MotherTongue, founded in 1991, is the performance troupe of EarthSpirit, a non-profit organization providing services to a nationwide network of Pagans and others following an Earth-centered spiritual path. Our membership extends across the United States, and also to several other countries. One of the major ways that we offer services is through performance art, installation art and music as well as workshops, retreats and rites of passage.
Paganism is a spiritual path rooted in ancient European traditions which have as their core a respectful awareness of the sacredness of the Earth. We experience ourselves and everything that exists as vital parts of the whole of Nature, understanding that all things in the universe interact in both a physical and spiritual relationship. Paganism has experienced a dramatic resurgence in the last few decades as many thousands of people have sought a spiritual context through which to address the current environmental crisis.
EarthSpirit was founded in 1980, with the goal of helping to create an active Pagan community in New England. This having been achieved, EarthSpirit has turned its primary focus toward work to help develop Pagan concepts and attitudes for living in the present age, to encourage communication and understanding among people of different traditions and ideologies, to provide opportunities for shared spiritual experience, and to help educate the general public concerning Earth-centered spirituality.
