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Seeking the Grail: Creativity, Inspiration, and Obsession

This past fall, I lost my mind again...I dove deep into a big project and...

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Seeking the Grail: Sacrifice, Skillbuilding, and Motivation

For many Pagans, Imbolc is about dedications; to me, dedication means work. It means sacrificing...

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Letters From Midgard: Yes, Enough

Another author recently wrote a piece here at Patheos about the future of Heathenry. Steven...

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...

January 21, 2016

Wyrd Words: Is Heathenry Incomplete?

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

January 08, 2016

Happily Heathen: The Apples And Oranges Of Heathen Spirituality – Lore or Experience?

Something that has been coming up a lot for me in my personal musings on...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: A Transgender Perspective on Gendered Mystery Rites

Reducing men's or women's experiences to a biological function is a dangerous oversimplification. There are...

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...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

Wyrd Words: We Are Our Deeds

There’s this unfortunate tendency in Pagan circles for those holding the title of ‘Elder’ to...

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 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...

October 2015

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 08, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: To Listen

To listen passively leads to anger and pain. To listen actively, while difficult, leads to...

October 01, 2015

Wyrd Words: Cultural Appropriation and Pagan Fear

If little Suzy wants to go up onto a mountain top, burn some sage, and...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Guest Post: I am Guilty of Cultural Appropriation

It is always an exacting experience to examine our own contributions to perpetuating oppressive cultural...

September 18, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: A Spot of Tea?

Like reading a story aloud, speaking a thing makes it somehow different outside my head....

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 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...

August 2015

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 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...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Happily Heathen: Heathens and Tolerance – Iceland, You Are *Not* Alone

Heathenry is for everyone. The tolerance and hospitality of the Icelandic Asatruar is the norm,...

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,...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Seeking the Grail: Desire, Yearning, and Being Afraid to Reach

Years ago when I had to cancel a conference I'd organized, my heart absolutely broke....

May 2015

May 16, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: I Met Bill Schnoebelen and Lived!

A recent article on the channel goes into considerable detail about the infamous Bill Schnoebelen...

May 11, 2015

Born Again Witch: The Woman Who Laughs in the Forest

When I lost my faith, I didn’t realize how much of my community I would...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Can Business and Spirituality mix?

Last week, I attended the first meeting of the Portland Pagan Society of Commerce, along...

April 07, 2015

The Witches Next Door: A Witch in Australia

Phoenix is in the Land Down Under (cue Men at Work ear worm). She is...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

The Zen Pagan: The Politically Incorrect Pagan

Since no one else seems to want to say it, I will: the fake workshop...