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Getting It Done: The Buffy-Blodeuwedd Connection by Kate Brunner
You guys, you’re just men—just the men who did this… to her. Whoever that girl was before she was the first Slayer. You violated that girl… made her kill for you because you’re weak… you’re pathetic...
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Witch’s Night In by Kate Brunner
There is doctrine. There is tradition, liturgy, scripture, & exegesis. And then sometimes, there is simply real life. There is the precious gift of spending time engaged in deep communication with...
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Lest We Forget: Jeannette Rankin, the ANZACs, & Me by Kate Brunner
Jeannette Rankin, the first American woman elected as a federal legislator, is probably best known in mainstream American history, if at all, as an ardent pacifist who voted against American military...
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Expanding the Cycle of Pilgrimage by Kate Brunner
At the beginning of this year, I mapped out my assorted travel plans for 2014. We expected to be living in Australia through the end of the year, so I committed myself to the Sisterhood of Avalon’s...
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Finding Sovereignty in the Move from North to South by Kate Brunner
The Sisterhood of Avalon is not a huge organization. We probably have less than 500 members, all told. Most of our membership are women living in North America; primarily the US & Canada. In...
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Feeling it in Bones & Water: Practicing Somatic Spirituality
There is a phrase I’ve heard here and there while living in Australia that I love for the sense that it evokes– “I can feel it in my water.” The usage is similar to the American phrase to “feel it in...
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Bringing Back the Boon: Life After Pilgrimage by Kate Brunner
I made it. Last month, I actually made it from Australia to Wales and back on an official Sisterhood of Avalon/Mythic Seeker Pilgrimage called The Priestess and the Healer. I also overnighted in...
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Working in Circles by Kate Brunner
Right now, I spend a great deal of time operating in circles. I think in circles, move in circles, dance, draw, & breathe in circles. I create new circles, consider what I can do to sustain...
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Devotional Poetry: You’re Invited to a Community Bardic Exercise
Let the creative word romp begin! Our exercise will be simple, yet challenging. I invite you to write one devotional poem per day for the next seven days about whatever moves you spiritually that day...
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Be Courageous by Kate Brunner
I’ve been told I am a brave person. I hear this lately in the context of publishing my writings and of traveling and living abroad. It always pulls me up short when I hear it, though. Am I?, I find...
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Holidays and Holy Days Down Under by Kate Brunner
Even though we are not a Christian household, my family celebrates Christmas. In a manner of speaking. When we lived in the Northern Hemisphere, this was not all that challenging to reconcile. We held...
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Strength by Kate Brunner
The turning of a new year of some kind is and was often considered a portal time; perfect for rites of divination. In honor of the dawning of 2015, I spent the first few days of this month doing New...
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Dialogue Is Dying & I Have Only Questions by Kate Brunner
I have no answers right now. Only questions. And a battered, bruised, and exhausted heart. Where has functional dialogue gone? Where in the overculture has it retreated to? Can it even be rescued? Or...
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Remaining Teachable: A Vital Component of Spiritual Leadership by Kate Brunner
A long time ago, at a young age, I became aware of a calling to leadership. Over time this calling continues to undergo expansion and evolution. In its current state, this calling- which I have come...
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Uluru: Gratitudes & Farewells at the Red Centre by Kate Brunner
It is one of the challenges of choosing this migrant expatriate life to be dependent upon the current job and the willingness of your host country to give you a temporary home. When the job ends and...
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Whatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak, A Girl God Anthology– Book Review...
If you have yet to be introduced to Trista Hendren’s world of The Girl God, this anthology is the perfect opportunity to make her acquaintance. If you have, welcome to a whole new level of powerful...
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Culture Shock by Kate Brunner
“I returned to the Land of the Free only to feel like I am giving up my bits of my freedom,” I told a friend over coffee last week. I’m back in the US after three years in Australia. I’ve returned to a...
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At the Intersection of Other & Friend by Kate Brunner
Last Monday, I found myself in a coffee shop at a table within earshot of the most misogynistic, racist, Islamophobic, classist conversation I’ve heard in years. I’ll spare you the offensive details,...
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Rhiannon: Lady of the Other(world) by Kate Brunner
Again and again, I keep cycling back around to a deeper and deeper exploration of how easily we Other individuals or groups, halting any progress towards meaningful relationship, potential friendship,...
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It’s Okay to Kill Each Other by Kate Brunner
I drive my child to chess class. The truck in front of me has a tow hitch that is the profile of the chamber of a loaded six shooter. I pick another of my children up from a co-op class on...
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