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September 2015

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 12, 2015

The Path of She: A Fall Equinox Meditation – Descent into the Sacred Dark

At the Fall Equinox, a new cycle of healing and personal growth awakens within you....

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Witch on Fire: Lammas Sacrifice and the Sacred Mission

That’s when my perception shifted, and I suggested that this harvest is about what is...

July 21, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Brón Trogain – Lúnasa By Another Name

Sharing what we have, which comes from the generosity of the Powers, is a way...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

The Witches Next Door: Beltane Rituals – Beyond the Bang

What if boinking a beloved (or beloveds) isn’t your idea of celebrating Beltane? What if...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

The Zen Pagan: Gratitude, Schmatitude

I’m not going to tell you to be thankful, even as you’re about to be...

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,...

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...

April 2013

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 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 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 02, 2012

Druid Thoughts: Beltain Without Ritual

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

February 2012

February 03, 2012

The Confusion of Imbolc

I've always found Imbolc to be a rather confusing holiday from a theological perspective. Most...

January 2012

January 19, 2012

Imbolc Candle Ritual

Patti Wigington, over at About.com, shares a candle ritual to honor Imbolc: Hundreds of years...