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September 2018

September 17, 2018

The Radical Pantheist: The Highest High (Marijuana in Religion)

Cannabis has been used in spiritual practices around the world for thousands of years.

October 2017

October 24, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: Defining Paganism

By defining “Pagan” we’re learning who we are – and who we’re not. Defining Paganism...

May 2017

May 16, 2017

Lamp & Labyrinth: Witches & Mages, Borderfolk at the Threshold

Drui and the Witch walk on the outside edge, between the wild and the village....

March 2017

March 15, 2017

Lamp & Labyrinth: Sovereignty at The Center of the Labyrinth

Sovereignty is rightly held by the just, make the land their kin, What kind of...

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,...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

Lamp & Labyrinth: What is a lamp? A Labyrinth?

Since the show Westworld stole my main analogy for mysticism, I thought I'd share the...

October 2016

October 19, 2016

Lamp & Labyrinth: A Vision of An Cailleach

I'm learning that we are what propels ourselves, while simultaneously being the largest impediment to...

July 2016

July 06, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: When You Get Your Ass Kicked for Being a Priest

See into the process of dealing with reactions to sharing spiritwork publicly as Melissa Hill...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Finding the Spirit of My Religion

I knew what she was as soon as I saw her. She was my frumpy...

April 2016

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...

March 2016

March 17, 2016

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Why Your Family Coven Should Watch THE PASSION and How

Watching The Passion provides an opportunity to give exposure to Christian ideals while ensuring that...

March 10, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Religious Virtues and Gods

The Gods that I honor most are the ones whose actions I most admire. So...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Making Light: My Little Pony on My Little Altar

Never mind that the unicorns described by Ancient Greeks were actually rhinoceroses, "unicorn horn" was...

December 22, 2015

Witch on Fire: The Great Work, Holding the Space

As part of my spiritual practice each year I choose an area of study or...

December 08, 2015

Witch on Fire: A Witch’s Carol: A Tale of Three Hauntings

I hope that my story of this haunting, affirms for you that Spirit is universal,...

November 2015

November 10, 2015

Witch on Fire: Salvation of a Southern Witch

Gather 'round, my lovelies, and let Mama Heron tell you a story, the back-story, a...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

Witch on Fire: She Who is Without Oddness, Cast the First Stone

Then dawn breaks, and patterns form, the map of the universe unfolds before you, and...

August 11, 2015

Witch on Fire: Why I am Still a Witch

I have tried a few times to give it up, to lay down the tools,...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

Born-Again Witch: The Pope, Pagans, and Evangelical Environmentalists

Annika was going to publish the second part of her coven's experience at Bethel church...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Making Light: Hephaestos

Bury everything I've made and very little of my industry will survive a thousand years...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

Making Light: Athene

At this point, I may not pick up many new crafts, but I will certainly...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Happy Anniversary Patheos!

Sable Aradia looks back at her Patheos Pagan experience in celebration of Patheos' 5th Year...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Loop of Brighid: The Nine Pure Choice Graces, Part 2 – The Grace of Voice

The second of the nine “pure choice graces” is the grace of voice. While the...

March 2014

March 17, 2014

Seekers and Guides: The Witches’ Pyramid

Sable Aradia discusses how to apply the Witches' Pyramid as a tool for learning and...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

Making Light: Dionysos

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

December 2013

December 25, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Paganism, Druidry and Religion

Most Pagans do not come along seeking to look like they belong to a religion....

December 23, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Witches of Cyberspace, Part 1

It's been said that it isn't possible to teach the Craft online, but is it?...

December 09, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Wicca and the Lotus-Eaters – Reaching the New Generation of Witches

Is modern Witchcraft on the decline? Or has it merely changed form? The new generation...

October 2013

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...