Eclipse Family Blog

The approach of winter is tangible now, even down here in sunny Florida the weather is getting colder and the greenery is entering its incubatory phase, preparing for the onset of cooler days. To our ancestors this season represented the advent of winter and October 31 was an important festival that marked the final harvest. After this night all crops unharvested were left to spoil with the belief that they now belonged to the spirits, an offering of sorts. Digital art credit to Leah McNeir. Be sure to check out her blog: http://celestialdreams.wordpress.com The history of All Hallows Eve has been muddled by the course of time, with information on the true pagan origins of the holiday being scanty at best. If we dig deeply we discover Halloween has a three-pronged history divided between pagan practices, Christian practices, and the modern mythology that evolved with the holiday—like a pitchfork—they all meet at common indigenous beliefs; with a history that spans long befor...

Upper Saranac Lake, NY. Photographed by CML, 2012. I believe we are on this planet for a purpose, a purpose that is undermined by the very people governing its functioning and order. We are taught if something worries you, if you disagree with something, you should work to change it. But what power does the individual really have in modern society? We are caught in a generic, material civilization, supplied with avarice and greed; run on gasoline, sex, and money. The word “religion” alone has been corrupted, the churches and religious orders rendered inaccurate through our own perversions.   I believe this life is drastically less complex. If you can sit humbly and examine your heart, looking apart from money that dictates us, apart from time, space, and size. You begin to realize a much smaller vision. After all is said and done, we are all here together, and we must help protect the very nature of our being; life as a whole.    In this basic form, we are so much...