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April 2019

April 23, 2019

Grace Notes: Sacred Rubbish

Pagans, for the most part, agree with the general sense that we worship nature/the earth...

April 18, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: You Are Witch Enough

If your questions make you feel unworthy or delegitimize your practice or path because of...

April 17, 2019

Grace Notes: Compassion Fatigue

If you can identify meaning in something, even something terrible, it becomes less stressful. Often...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

The Purple Spiral Turns: The Law of Names and Words of Disempowering

There is power in the words we use. Words can become laws and decide fate...

March 07, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Unitarian Universalist, CUUPS, and Pagans

I have found that I can be an active member, not only at Circle Sanctuary,...

March 01, 2019

Book of Blackbirds: Faeries and Elves, Revisited

We can find real magic in these connections with others, and in our connections with...

February 2019

February 11, 2019

The Purple Spiral Turns: Mindfulness and the Hippocratic Oath

When we open ourselves to an understanding of others’ experiences, we are doing the work...

October 2018

October 10, 2018

21st Century Viking: My Community, My Cornerstone

In my Village, you are welcome until you prove for some reason that you are...

April 2017

April 22, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Beltane-A Fire Festival

Beltane is an ancient Celtic Holiday, often referred to in modern times as May Day....

March 2017

March 01, 2017

Lamp & Labyrinth: Your Story and the Storyteller

There are secrets of the mind that each individual can only find if one is...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

Lamp & Labyrinth: The Ego Hides

The best mystics say proudly, “I’m not better than anybody else,” while the worst say,...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

Seeking the Grail: The Priestess is Dying

My pessimism is clawing ribbons into the flesh of my optimism. My soul is screaming...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: Opet, Autumn, and the Wanderer

What does the common cultural motif of the god in disguise testing mortals' hospitality have...

September 21, 2016

Lamp & Labyrinth: Shaming Pagans – Sincerity Does Not Equal Competence

There was a discussion about John Halstead’s article, Gods Save Us from Bad Pagan Rituals:...

September 18, 2016

Full Frontal Magic: Vision and Movement – Rising Above the Gossip

Rarely do we openly talk about power and exclusion, but we need to start having...

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...

June 09, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Eating Ash and Spitting Fire

Whether you count its origins in the pastoral altars of Romantic poets, the channeled voice...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: How Do We Become Indigenous?

We are called to belong. Humans evolved from communally living apes, our closest relatives in...

April 26, 2016

Witch on Fire: Beltane Lovers – Once you Go Witch You’ll Never Switch

This is MODERN witchcraft, where we strip off the mask of the obvious, and glory...

April 16, 2016

The Rantin’ Raven: This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

What can we do to stop Elder Flight? What can we do to keep our...

April 01, 2016

Adventures in Wortcunning: The Weight of Glory

"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal." - CS...

March 2016

March 21, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Seeking Community and Connection at Pagan Conferences

It's worth looking at what draws people to Pagan conferences and events and what function...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

Seeking the Grail: When my Group Fails Me

One area where my own flaws become obvious is when I'm in the role of...

February 01, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Creativity, Inspiration, and Obsession

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

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Sacrifice, Skillbuilding, and Motivation

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

November 2015

November 21, 2015

The Rantin’ Raven: Not My Elder

Recently, a few prominent authors, activists, and well-known personalities in the Pagan world did something...

November 16, 2015

Seeking the Grail: Tolerance, Bigotry, and Paradox

I so often wonder what it is about people that leads us to this place....

November 16, 2015

Making Light: The Pagan Blogosphere is Toxic

I feel like maybe I have interesting ideas about theology and that maybe some people...

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...

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...