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November 2013

November 29, 2013

Heathen Woman: Walking With Odin

My own path is dedicated to taking my commitment and what I’ve learned as far...

November 25, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Your Mileage May Vary – Embracing Contradictory Truths in the Craft

The beauty of Wicca is that many contradictory truths can be true at the same...

November 21, 2013

Loop of Brighid: Bride, the Cailleach and Nicnevin

Are Bride and Nicnevin estranged sisters? Or, if Mackenzie was right and the Cailleach and...

November 18, 2013

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Family Coven – A Definition

Family Coven is a group of persons who share shelter, food and resources for the...

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...

November 07, 2013

Loop of Brighid: Private Practices 7 – The Devotional Moods

In an earlier series of columns on “The Mysticism of Devotion,” we explored the devotional...

November 05, 2013

Paths of Power: Interview with Sable Aradia

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Sable Aradia, author of the Patheos Premium teaching...

November 04, 2013

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Family Coven?

When a house is set up as a temple to the gods, and the persons...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Imparting the Mysteries – Helping Your Students Find Personal Gnosis

How do you impart a personal experience of the Divine that may not be at...

October 24, 2013

Loop of Brighid: The Cauldrons of Inspiration

A God Who Makes Fire: The Bardic Mysticism of Amergin includes a new translation of...

October 15, 2013

The Busy Witch: Missing Magic

I’m missing magic right now, and missing my circle, but at the same time, I...

October 10, 2013

Loop of Brighid: Invocation of the Graces, A Brigidine Sacred Text – Part 9

On Patheos Agora, Christopher Scott Thompson concludes his study of the Invocation of the Graces...

October 04, 2013

Hills of the Horizon: Narrative Theology I

People relate to themselves, to the gods, to the cosmos, through the medium of narrative;...

October 03, 2013

Wyrd Words: Friends in Wyrd Places

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

October 01, 2013

The Busy Witch: Searching for Stillness

We need stillness. In sleep, our bodies repair themselves and our minds process the events...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Obstacles to Learning

The study of the Craft is not an easy path. Sable Aradia points out some...

September 19, 2013

Wyrd Words: The “Agnostic Chair”

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

September 17, 2013

The Busy Witch: ISIS MAGIC by M. Isidora Forrest (Review)

Weaving the historical context with spells, rituals, and her own deep experiences, Forrest’s updated volume...

September 16, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Six Senses for Learning

Give your students the best possible chance by engaging all six senses in teaching the...

September 12, 2013

Loop of Brighid: Invocation of the Graces, a Brigidine Sacred Text – Part 7

The ancient Gaels swore oaths on the sun, moon and stars. Modern devotees of Brighid...

September 05, 2013

Passing Paganism and Polytheism on to Our Children

In a special site-wide series, Patheos invited invited scholars, practitioners, teachers, and parents from diverse...

September 03, 2013

The Busy Witch: Making Fall Magical

Now that Labor Day has passed here in the United States, it finally feels like...

September 02, 2013

Seekers and Guides: The Role of Music in Teaching the Craft

Sable Aradia explains why, and how, music is an effective tool in Pagan ritual.

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Loop of Brighid: Invocation of the Graces, a Brigidine Sacred Text – Part 6

As part of his exploration of Brigidine Paganism, Christopher Scott Thompson looks at how "Invocation...

August 20, 2013

The Busy Witch: Timing, Intention, and Luck

Magic is about more than just herbs and words. It’s about timing, intention, and luck....

August 15, 2013

Loop of Brighid: Invocation of the Graces – A Brigidine Sacred Text, Part 5

In his ongoing exploration of Brigidine Paganism, Christopher Scott Thompson analyzes the original Gaelic text...

August 06, 2013

The Busy Witch: Harvest Verses

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

August 05, 2013

Seekers and Guides: The Hero’s Journey (Part 2)

How can Joseph Campbell's Monomyth be applied to our own lives as a tool for...

August 01, 2013

Loop of Brighid: Invocation of the Graces – A Brigidine Sacred Text, Part 4

In "Invocation of the Graces," all eight “ethical empowerments” express essentially the same concept: to...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

The Qabalah Workbook for Magicians (Review)

Kraft's main objective is to get the readers off the page and into the Sephiroth,...