photo by Jaysen
Aquarius is the sign in the middle of winter. It is a fixed air sign. I was surprised when on the first morning of Aquarius, we received our first frost that dusted the grass, trees and signs of life that are beginning to emerge.
Here’s to the beauty of the fixed stillness. To winter.
Does anyone know what this is? Is this what is known as sacred geometry? I’ve been really curious about ideas of nature, the cosmos and spirituality represented in science lately. This video encapsulates those ideas, a film about the beauty of predictable mathematical principles.
Originally published as a Pagan in Portland episode.
Episode 1.24
23 January 2012
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Imbibe the Imbolc spirit today on Pagan in Portland. Today’s specially formatted show, we are loaded with all your favourite segments, We have 2 songs, 4 interludes, Astrological Aspirations, Williamette Writings, Kitchen Witch of the West, Portlandia Postage, Mythological Masters and the Main Topic all looking at Brigit and Imbolc. This episode was also created to sound very beautiful and illustrate the season. Have a very blessed Imbolc! Much love to you and your family.
Show Notes:
Yawny and the Apocalypse by Andrew Bird, Icarus by White Hinterland, Brigid on Wikipedia, Llywellyn’s Sabbat’s Almanac, Brigid by Jenna Greene, Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles, Brigita by Ariel of the DCW,The Sun is an Old Friend by El Perro Del Mar, All of the Lights (interlude) by Kanye West
Originally published as a Pagan in Portland episode.
Episode 1.22
2 January 2012
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We are the 99%. The famous slogan of Occupy. Join me today as I interview activist, astrologer, singer/songwriter Fern Capella about her key involvement with Occupy Portland. Songs today by Fern’s conscious pop band Star Witness as well as others. A moving speech by Danny Glover and the Better World Handbook gets the dust off with some information about banking and investing. If you are looking for a New Year’s Resolution, get active! Transfer your money into a socially responsible bank or credit union!…good job…
Show Notes:
Danny Glover’s Occupy Oakland Speech(Video), Occupy Portland, Occupy Wall Street, Better World Handbook, After the Show and Safe by Star Witness, America and Lazy Afternoon by Bree Sharp
Originally published as a Pagan in Portland podcast episode.
Episode 1.16
22 September 2011
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Heart? Yeah we got it! Today’s heart-centered episode is around my definition of being pagan. Two Libran songs grace us today as well as Hawthorne for your heart in Kitchen Witch of the West, Astrological Aspirations has the October Astro-Weather and New + Full Moon reports and Mnemosyne Mars has treated us to a poem about Mabon. It’s a lovely episode.
Show Notes:
Originally posted to the blog titled Pagan in Portland.
There’s something to be said for repetition, especially those of ideas, messages, experiences that come into your life that hint at a life’s purpose.
TEACHING: Mine has been teaching since I was five! Being a teacher was my goal as a child until my high school days when it was consumed by a love of art techniques and Japanese language. Still coming back to teaching every once in a while as an adult.
SPIRITUALITY: Mine has also been spirituality since I was five! Having metaphysical/spiritual encounters at a young age. To learn more about what I was experiencing, I reached out to the modality readily available at the time, Christianity, at age six.
Never did I like “children’s church” or songs, NEVER, I attended “Adult Service”, I read that Old Testament during summer vacations as a single-digit individual, I changed my Christian identity a few times to get a varied experience and all on my own accord! When I was 13, a prophetical message came from a man about my being a spiritual teacher. And once again, another prophetical message was delivered via a stranger while working at Barnes + Noble ten years later.
I left Christianity at 20 and began studying other paths and ideologies. I thirst for spiritual knowledge. Astrology was another outlet that further reinforced this notion. The 4 astrological bodies in my 9th house and other aspects that are unrelated are saying something, something amazing! Having learned this TONIGHT at my meetup.com astrology group which meets in Hollywood, I’m reflecting now…
Last night, I had dinner with a friend, who lives in Laurelhurst, who had a message for me. He recently returned from a life-changing honeymoon trip to Thailand and felt he needed to see me to deliver a message. After talking for over an hour and moving into a clearing of a golden spiritual meadow that had lie untouched between the two of us, my friend discovered the message “Jaysen, you’re a shaman!”
A Pagan in Portland wants to know…What’s a shaman?…Where’s my dictionary at?
Originally posted to the blog titled Pagan in Portland.
Where to begin?! I haven’t blogged in almost two months and things move so rapidly, I need to get better at this!
Since last autumn, 2009, I have been receiving messages about going to Asia for a spiritual purpose. Some sort of purpose. My first message came via Renee Dunn, a beautiful and wonderfully gifted local tarot reader and astrologer who mentioned higher learning and traveling in Asia sometime in 2010.
A few more small flashes occurred whether spending time with my friend Akiko talking Japanese in Washington Park or through other small daily affirmations left me looking for jobs via Craigslist.org in January. After instead accepting a position in Portland, my mother was the one who offered me the advise of saving money while I worked out a plan.
Another flash came as I met a girl on the bus, a nihonjin (Japanese person) and she was with a Portland homestay company called ANDEO with homestays and schools in Fukouka, the same city I want to live in, where my friend Akiko is!
Penny after penny later…(pennies are most simple, long-running and abundant affirmation), more Japan flashes came about that I can’t ignore any longer.
Tonight, I met with a friend of mine I’ve known for two years. He and his partner just returned from their Thailand honeymoon. He was filled with such spiritual inspiration and wonderment that it can’t be expressed with words. We connected on such a deep and profound level tonight unlike ever before. We were comfortable sharing spiritual stories with each other that few people heard, he shared his altar space with me, his astrology information and his divination set. And he introduced me to the thought of Thailand…isn’t that the Asian country Miss Renee first mentioned to me?!….I think it is.
He also introduced me to the idea of shamanism, giving me a message pertaining to the practice and teaching of this ancient….art? I don’t really know much about shamanism and won’t pretend to know!
Huh.
A Pagan in Portland has a lot to consider. Where does clarity come from when you have a multitude of options, like the non-marshmallow pieces of Lucky Charms cereal? Stay tuned…
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