Do you ever pray the 5 Directions? In ancient European cosmology there are 5 directions for prayer: east (air), south (fire), west (water), north (earth) and center (heart or spirit) I’ve been praying with those five directions for decades. Since returning from my first trip to western Ireland several years ago, the landscape of that place lives in my mind and I call upon it each morning ... continue reading >>
Celtic Spirituality Looks Like This
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Since I often teach and write about Celtic Spirituality, this time of year people tend to ask me, “What do you mean by Celtic Spirituality, anyway?” I could answer that question in many ways, but today, since the breeze has been warmer and the ground has thawed and I am feeling my soul expanding in sync with the earth, I will tell you a story about the arrival of ... continue reading >>
A St. Pat’s Blessing, Irish Music and a Slide Show
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you! Whether or not you have any connection to the Irish-ness so many people around the world celebrate today, I invite you to step into the wisdom of one of St. Patrick’s greatest insights: that the Otherworld is all around us and that the Divine pulses in and through every particle of your being. I was fortunate to dip into that ... continue reading >>
Irish Wisdom for you: Find the Sacred in the Ordinary
It's Day 2 of our Countdown to St. Patrick's Day so here's another piece of wisdom from my Irish ancestors: The Divine is Everywhere. The Infinite isn't just in some far away heaven... it's right here, in you and in me and in the space between us. In the Celtic imagination, God lives in the storm and in the breeze and in the ancient oak; Goddess dwells in the lake and in the ... continue reading >>