Earth Speaks By Elizabeth Hazel, OH Earth speaks to those who listen: Maternal lectures in shades of green, Sisterly riddles in coy lagoons and comic swamps, And her epic daughters, Mountain covens meet to ponder immortality. She thinks in seasons and paints in time: Impressionistic springs give way to pointilistic summers; Drab and tattered…

Hail Queens! It is good to be back online. As I am sure you noticed, Beliefnet had many techno troubles last week and I was unable to post. But I am back! Lately I’ve seen several outrageous television commercials that blithely extol the benefits of throwaway dust rags and floor mops and disposable baby bibs,…

If the Winter Solstice signals the birth of the sun, then the Spring Equinox exclaims the birth of the Earth — the resurrection of nature from the dark death of winter. The life, which has stayed hidden, in exile or underground, during the long deep sleep of the cold season, now shifts and starts to…

Hestia, Goddess Of The Hearth And Home By Anne Baird, BC, Canada Hestia is the “unknown goddess.”The few statues that exist of hershow a sturdy matron,dressed in a sensible toga,her face often shadowed by a cowl.Her anonymity is deliberate.She embodies all those womenwho choose to stay at home,and keep the home fires burning.She is the…

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