It's Earthy Thursday once more, our weekly news post about nature and science. This week we bring you stories about those magnificent, high-reaching biological structures we commonly know as "trees." Can you email a tree? How about build a church out of living trees? And are trees good for your health? All this and more for the Pagan News Beagle!
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In my previous post I talked about how I was contacted by the director of pastoral services at Duke University Hospital. Once a month, the chapel invites speakers from various faith traditions to talk to doctors, nurses, social workers, and other hospital staff. The director had contacted me almost a year ago, asking me to give a short presentation focusing on a Pagan perspective on health, healing, life, and death.
Last May, right after I finished graduate school and earned my master’s degree in social work, I was contacted by the director of pastoral services at Duke University Hospital. This fine gentleman has been working to put together interfaith lectures and dialogues, and asked if I’d be willing to offer a Pagan perspective to the mix.
...We all know that the holiday season can be incredibly stressful, no matter which holidays one celebrates this time of year. This season has always been hard on me, but this year it’s a lot worse. So when I found myself crying in my boss’ office for practically no reason at all, I knew I needed to start practicing what social workers and other healthcare professionals refer to as “self-care.”"
...À votre santé. Salud. Sláinte. Na zdrowie. Zum Wohl.
In many languages, one drinks to health. On the face of it, one might think that English, the sacred language of the witches, lacks such a toast.
But one would be wrong.
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Stand ! Stand! To your cups a steady! T'is the only thing left to prize... One cup for the dead already, Hurrah ! For the next who
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I'll gladly dance that dance, Mark; what's more interesting than words? Every one's a story. Icelandic heilsa comes from the same
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In modern Iceland they say "Heilsa" meaning "to your health" is there a connection to wassail and the Old Norse or Icelandic toast
Note: If you haven't yet read The Vegan Pagan: Introduction, The Vegan Pagan: Interstice the First and The Vegan Pagan: Interstice the Second, I encourage you to do so before moving on to this entry.
This is the least intersectional and least spiritual of the entries I'll be writing on veganism and Paganism. The reason is simple. If a vegan diet is bad for your body, this conversation is over, and that's the way it should be. Conversely, if a vegan diet is good for your body, any spiritual work you undertake is enhanced by the benefit your diet brings you. I'll also be discussing relationships between the vegan diet and disease and the problem of antibiotic resistance as it relates to animal agriculture, since it also relates to food choices and public health.
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