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December 2015

December 27, 2015

Wayfairing Woman: Soul Searching at Winter Solstice Time

At this time, after the Winter Solstice and moving into the New Year, we have...

December 26, 2015

The Path of She: Why Women Can Heal Our World

Yes women can heal our world — when we become big enough, wild enough and...

December 12, 2015

A Winter Solstice Meditation: Ereshkigal and the Great Below

Open yourself to the natural world energies of this longest night of the year and...

December 03, 2015

Wyrd Words: Odin’s Greatest Enemy, Depression in a Heathen Context

Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, every other...

December 02, 2015

Dandelion Seeds: Push Your Emotional Reset Button with Devotionals

The holidays are hard. In between Black Friday and Solstice Vigil squeeze in some time...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

The Path of She: The Hero’s and the Hera’s Journey

As the seasons turn and darkness descends in the natural realm, the hera’s path beckons...

November 24, 2015

Witch on Fire: A Thanksgiving Transmutation of Tens

Right on cue, I had what some would call a crises of faith regarding my...

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...

October 2015

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...

September 2015

September 26, 2015

The Path of She: The Silver Threads of the Great Mother

We, the waking sons and daughters of the Great Mother, are reclaiming the silver threads...

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....

August 2015

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 08, 2015

The Path of She: The Everyday Magic of Yes

Yes is the most powerful magical word in our vocabulary. We activate the everyday magic...

July 2015

July 25, 2015

The Path of She: A Lammas Tale – Lugh and the Miracle of a New Harvest

Lammas is upon us and the God Lugh offers teachings on the renewal of life:...

July 11, 2015

The Path of She: Wake to Goodness, Wake to Goddess

Though the Goddess as the feminine face of Divinity is foreign to our modern, encultured...

July 02, 2015

Wyrd Words: Grief and Renewal

Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, here on Agora!...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

The Path of She: 5 Things You Can Learn from a Pagan

Paganism is not just about beliefs, it’s about stepping outside of the strictures of everyday...

June 05, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Of Plantain and Spider Bites

"Mom, what is this - a spider bite?" Two little punctures punctuated by tiny spots...

May 2015

May 15, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: The Mind-Manifesting Morning Glory

I had heard about Morning Glory for years. Whispers and rumors ran throughout the circles...

May 14, 2015

Spear of Athena: Fear, What Storms Teach

I was terrified. I remembered a severe storm from my past, and I thought about...

April 2015

April 03, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Ceanothus, an American Fairy Bush

It began with me, barefoot on a lawn in the suburbs of California's Central Valley....

March 2015

March 31, 2015

The Busy Witch: Cleansing My Space and Spirit

Now that we’ve passed the spring equinox, I find myself shaking off the stupor of...

March 25, 2015

Alone In Her Presence: Turning In to Turn Back Out

I wonder how many of us are in need of turning back in just a...

March 10, 2015

The Witches Next Door: Being on the Same Path is Awesome! Except When it isn’t

You like strawberry cheesecake.They like strawberry cheesecake. They think Spring is the coolest time of...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

The Busy Witch: Stepping Outside Our Boundaries

Lots of things can change when you push your boundaries, and I’m still sifting through...

January 08, 2015

Wyrd Words: Pagan Life Lessons – Hope

The old ways are just as much about personal revelations as they are interpersonal relations....

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Socially Responsible Magic: The Power and Peril of Positive Thinking, Part 2

Two heads really are better than one! Plus other lessons from the literature on positive...

November 21, 2014

The Zen Pagan: Gratitude, Schmatitude

I’m not going to tell you to be thankful, even as you’re about to be...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Seekers and Guides: The Downward Spiral – Depression and Suicide in Paganism (Part 4)

Sable Aradia concludes her series on depression and suicide in Paganism with some advice on...