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February 2014

February 03, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Initiation and Transformation (Imbolc Special)

Sable Aradia discusses initiation and transformation and invites you to share what you can of...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Loop of Brighid: Clann Bhride

Clann Bhride, also known as the Children of Brighid, is a spiritual path of devotion...

January 30, 2014

Naturalistic Traditions: Were the Cynics and Stoics naturalistic?

"Live according to nature." This was the motto of not one but two ancient Greek...

January 29, 2014

Druid Thoughts: Strength in Diversity

Go back ten years or more, and there was a lot of pressure within the...

January 27, 2014

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Words Have Power

As witches, neo-pagans, spiritualists, heathens, druids or simply people who believe that we are affected...

January 24, 2014

Heathen Woman: Moving Ahead

Seek Thor in the great oak, Odin in the inner reflection, Freyja in the blooming...

January 23, 2014

Wyrd Words: 10 Pieces of Practical Advice from the Hávamál (Part 2)

More practical advice from the Havamal: How to Party Like a Viking! Remember, the party's...

January 22, 2014

Druid Thoughts: Our Own Priests and Priestesses

Even if we are our own priests and priestesses, it serves us to remember that...

January 21, 2014

The Busy Witch: Reassessing Rituals

In addition to trimming back the rituals that have become negative habits, my challenge in...

January 20, 2014

Seekers and Guides: A Call from the Old Ones – the Mentoring Tradition in the Craft

I believe that the Old Ones are asking us to be dedicated and to take...

January 17, 2014

Syncretic Electric: Communities or Movements?

Before Christmas, I wrote that Paganism could perhaps be better understood if we examined it...

January 15, 2014

Druid Thoughts: Paganism – Indoors or Outside?

Paganism, to our ancestors, did not mean exclusively nature. It meant a blending of human...

January 14, 2014

The Dance of Pagan Recovery: Welcome to the Dance

How can we get clean while holding our own spiritual practices intact? We’re going to...

January 13, 2014

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Be Vocal, Be Creative When Teaching Tolerance

Racism, gender bias, religious intolerance, and homophobia continue to persist is silence. Ignorance thrives in...

January 10, 2014

Heathen Woman: Embracing the Awakened Woman

What does it meant to be self-reliant? Healthy habits, a sustaining home, and care for...

January 09, 2014

Wyrd Words: 10 Pieces of Practical Advice from the Hávamál

A reader recently asked me if it was possible to find meaning in the Heathen...

January 07, 2014

The Busy Witch: Making Brave Choices

I’d like to think that bravery can be grand or small, and that little acts...

January 06, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Witches of Cyberspace, Part 2

Sable Aradia offers a basic how-to starter guide to set up an online education program...

January 01, 2014

Druid Thoughts: Paganism – 10 Signs You’re Doing It Wrong!

We spend a lot of time questioning each other’s Paganism, arguing about who and what...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Naturalistic Traditions: Were Epicurus and the atomists naturalistic?

If the universe is nothing but atoms, as modern physics proclaims, what place can there...

December 30, 2013

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Racism, Homophobia, Gender Bias, Intolerance, and Pagan Parenting

If a stand against the incipient racism and homophobia present in our society is to...

December 27, 2013

Heathen Woman: Keeping Our Words Sacred

What makes honor so important? Why should we still be concerned with keeping our word...

December 26, 2013

Wyrd Words: Too Cool for Yule

Parents complained about a Wiccan Yule display at a school in Oklahoma. In order to...

December 25, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Paganism, Druidry and Religion

Most Pagans do not come along seeking to look like they belong to a religion....

December 24, 2013

The Busy Witch: New Year, New Intentions

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we've just passed the longest night of the year. The...

December 23, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Witches of Cyberspace, Part 1

It's been said that it isn't possible to teach the Craft online, but is it?...

December 20, 2013

Syncretic Electric: Some Questions for Pagan Identity

Perhaps Paganism isn’t a collection of religions, but a certain way of being in the...

December 18, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Pagan Author, Christian Characters

It’s a shame that someone seeing ‘Druid’ in my autobiography would assume that means ‘hates...

December 16, 2013

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Family Coven – The Ultimate DIY

I think about several people I know who all want to study the craft a...

December 13, 2013

Heathen Woman: The Faces of Frigg

We learn from Frigg that there is strength in maintaining our home, caring for loved...