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October 2014

October 24, 2014

Queer of Swords: Halloween – The Secular Festival of Becoming

Looking beyond the Undead Tomato costumes and the candy corn, is there really something basic...

October 22, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: Halloween – Inviting the Secular

Personally, I like my Halloween with green faced ‘witches’ and candy corn, trick or treating,...

October 13, 2014

When Grief Becomes Ritual, When Remembering Renews

Last year, I lost a beloved companion. Reclaiming's Spiral Dance ritual, now in its 35th...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

The Busy Witch: Finding New Depth in the Darkness

This year, I’ll be pushing myself to make deeper connections with the people who’ve come...

June 2014

June 21, 2014

Making Light: Apollo

I'm walking, dancing, hopping, wiggling, climbing stairs, pulling a toddler in her wagon, and mowing...

May 2014

May 17, 2014

Making Light: Artemis

This is one of the most important stories in the Mythos. For the most part,...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Why Free Events Discriminate Against the Pagan Poor

Why charging a small fee for events and workshops is actually of benefit to Pagans...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

Making Light: Dionysos

The Theoi are complex, and Dionysos is much more than the "party god" he has...

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...

December 2013

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 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 21, 2013

Welcome To My Electric Yule

I could not find any directions for how to make an electric Yule display anywhere....

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Seekers and Guides: The Importance of Remembrance

As Pagans, it is especially important that we remember the powerful and terrible experience of...

August 2013

August 06, 2013

The Busy Witch: Harvest Verses

This is the start of my favorite season, and I wanted to share two devotional...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Summer Samhain Feels Both Wrong and Right

Memorial Day is a kind of summer Samhain, and it can feel so odd in...

May 03, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Taurus Season – A Celebration of the Sacred Body

It's May. It's Taurus season. The season for celebrating the element of Earth in its...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

The Busy Witch: Making Magic Together

For ten years, I was mostly content to “practice” as a solitary. I say “practice”...

April 23, 2013

Making Light: Thar-jellybean

It's getting close to Thargelia, but my celebration doesn't look much like the ancient festival...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Interfaith Family Ties Blossom from Ostara to Easter

Why do I have an Easter dress? Why, after years of brunch-only celebrations with my...

March 26, 2013

Making Light: OMGs! Cultural Appropriation!

Before you lift the "cultural appropriation" finger at me and shame my annual matzoh habit,...

March 19, 2013

The Busy Witch: Balance Within and Without?

With the coming Equinox, I am ready to shed my winter skin. Not only is...

February 2013

February 08, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Looking at Lent through Pagan Eyes

I used to say that as a Pagan, well, I didn't do sacrifice. Now, I...

February 06, 2013

Making Light: A Dionysia Yet to Be Named

Rather than looking at the Athenian calendar and trying to reproduce the holiday that comes...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Gateway Goddess: Imbolc – Feeding the Hunger of New Lives with Milk and Fire

I've been told Imbolc is derived from the Celtic words for "in the belly," or...

January 15, 2013

Making Light: How we voted Imbolc off the Island (and aren’t even sorry)

Somewhere between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, we notice that the days have...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Making Light: Happy Hyperborea!

If Hallmark made cards for Hyperborea, I might consider sending out holiday cards at midwinter....

October 2012

October 27, 2012

Samhain: Blessed Be All Souls

This week many Pagans celebrate Samhain, popularly known as Hallowe’en. It is the ancient, and...

May 2012

May 06, 2012

How Sexual Was Your Beltane?

Many of us in Pagandom participate in several groups/circles/covens etc. My preference has always been...

May 02, 2012

Druid Thoughts: Beltain Without Ritual

Beltain has been and gone. I didn’t celebrate this year in any obvious sense. I’m...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Naturalistic Traditions: All Things May

What can a naturalist celebrate in May? This post is part of Naturalistic Traditions, a...