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February 14, 2017

The Blooming Staff: Banish Trump, Exorcise Trump!

Occultists of all varieties need to banish the demonic principality of Donald Trump from our...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

The Blooming Staff: Crowley Didn’t Burn Hot Enough

Aleister Crowley is often labeled a Decadent for his obsession with sex magick. But traditional...

January 10, 2017

The Blooming Staff: On the Papal World-Tree, or, An Esoteric Meditation on the Papacy

Nicholas Laccetti reflects on the history of occult interpretations of the Papacy, and what the...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

The Blooming Staff: The Longest Night and the Mystery of the Incarnation

Every December 21, a NY church holds a "Longest Night" service. Nicholas Laccetti reflects on...

November 2016

November 11, 2016

Happily Heathen: The All Gods Event

The All Gods Event is a ritual I created a few years ago when I...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: The Village Games

Community practice in a village in ancient times would have had most people following similar...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: The Problem of Community

One of the tricky bits for a lot of people about the reconstructionist paganisms is...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Witch on Fire: Broom Closets and Bible Belts – 10 Tips For Your Coming Out Party

I'd wager that many of you fine readers have struggled with the problem of being...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: To Santa Claus or Not to Santa Claus? – Evidently that is the Question!

“I told her, mommy,” he says with complete exasperation, “Santa Claus was just God dressed...

November 2015

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...

July 2015

July 17, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: A Starwood Experience

Drums beating through the days and all along the nights become a tapestry for our...

July 17, 2015

Juggling Babies

I love the old legends, and find inspiration in the stories of the gods. However,...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Alone In Her Presence: An Open Heart and a Naked Soul

I have come to know the Goddess as the vessel of our most intimate self....

February 11, 2015

Alone In Her Presence: Heart Leads the Way – The Practice of Loving Kindness

The universe has an odd way of inviting me to question deeper. As I sat...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

Queer of Swords: Not God but god?

Not an atheist, but don't believe in the literal reality of God(s)? Sarah Thompson discusses...

October 2014

October 02, 2014

Wyrd Words: Viking in the Synagogue

I know a lot of interfaith couples struggle to find that “balance.” Where should the...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

Wyrd Words: GENOCIDE – Whose Tool is it?

There is an entire population of people that are being systematically EXTERMINATED, and these various...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

How a Jewish Witch is Formed

I finally let myself return to Witchcraft after I gave birth to my daughter. But...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Queer of Swords: It’s Not Rocket Science!

I can’t speak for all Pagans, all queers, or for that matter, all queer Pagans....

May 2014

May 23, 2014

The Zen Pagan: An Introduction, and a Buddhist Earth Deity

Welcome to The Zen Pagan. "The what Pagan?" some Pagan readers may be wondering; and...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

The Busy Witch: Why Buddha Touched the Earth: Zen Paganism for the 21st Century, by Tom Swiss (Review)

Like Zen and like Paganism, readers will take away from this book whatever matters most...

December 2013

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 07, 2013

Remembering Nelson Mandela: A Reflection by Selena Fox

Let us remember Nelson Mandela and celebrate his life, legacy, and good works which have...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Wyrd Words: Tea Party Paganism

Let me reassure you that you did NOT misread that title! There is nothing wrong...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Wyrd Words: Defined but not Confined

Imagine that, on the street, you see a woman wearing an odd T-shaped necklace with...

October 16, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Christio-Pagans

Whatever you do in response to Christio-Pagans, please, don’t fear and resent them because they...

October 03, 2013

Wyrd Words: Friends in Wyrd Places

A Heathen attends a Renewal Judaism celebration of Sukkot! Sometimes we set out to find...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

Wyrd Words: The “Agnostic Chair”

If there is one thing that every parent in the history of EVER can probably...

May 2013

May 10, 2013

Pagan Interfaith Work through the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy

Guest post from David Dashifen Kees. The Foundation for Religious Diplomacy is an organization dedicated...

April 2013

April 05, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Seeking God, Found by Goddess (Why I Am Pagan)

When I was a child, I wondered why God had stopped talking to people in...