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• A Pagan Prayer from Bear

  by Rev. Bear Jones September 2, 2012
  Mother-Goddess-Gaia, I am your child; I stand before you In the city, in the wild, Clothed and yet As naked as when I was born. Nothing stands between us, No pretense, no guise. I offer you my love and I accept yours in return. I try to be good, to do what is right, And to harm no one who...

• Early morning rain - Thanks!

  by Rev. Bear Jones August 19, 2012
  Early morning rain   I waken to one of the prettiest sounds I know: Wind driven rain pounding on my window. Three A.M. and lightning flashes bright I snuggle under the covers because all is right.   In earlier days, I would go out and dance Ignoring those people who look at me aska...

• A conversation to share

  by Rev. Bear Jones July 29, 2012
  I had to share this with my friends because I am still jazzed up from Friday. Being spiritual may be self rewarding, far more so than virtue. Bear, I just came from Goshen.  I saw the white buffalo calf.  The Lakota Sioux named him in a naming ceremony yesterday.  His official n...

• Pagan Blessing ritual

  by Rev. Bear Jones July 28, 2012
  On Saturday, I performed a blessing on a brand new clinic that will open Monday 7/30. I'll also be one of the first patients that day.    Here is how I did the ritual. Feel free to borrow and adapt as desired.   Blessing a New Clinic ritual   Don ritual robe. Set up al...
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• How to Greet a Muslim Man (Used with permission)

  by Rev. Bear Jones June 25, 2012
  How to Greet a Muslim Man By Caitlin Kelly, eHow Contributor   The Islamic faith runs culturally deep among believers and traditional Muslim greetings may be different from those used by non-Muslims. It is important to know polite and respectful ways of greeting a Muslim man to help increase ...

• Isaac and Ishmael

  by Rev. Bear Jones June 25, 2012
  Isaac & Ishmael   God said to Abraham, "Look toward the heaven and number the stars and so shall your descendants be."   But Abraham's wife, Sarah, wasn't getting any younger, and God wasn't coming through on His promise. Anyway, Sarah was getting older, and she was getting nervous bec...
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• 10 things I believe

  by Rev. Bear Jones March 25, 2012
  My dear friend Pearly Sue and I were discussing Paganism and she asked me to write down ten things I believe. The list is appended below. I have to preface them with this one caveat: Everyone gets to believe what they want to believe. I make no attempt to change people's religious beliefs. This is j...

• One Love

  by Rev. Bear Jones March 6, 2012
  One Love! One Heart!Let's get together and feel all right.Hear the children cryin' (One Love!);Hear the children cryin' (One Heart!),Sayin': give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right;Sayin': let's get together and feel all right. Wo wo-wo wo-wo! Let them all pass all their dirty ...

• War

  by Rev. Bear Jones March 2, 2012
  BOB MARLEY"War" Until the philosophy which hold one race superiorAnd anotherInferiorIs finallyAnd permanentlyDiscreditedAnd abandoned -Everywhere is war -Me say war. That until there no longerFirst class and second class citizens of any nationUntil the colour of a man's skinIs of no more signifi...

• Sunrise, Sunset

  by Rev. Bear Jones February 26, 2012
  Sunrise, Sunset   I was anchored on the eastern side of the island and I was not supposed to be, but I knew I could circle the southern end of the island and be at the first dive spot by the time passengers were up and had their coffee.   If you get stuck with the pre-dawn watch &ndash...

• Maube's gift

  by Rev. Bear Jones February 26, 2012
  Maube's gift   Maube led the way up the trail and I did my best not to slide back down ass-first on my belly – again. The first time had been more than enough. The day had begun with two hours in a rattle-trap machine that did not deserve to be called a truck over rough terrain and b...

• Maube's lesson

  by Rev. Bear Jones February 26, 2012
  Maube's lesson   I saw my friend Maube do many magical things without even trying hard. He’d hop off of a trail and back on just as a coconut fell where he would have been. He’d walk in the trees from limb to limb like a frog hopping on lilypads. He just knew somehow.   One...

• Christmas '86

  by Rev. Bear Jones February 26, 2012
  Okay, so Christmas has no great deeper meaning to me since I’m a Pagan and not a Christian, but there's enough little kid inside me to make up for that somewhat. This is especially true if I can do something nice for people.   Christmas Eve in Butlertown on the island of Nevis was not g...
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• 360 Degrees

  by Rev. Bear Jones February 25, 2012
  360 Degrees   Think of a compass dial. It spins on an axis and is graduated in 360 degrees of direction. That means wherever you are, there are 360 directions to turn.   Now let's turn that around. Hang an apple from the ceiling. If you approach it from the equator, there are 360 direc...