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November 2015

November 19, 2015

Dandelion Seeds: Five Ways to Have a Pagan Thanksgiving

1. Honor the Ancestors 2. Learn about the Native American Tribes in your Area 3....

November 17, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Morrigan’s Peace Prophecy

In which Morgan shares with us her translation of the Prohecy of the Morrigan from...

November 16, 2015

Seeking the Grail: Tolerance, Bigotry, and Paradox

I so often wonder what it is about people that leads us to this place....

November 16, 2015

Making Light: The Pagan Blogosphere is Toxic

I feel like maybe I have interesting ideas about theology and that maybe some people...

November 15, 2015

The Other Side of the Hedge: Scrying Over You

Scrying is the practice of inducing and interpreting visions. Commonly, crystal balls and magic mirrors...

November 14, 2015

The Path of She: The Dream of the Good Man

There are good men in our midst. We may have lost sight of their positive...

November 13, 2015

Happily Heathen: My Heathenry – What It Is, And What It Is Not

My Heathenry is a open-minded, thriving religion full of diverse points of view. How about...

November 12, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Pagan Parenting and Cultural Appropriation – A Story

This is an attempt to write a story that explains how cultural appropriation happens and...

November 11, 2015

The Cartomancer: Four Readings, One Voice

A fortuneteller who sounds the same no matter what cards she reads is a fortuneteller...

November 10, 2015

Witch on Fire: Salvation of a Southern Witch

Gather 'round, my lovelies, and let Mama Heron tell you a story, the back-story, a...

November 09, 2015

Star Made Witch: The Witch’s Broom

The broomstick is the iconic symbol of the witch even more so than the pentagram...

November 08, 2015

Wayfairing Woman: Home Sweet Home

Wandering the worlds is all fine and good but I rather enjoy having a home...

November 07, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: Telling Our Stories

If you’re a member of any kind of linage, formal or informal, please ask more...

November 06, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: The Last Harvest

It is a seasonal thing. It comes and goes with the changing of shop window...

November 05, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Paganism, Theism, and Belief

How do we determine if someone is Pagan? Do they join our events and participate...

November 04, 2015

Dandelion Seeds: How to Talk to Squirrel Spirits

Facebook quizzes that tell you if you're a Bear or a Beaver person are hokey...

November 03, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Not That Kind Of Witch

We really gain nothing as a community, even a very loosely based and held together...

November 02, 2015

Seeking the Grail: The Wounded King (Part 2)

Jean Shinoda Bolen writes, “If we are living in a spiritual wasteland of depression, despair,...

November 01, 2015

The Other Side of the Hedge: The Magnum Opus

Life is about more than just being terribly clever and easily dissatisfied primates who happen...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

The Cartomancer: The Smell of Souls

Magical folks say that October is the month when the veil between the worlds is...

October 27, 2015

Witch on Fire: A Wish Upon Dying

My mother was the holy-rolling, bible-thumping, fundamentalist variety of evangelical Christian and basically the polar...

October 27, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: Samhain Meditation

“Lord Herne,” you whisper, “and all you spirits of the Dead, I drink to you!”

October 26, 2015

Star Made Witch: Samhain on the Hill

In which Spiritscraft recounts an adventure in Athboy, Ireland and shares some information related to...

October 25, 2015

Wayfaring Woman: Ready or Not, Here We Go!

In my experience, autumn is a powerful season. In the months of September, October, and...

October 24, 2015

The Path of She: A Samhain Teaching – Born Into Life, Born Into Death

Samhain is a time to contemplate the mysteries of death, not from a place of...

October 23, 2015

Happily Heathen: How I Learned To Work With My Ancestors

Despite being a longtime Heathen, I had never really settled into a satisfying ancestor practice....

October 22, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: The Three Kindreds and My Polytheist Theology

In modern Druidry we often speak of the Kindreds: the Ancestors, the Nature Spirits, and...

October 21, 2015

Dandelion Seeds: Religion is For When the System Goes Down

Though our religious traditions can struggle, there is something incredibly powerful and life saving at...

October 20, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Summer’s End

The warmth and growth of summer is past and the harvest is in, now is...

October 19, 2015

Seeking the Grail: The Wounded King

There is a particular magic to mythology. I admit, I have a complicated relationship with...