, or that she was no longer pretty like Miss … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Life in General, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Rituals
Tagged blacklivesmatter, blm, civilrights, colored, ritual
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Episode 35 / Fairies: How I See Them. How You Can, Too.
On April 29, I received an email from Singapore. The writer said that people in her country don’t believe in fairies. She does. But when she talks about fairies, people think she’s crazy. She wanted to know “how to … Continue reading
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Tagged beltane, chinese8fairies, faeries, fairies, fairygodmother, fairyring, fairywedding, fantasywedding, hohsienku, judikbeach, weddingceremony
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Episode 34: Love Knots – A Nautical Wedding Ritual
Long ago, when sailors navigated by the stars, when seabirds carried the spirits of sailors lost at sea, and when everyone knew that the bust of a naked woman on the bow of a ship could calm rough waters, a … Continue reading
Episode 33 |A Gathering of Ancestors
On the wind, you dreamed On the water, you traveled On the land, you settled On my family tree, you grew Famines, fires and floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, wars, genocide, persecutions and plagues and more. Centuries of these … Continue reading
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Tagged a gathering of ancestors, ancestors, funerary rituals, pandemic, rituals, spanish flu, vultures
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Episode 32 | “Imagine: For All the People” |a ritual for the pandemic
Listen to the podcast or watch the original interview with Mary Ann Handley on YouTube. It’s mid-March, 2020. The corona virus known as COVID 19 has been declared a pandemic. This post is not to provide information about the virus. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918 flu epidemic, covid 19, healing ritual, mary ann handley, pandemic, spanish flu
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Keys: A Ritual for Weddings, First Looks, and Personal Talismans (Episode 31)
Couples getting married often use a key as a motif for their wedding. It makes sense. The mere presence of a key indicates something of value, a treasure worth protecting. That understanding is what inspired me to create a wedding … Continue reading
Episode 30 ~ Maiden, Mother, Crone (updated)
Every Maiden isn’t young. Every Mother doesn’t have a child. Every Crone isn’t old. what distinguishes them is not age, but energy. Beginning in 1996 and nearly every summer for the next 20 years, I spent a week with hundreds … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Cultural Traditions, Goddess, Nature Based, Ritual Recipes Podcast
Tagged crone, Goddess, maiden, mother, ritual
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The Blessing Box Ritual for a New Home / Interfaith Weddings, Chuppahs, Archangels, Astrology, and the Four Royal Stars of Persia – Episode 29
A Jewish bride and a Catholic groom. As their officiant, what could I say in their wedding ceremony that would honor both spiritual paths — not only for the couple, but for their families? In episode #29 of Ritual … Continue reading
