Thank you!

It’s the one-year anniversary of this blog, and I couldn’t have asked for a better year…  There have been over 170.000 hits, far more than expected, and the positive feedback has given me the incentive to keep posting and to try and improve the content…

However, I’ll now be taking a break for a while as I’ll be travelling to Europe to do a comparative study of paganism and Shinto.  I plan to attend the Earth Goddess festival in Glastonbury, as well as explore the Avebury stone circle with a noted earth mysteries expert.  If I’m lucky, I’ll also be taking part in a full moon drumming circle in a neolithic burial chamber.  I’ll be away for three months in all, and while I may be able to make the occasional posting, the blog will certainly not be updated as frequently as heretofore.

One of Shinto’s salient characteristics is the cultivation of gratitude, and it’s a great merit of the Japanese that they are so aware of and grateful for their blessings.  Mindful of this, I would like to express my own gratitude to all the readers of this blog and to hope that they will continue coming back in future.

Thank you!

 

5 Comments

  1. Erik

    Thank *you*, and I very much look forward to seeing what comes of this new venture. Safe travels!

  2. John D.

    A.J. Dickinson writes in to say…

    Thank you thank you
    Great traveling shot:

    Torii eyes View
    FireOrange pillars hair
    Blue sky framing
    Classic gate original face

    Set off by
    Gravel walkway
    black snap-brim hat
    upturned collar warm scarf

    The GreatGreenWay back
    To Avebury’s stoneWalkWay
    On Glastonbury’s processional Tor
    Misty Avalon’s ancient earthWatchDoor

    Through The ToriiGate LookingGlass
    Nature’s Open Deep Inner Door
    FootFalls that disappear the useful skye
    Binding holding this animated old dust

    Leaving night bright wonder delight
    Distant isles stars felt seen dreamed
    Toes feet souls caressed held in place
    HereNow by earth dirt loam oceanic foam

    Greening Shinto neoPagan Rites

  3. Oliver

    Happy anniversary

    Have a safe trip and keep the posts coming. I am always looking forward to them.

  4. Michael

    Thank you for an excellent year of wise observations about Shinto, practice and theory. I look forward to your return and continuation of this blog. Best wishes on your travels through the remains of pagan Europe.

  5. Sarah

    No, thank you for this great blog!

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