by Licia Berry | Jan 15, 2010 | Licia's Observations
I wonder when we will trust our bodies again? I studied under a “spiritual teacher” for several years that used the language “the highest good”. Her answer to difficult things happening in the world was to “pray for the highest good”. Her answer to when we had...
by Licia Berry | Jan 12, 2010 | Licia's Observations
Like so many GOOD things that have been twisted, misinterpreted, and manipulated, the conclusion that I am coming to about the word “WITCH” is that it needs to be shed of its nasty connotations (at least in my own mind), and that the word needs to be reclaimed. In the...
by Licia Berry | Jan 11, 2010 | Licia's Observations
My last post has struck a nerve for some of you, and I’m glad to know I’m far from alone in critically examining this word “witch” and trying to understand what it means in an original sense, rather than a pop culture, commercial, colonial, Christian or patriarchal...
by Licia Berry | Jan 10, 2010 | Licia's Observations
…cause I’ve been called one! Seriously! The town we used to live in, small as it was, had several churches. There is a meeting of the spiritual leaders of those churches called the Pastoral Alliance. And, as it goes in small towns, there is not a lot to...
by Licia Berry | Jan 7, 2010 | Athena's Library, I AM Her Daughter, Licia's Observations, The Frontier Inside
I’m not a scholar on Christian holy days; I observe spiritual traditions that make sense to me, that have personal meaning to me. Until yesterday, Epiphany flew by unnoticed. The 12th day of Christmas, Epiphany is the oldest of the Christmas festivals and originally...
