Gathering of Ghosts & Demons
A Gathering of Ghosts and Demons: Generosity and Realization in Tibetan Buddhism by Karma Norjin Lhamo Show me a culture without ghosts and spirits, and I’ll show you an alien culture—something not of...
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The Tzeltals of Mexico celebrate the Feast of the Dead for thirteen days, beginning on October 25th. Graves are decorated with pine needles and tusus (yellow wild flowers). In Puebla, the accidentados...
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The turnip lantern was probably the Celtic predecessor of the American Halloween pumpkin. In Ireland and Scotland, on Halloween children went souling with turnip lanterns or kail-runt torches (a...
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by Erin Fossett When it comes to decorating our homes this time of year, our thoughts often turn to pumpkins, black cats and fake cobwebs. I enjoy decorating for Halloween, but also feel a call to...
View ArticleSpiced Pumpkin Bread
Photo by K. May-Price by Kathryn May-Price In late October, the earth is strewn in fallen leaves, spread like skirts around the bases of trees to die. Their slow breakdown will nourish another season’s...
View ArticleAll Souls Day
by Waverly Fitzgerald Weather Report, November 2 All Souls’, blustery and chill. I hear them before I see them, six lines scribbling across the white sky. I look up at the tiny crosses beating above...
View ArticleGathering of Ghosts & Demons
A Gathering of Ghosts and Demons: Generosity and Realization in Tibetan Buddhism by Karma Norjin Lhamo Show me a culture without ghosts and spirits, and I’ll show you an alien culture—something not of...
View ArticleSpiced Pumpkin Bread
Photo by K. May-Price by Kathryn May-Price In late October, the earth is strewn in fallen leaves, spread like skirts around the bases of trees to die. Their slow breakdown will nourish another season’s...
View ArticleAn Ancestor Shrine
by Erin Fossett When it comes to decorating our homes this time of year, our thoughts often turn to pumpkins, black cats and fake cobwebs. I enjoy decorating for Halloween, but also feel a call to...
View ArticleDays of the Dead
The Tzeltals of Mexico celebrate the Feast of the Dead for thirteen days, beginning on October 25th. Graves are decorated with pine needles and tusus (yellow wild flowers). In Puebla, the accidentados...
View ArticleFeast of the Holy Souls
The beginning of the 13-day Feast of the Dead for the Tzeltals of Mexico. Graves are decorated with pine needles and tusus (yellow wild flowers).
View ArticleMaking a Turnip Lantern
The turnip lantern was probably the Celtic predecessor of the American Halloween pumpkin. In Ireland and Scotland, on Halloween children went souling with turnip lanterns or kail-runt torches (a...
View ArticleAll Souls Day
by Waverly Fitzgerald Weather Report, November 2 All Souls’, blustery and chill. I hear them before I see them, six lines scribbling across the white sky. I look up at the tiny crosses beating above...
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