Stacy Psaros shares her account of visiting this Cleveland, Ohio collection that draws upon not only Raymond Buckland, but Velvet Rieth, Lilith Dorsey, Najah Lightfoot, Ivo Dominguez Jr, and more.
Living
Pilgrimages: Britain’s Holy Wells and Baths
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Siobhan Ball invites readers on a tour of three sacred waters in the United Kingdom: the Aquae Arnemetiae of Buxton, Aquae Sulis of Bath, and the Red and White Springs of Glastonbury.
Living
National Parks as Shrines
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“I have discovered that parks help fill a void for me,” writes Meagan Fischer, “of finding community in my devotion to the web of life. After years of frantic activism, I am learning to care for myself for the long haul, to surround myself with beauty.”
Arts & Culture
Midgardsblot 2025: Return to the Blot-Mounds
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Lyonel Perabo makes his pilgrimage to the 2025 Midgardsblot festival, partaking in a sweeping day filled with ritual, scholarship, and the heaviest metal to be found anywhere in Scandinavia.
Living
The Sights and Sounds of History
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Sheri Barker takes a detour to visit Gettysburg, the site of the pivotal battle of the U.S. Civil War, and considers the effect of the conflict on the land, its guardian spirits, and the state of the nation today.
Arts & Culture
The Ritual Silo: inside James Turrell’s C.A.V.U. at dusk
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“Nobody shushed the room. The lower house lights did not dim. There was no call to order. Energy simply shifted between us and within us, and the hush was total.” Meg Elison writes of her magical experience inside the Skyspace installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.