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September 2015

September 15, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Books On Irish Paganism and the Fairy Faith

When it comes to my particular flavor of witchcraft people occasionally ask me to recommend...

September 14, 2015

Star Made Witch

In my family, the great outdoors is our church. I suppose that is animism in...

September 13, 2015

Witch on Fire: Mabon Feasts Serve Up a Challenge

...it is the struggles, the challenges, the grit and tweak against the grain of life...

September 12, 2015

The Path of She: A Fall Equinox Meditation – Descent into the Sacred Dark

At the Fall Equinox, a new cycle of healing and personal growth awakens within you....

September 11, 2015

Happily Heathen: A Simple Blot for Freyr

As we are in the middle of the harvest-related holidays and are getting ready for...

September 10, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Freyja

One of the things that often attracts people to Heathenry and related practices is our...

September 09, 2015

The Cartomancer: Questions of Excellence

Most of the time we assume that people seek a fortuneteller because they need answers...

September 08, 2015

Witch on Fire: Confessions of a Snake Oil Salesman

Bless me, pagandom, for I have "sinned" and fallen short of the glory of our...

September 07, 2015

Alone In Her Presence: Paganism’s Permission to Dare

What is distinct about Paganism is that we have no litmus test for belief entry....

September 07, 2015

Seeking the Grail: Too Early A Death

Wednesday night I facilitated a memorial service for a Pagan community leader, David Quinn. I...

September 06, 2015

The Other Side of the Hedge: Being Neighborly

Land spirits are an important part of paganisms around the world. These are spirits associated...

September 05, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: An Old Witch Responds to the Young Ones

Now, this is not going to be one of those “When I was your age...

September 04, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Spelling as Witchery

"I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before...

September 03, 2015

Wyrd Words: Prayer

Prayer is one of those contentious topics in the Heathen community that often stirs up...

September 02, 2015

Dandelion Seeds: Seeking the Roots of Compassion in Paganism

The Rev. Melissa Hill shares a journey toward compassion and the goddess Sigyn.

September 01, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Irish Fairies in America

Some people do see the Gods as anchored in one terrestrial space. Others think the...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

Happily Heathen: Why I am “Happily Heathen”

Every Heathen's reasons for staying a Heathen are different: Alyxander Folmer argues that Heathenry is...

August 27, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Walls and Doors

Walls are being built high and strong in the Pagan community as our component parts...

August 26, 2015

The Cartomancer: Personality Test

How often do we pose these questions to ourselves: What do I know about myself...

August 25, 2015

Witch on Fire: She Who is Without Oddness, Cast the First Stone

Then dawn breaks, and patterns form, the map of the universe unfolds before you, and...

August 22, 2015

The Path of She: A Lesson in Flying

It is our choice whether to live from fear or freedom. The Mysteries offer this...

August 21, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Embracing the White Sage

The first time I met White Sage was in the demonstration garden of my alma...

August 20, 2015

Why I am Still a Heathen

Patheos is doing a summer series called “Future of Faith in America”. The Pagan channel's...

August 19, 2015

Dandelion Seeds: Pagan Future is Cultural Pioneering

Maybe pagans walking to the beat of their own drummer isn't so bad. In this...

August 18, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Sacred Tattooing – Decorating the Temple that is your Body

Our bodies, ultimately, can be seen as the most constant place of our worship, the...

August 17, 2015

Seeking the Grail: Activism – Can’t You Take a Joke?

Recently, I went to the Bristol Renaissance Faire. I used to work there in my...

August 15, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: You Got Some Splainin’ To Do…

So once again some bozo in some backwater police department encountered a case that squicked...

August 14, 2015

Happily Heathen: My Journey to Devotional Polytheism

The path I took from Christianity to Devotional Polytheism was guided by a need for...

August 13, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Pagan Parenting and Divorce

If the people separating could have agreed on things then the need for separation would...

August 12, 2015

The Cartomancer: The Art of Curiosity

That’s the art: To let our curiosity do the reading, and in that reading discover...