Buzz Coil: July-August

Here are some notes about recent posts from blogs on our blogroll: 

Association for the Study of Women & Mythology: Many events are announced in the August postings of the ASWM blog. I'm posting them here in the same order they appear on the blog, which may vary somewhat from the chronological order of posting.
The Aug. 15 post, "Online Scholar Salon with Kathy Jones" gives information about an online program, "Motherworld: Creating a Life-affirming Society for All," scheduled for Sept. 25.
 The Aug. 28 post, "Kore Award for Best Dissertation...." announces the opening of this award competition on Sept. 16, what its focus is, past winners, the schedule for the 2020 Award and a link to an application.
The Aug. 20 post, "Matriarchal Studies...New Bilingual Site," created by The Academy HAGIA, has arrived and is available in both English and German. It is free and licensed by Oxford University Press.
The Aug. 10 post announces "38th Annual Women and Spirituality Conference," to be held Sept 20-22 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Aug. 5 post announces the 2020 ASWM Conference, is scheduled for March 13-14 in a suburb of Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Fellowship of Isis Central: This organization's Aug. 27 post, "Temple of Isis Convocation 2019," honors the Goddess Anuket and the God Hapi and will be held in Geyserville, CA. This is an annual convocation. The post gives further information about this year's event.The Aug. 11 post, "New Italian Translations," gives information on the updating of these from the Handbook of the Fellowship of Isis. 

Annelinde's World: Annelinde Metzner's posts are her poems. Her July 12 post, is a"Prayer for the Wood Thrush," which begins:
"On this exquisite New Moon of May,
the Wood Thrush has returned, exuberant, virtuosic,
casting its heartbreaking riffs 
into the eager ears of the woods."
With pics and links to videos and recordings.
Her July 5 post, "Convivencia," is about a Sephardic  music tradition. Here is a quote from the poem:
"Hundreds of  years of music and peaceful coexistence,

     Muslim, Christian, Jew,
     here in these cobblestone streets of Spain,
     France, Morocco, Egypt,
     these ancient Mediterranean lands
     where all the faiths lived comfortably, side-by-side."

With several pictures.

Her July 1 post, "Highlander Fire," is about a recent fire set by white supremacists in Tennessee. With several pictures.

HecateDemeter: Here are just a few of the posts from the most recent 2 month's work of this very prolific blogger:
The Aug. 3 and Aug. 10 posts, both titled "My World and Welcome to It,"  are about Hecate's new home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. With many pictures.
Though the blogger has a new home, "The Magical Battle for America" series is still part of this blog. In the Aug. 25 and July 28 posts, blogger Hecate focuses on the aspect of this series she calls "The Cowboy" and on Aug. 25, asks you to "think of someone who must be stopped and brought to justice." Guess what 4 people she lists. The Aug. 18 post focuses on "Le Saumon," title  (in French) of Salmon as shown on the "banner." She then focuses on types of Wisdom and suggests you "Ask Salmon what particular wisdom you can share with those you meet." The Aug. 8 post focuses on Walden Pond, Thoreau, prairies, buffalo, and elections. The Aug. 6 post focuses on "Tricksters" (Fox, Bugs Bunny, Hermes, Raven, etc.).
Also continued on this blog is Hecate's earlier series, "A Witch Without a Place." In Chapter 3, posted Aug. 17, we meet a good-looking fellow named Paris as he tries to convince his daughter, Chessy, to eat a peanut butter sandwich. And yes, Gemmy (familiar to people following the series from the previous version) appears in this chapter.  

PaGaian Cosmology: From her home in Australia, Glenys D. Livingstone writes in two posts about celebrating spring season holidays. Her Aug. 3 post "Our True Nature: At the Centre of Creativity" explores the relationship of spiritual symbolism of Imbolc/Early Spring to our lives; her July 26 post "Imbolc/Lammas Season," explores the celebrations marking this season at various places in the world. 

Brigid's Grove: Blogger Molly's Aug. 17  post considers "A Prayer for Cauldron Time." Her July 30 post "Lammas Magic and Cauldron Month Resources," is about the month in which the first harvest is celebrated beginning (in Earth's Northern Hemisphere) on or about Aug. 1 (Lammas). Both posts have illustrations.

Because of the large number and variety of bloggers and posts on the following blogs, we suggest you visit them and select the posts that interest you most. 

Feminism and Religion: Many bloggers from various religions and paths.

Pagan Square: This blog of many mostly-Pagan paths is sponsored by BBI Media and includes SageWoman blog posts.

The Motherhouse of the Goddess: Blog affiliated with Motherhouse Podcasts and Mystery School.
  
The Wild Hunt: Pagan, news-oriented blog that has grown from single blogger to many bloggers. 

Buzz Coil: April-May-June

Here are some notes about recent posts from blogs on our blogroll:

Annelinde's World: Annelinde Metzer's May 24 post, "Sara La Kali, is a poem about the Romani Saint's Day for Sara La Kali in the French town of Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer (aSara's Saint's Day just happens to fall on my birthday [as well as Bob Dylan's]. What do you make of that?) There are several stories or myths about Saint Sara. Among them, that Sara was the daughter of Mary Magdalene and Jesus, another that she was a servant of the holy family. Metzner gives additional explanation at the end of this poem with links to a video of the celebration of Sara La Kali's feast day and with photos. The blogging poet gives us poems that are tributes to the Goddess on May 5, with "The Sky in May," and on April 25 with "As Spring unfolds." Both with photos. 

Pagaian Cosmology: Australian author Glenys  D. Livingstone's June 16 post, "Solstice Season--Winter/Summer @ EarthGaia 2019 C.E." explores the similarities and differences between the solstice celebrations in Earth's northern and southern hemispheres. Her June 13 post, "Cake for the Queen of Heaven and Earth," introduces "the Winter Solstice Communion blessing as it has been done in the PaGaian tradition" and its relation to the biblical passage in Jeremiah about women continuing to bake cakes for the Goddess Astarte though it had been forbidden. On June 10, Livingstone's post is "We are Gift of Goddess-Mother Supernova." The title is a reference to the Goddess Tiamat and the star named for her.   

Fellowship of Isis Central: FOI's June 21 post, " Happy Summer Solstice," is a ceremony for the holiday that begins with incense activation and the instructions, "Let there be music throughout the ceremony." The May 26 post, "FOI Chicago Annual Goddess Festival" gives details about the upcoming Oct. 3-5 event. The April 23 post "Beltane Isian News 2019" links to the full recent edition of the "News."

HecateDemeter: Noting that she is writing on the anniversary of William Butler Yeats' birth, in her June 13 post, "Pre-Moving Potpourri," Hecate contemplates her move from a DC Suburb "to my new home in the mountains."  Among other things, she is looking for guest posters for her blog while she gets settled. Her series "The Magical Battle for America," continues in the posts of June 9 (Lady Liberty); June 2, May 26, May 19, May 12, May 6 ( bald eagles and other animals); April 28 (introduces Bald Eagles as a new magical symbol in the series), April 21 (eagles); April 14 (landbase and politics), April 7 (landbase). The fiction story "A Witch Without A Place" reappears from a few years ago (remember Gemmy?) in a April 30 and June 4 posts. In the post of May 1 "Blessed Beltane," a video follows her April 30 "A Prayer to Aphrodite at Beltane," that begins
"This is a prayer to Aphrodite.  This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for love and beauty.  This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for wine and roses.  This is a prayer for Resistance.
This is a prayer for orgasm.  This is a prayer for Resistance."  

Association for the Study of Women and Mythology:  ASWM's June 20 post is an obituary for ASWM member "Dr. Savithri Shanker De Tourreil" who died 2 days before at the age of 84. Part of the obituary reads: "Dr. De Tourreil. . .held degrees in English literature and religious studies. . . " At AWSM, she "presented foundational and engaging studies on the matrilineal cultures and customs of Kerala. Her groundbreaking ethnographic doctoral research on women-centered social customs among the Nayar community, *Nayars in a South Indian Matrix: A Study Based on Female Centered Rituals* (Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, 1995) continues to serve as an inspiring model of feminist ethnography, feminist religious studies, matrilineal kinship, goddess scholarship, Hindu women, social change and social customs."

 Broomstick Chronicles: A June 11 post by Macha NightMare (aka Aline O'Brien), "AAR 2017-IV (2017)," discusses witch burnings in Norway (16th-17th centuries) and shows parts of the process with many photos. (Also published on June 12 in COG Interfaith Reports.)

Brigid's Grove: Blogger Molly's June 15 post, "Prayer for Sacred Pauses," is a short but deep prayer to "Goddess of the sacred pause."

Hearth Moon Rising: Scroll down to bottom of page for links to blog posts including: April 21 post, "Visions of the Cat," an excerpt about a vision quest from Hearth Moon's book, Divining with Animal Guides, and the April 16 post, "Event Chart for the Notre Dame Fire," an astrological look at the recent destructive fire at the Paris cathedral along with some of the cathedral's history.

Shakti Warrior: The subject of the June 1 post in this blog, "Arnemetia," is introduced by Shakti Warrior as "a Romano-Celtic water goddess."

Veleda: Max Dashu's blog now seems to be leaving off the dates of the posts (at least I couldn't see any ;-). In any case, because the policy of Medusa Coils is to post details only of blogs that show dates with their posts (actually I believe this is part of the definition of "blog"), and because Veleda's posts have usually been dated and because these are longish, well-detailed and extremely well-illustrated, and because I guess these posts are recent, I will list the titles of what appears to be the newer posts, assuming reverse chronological order common to blogs: "The keebèt and women’s ceremony in the Chaco," "Pattern Recognition: Across Space and Time," "Serpent Goddess in the Tree," and "Furies and Witches."

Because of the large number and variety of bloggers and posts on the following blogs, we suggest you visit them and select the posts that interest you most. 

Pagan Square: This blog of many mostly-Pagan paths is sponsored by BBI Media and includes SageWoman blog posts.

Feminism and Religion: Many bloggers from various religions and paths.

The Motherhouse of the Goddess: Blog affiliated with Motherhouse Podcasts and Mystery School.
 
The Wild Hunt: Pagan, news-oriented blog that has grown from single blogger to many bloggers.

Buzz Coil: February-March

Here are some notes about recent posts from blogs on our blogroll:

Association for the Study of Women and Mythology: ASWM blog's March 4 post "Still Powerful: Artworks by Rae Atira-Soncea" the late feminist visionary artists work, which will be exhibited March 23-31, 2019, on the 3rd floor Common Wealth Gallery, 100 S Baldwin, Madison, Wisconsin.

HecateDemeter:  Hecate's "The Magical Battle for America" continues. The March 25 post
focuses on the "five giant banners in this series, those of Walden Pond, the Underground Railroad, the Cowboy, the Salmon, and Lady Liberty."  The other posts in this series in March and February and their topics include: March 17, Lady Liberty and immigrants; March 10, Underground Railroad and its banner; March 3, the signs of Spring; Feb. 24, American patriots; Feb. 17, the Cowboy banner and fences; Feb. 10, female salmon; Feb. 3, Winter and its "retreat," along with the retreat of "evil" in the U. S. This follows 2 posts on Imbolc (aka Brigid), the Feb. 1 of which includes political advice.  Hecate's March 24 post "Sacred Space Conference Follow-Up" also includes a discussion of "Postcards to Voters." In her March 22 post, "Magical Battle Sources," she shares the list of sources for the series that were promised in her presentation at Sacred Space. Her March 20 post, part of her "Words for Wednesday" series, is a prayer to Aphrodite that begins:

"This is a prayer to Aphrodite.  This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for love and beauty.  This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for wine and roses.  This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for orgasm.  This is a prayer for Resistance." 

Annelinde's World: Annelinde Metzner's March 22 poem, "My Grief, My Love for the World" was written in 2014 and will appear in the 2020 We'Moon Datebook. It begins:
"I watch the dancer, one arm framing her face, one hip drawing upward in the belly’s rhythm.
The dance of mature women, Raqs Sharqi, born of the sensuous music of the Middle East."
(Raq's Sharqi is the original language name for what others now call "belly dancing.")
Metzner goes on to take us on a tour of various countries and their traditions.
With pics.

PaGaian Cosmology: Glenys Livingtone's March 25 post is a review of the new edition of Hallie Ingelhart Austen's book, The Heart of the Goddess, the 1st edition of which was published in 1990. Livingstone's March 17 post, "Equinox Moment EarthGaia, March 2019 C.E.," discusses the 2 equinoxes celebrated this year on March 20 and 21, depending on whether you live in Earth's Northern or Southern hemisphere.

The Goddess House: In her Feb. 25 post (misdated, I think, as 2018--a common mistake at the beginning of a year), Priestess in Residence Frances, announces, "Circles of Sisterhood finally happening". The group began meeting on March 21 in the Adelaide, Australia area.

A Weblog for Our Mother God: The most recent post of this Goddess Christian blog (which for some reason doesn't date its posts) is about "The Easter Cycle," which the blog writer defines as, "the rebirth of the cosmos itself and of Deity Herself."

Fellowship of Isis Central: This group's March 20 post, "Happy 43rd Anniversary, Fellowship of Isis!" celebrates its 43rd anniversary and announces a new publication by its founder about the Vernal Equinox, on which FOI was founded. Its March 19 post, "FOI 43rd Anniversary and Full Moon," is a priestess-led oracle for the full moon. 

Mythology Matters: In his March 5 post, Arthur George announces "My New Article Just Published." Requested by the Joseph Campbell Foundation, the article is titled, "The Mythology of Celebration."

Because of the large number and variety of bloggers and posts on the following blogs, we are now suggesting that you visit them and select the posts that interest you most.

Feminism and Religion: Many bloggers from many different religions and paths.
The Motherhouse of the Goddess: Blog affiliated with Motherhouse Podcasts and Mystery School.
Pagan Square: This blog of many mostly-Pagan paths is sponsored by BBI Media and includes SageWoman blog posts.
The Wild Hunt: Pagan, news-oriented blog that has grown from single blogger to many bloggers.

Buzz Coil: November-December-January

Here are some notes about recent posts from blogs on our blogroll:

(updated Jan.29, 2019)

Annelinde's World: Most of Annelinde's posts are in the form of poetry. Here are the first 3 lines of her poem for Jan. 12, "Wind Drum":
"The shaman elder in Greenland weeps and sings into his wind drum
as his Mother, the Big Ice, sacred site of millennia,
shrinks away to dwarf Her former self."
Her Dec. 31 post/poem, "The Falling Away," is about the onset of winter. Her Nov. 23 poem, "Just Friday," written on what some refer to as "Black Friday," (the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, at which businesses aim to go "in the black," that is reach a profit for the year). The poem humorously repeats the phrase, "NOT SHOPPING."
All with pics and some now also with audio.

Brigid's Grove: This blog used to be "Woods Priestess." Molly's Dec. 31 post, "Honoring the Year" begins with an invocation to Goddess, then tells about the ritual Molly performs every year's end, and goes on to list "Resources for Reflections" before introducing one way to end the ritual.

HecateDemeter: This summary is long because, well, blogger Hecate posts a lot of excellent, thought-provoking posts. What I'm posting here today is just a small smattering of those posts. Hecate's Jan. 17 post is an obituary for the poet, Mary Oliver, which Hecate headlines with what has became her traditional death blessing, "May the Goddess Guard Her. May She Find Her Way to the Summerlands. May Her Friends and Family Know Peace." Hecate then quotes what she says has become one of her very favorites of Oliver's poems, "When Death Comes." It is indeed a beautiful poem. This post also links to an obituary on the NPR site.
Continuing her series (all of which end have a meditation/working),"The Magical Battle for America," Hecate's Jan. 27 post consists of a meditation/working that focuses on Lady Liberty, Ellis Island, and immigration. The Jan. 13 post in this series, discusses Teddy Roosevelt's relation to nature sites now in danger.  Her Jan.6 post begins with a discussion of Dion Fortune's The Magical Battle of Britain, and compares it to what the U.S. is going through now. After referring to Byron Ballard's suggestions, Hecate suggests ways for you to counter the problems now posed by this situation. On Dec. 30 Hecate asks her readers: "Do you find it useful to have these workings posted weekly?  Are you able to do one each week or would it be more realistic for them to be monthly?  Do you feel that our tide has turned sufficiently to allow us to move to monthly workings...?  Are there particular symbols and/or workings that you’ve found to be more effective than others?  Do you use the symbols and/or methods in your own workings? "Dec. 16 and Dec. 9 posts contain only the meditation/working feature of this series, with that of 12/16 focusing on Thoreau and Walden Pond, and that of 12/9 focusing on the U.S.'s political difficulties. The Dec. 2 series' post encourages you to become conscious of and work with the Goddess related to where you live. 
Hecate's Dec. 15 post, "We’ve Got 99 Problems and This Ain’t One of Them," discusses "Paganism's latest controversy," and delves into racism and genetics.

Pagaian Cosmology:  Glenys Livingstone's Jan. 27 post, "Lammas/Imbolc @EarthGaia 2019 C.E." explains these two upcoming holidays in the Earth's southern and northern hemispheres, including their relationship. A Nov. 18 post, "Video Interview with Glenys Livingstone, PaGaian Cosmology Author" has autobiographical material on Glenys' activities in Goddess spirituality as well as her education (including information on her Ph.D thesis) and other parts of her life in Australia, as well as in the U.S, where she received her master's degree. The post also has information on the books she authored, cds, and many anthologies, magazines, journals and blogs (including this one) to which she has contributed.

Radical Goddess Theology:  Blogger Athana's December 16 post, "Flipping Santa into a Man's Bod," explains that Santa (feminine for Saint in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese) was originally,"the Germanic Goddess Holda, who during the Christmas season brought gifts to all good children."

Fellowship of Isis Central: FOI's Dec. 12 post, "New Italian Translations"  features a link to new translations into Italian of the FOI liturgy. In addition to new Italian translation, the organization's Dec. 3 post, "New FOI Liturgy Translations" features a link to French translations.

Because of the large number and variety of bloggers and posts on the following blogs, we are now suggesting that you visit them and select the posts that interest you most.

The Motherhouse of the Goddess: Blog affiliated with Motherhouse Podcasts and Mystery School.

Pagan Square: This blog of many mostly-Pagan paths is sponsored by BBI Media and includes SageWoman blog posts.

Feminism and Religion: Many bloggers from many different religions and paths.
 
The Wild Hunt: Pagan, news-oriented blog that has grown from single blogger to many bloggers.