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August 2019

August 07, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: Horse Goddess Calling?

Horse goddesses can do a long and subtle dance with you before they make things...

August 01, 2019

The Corner Crone: Nobody Expects the Fires of Transformation!

When we come out the other side of the fire our first inclination is to...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: When Life Kicks You Down (Kick Back)

There are times in life when it feels like the universe has it out for...

July 25, 2019

Druid in the City: Refresh Yourself

We all have varying amounts of free time in our lives, but there might be...

July 22, 2019

Babalon’s Cloister: Theosexuality — Sex and Magic

Sexual liberation has led to an idea of sex as natural – but this is...

July 10, 2019

The Corner Crone: Harvesting the Brambles

I’m harvesting brambles this year, taking up my imaginary pruning shears and wading into the...

July 06, 2019

Radical Pantheist: Psychic Fails Are Real . . .

The truth is there will never be hard proof of psychic abilities, just like there...

July 05, 2019

Grace Notes: Prayer

My practice has deepened significantly since I began regular devotional activities. Without prayer I found...

June 2019

June 28, 2019

Hearth of Hellenism: Are You Feeling Disconnected?

One of the few things that sounds odd to me in regular pagan conversations is...

June 28, 2019

The Corner Crone: Whither Thou Goest

I’ve been thinking a lot about new-to-me gods lately. We’re moving to a region I'm...

June 27, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: To Walk a Labyrinth

To walk a labyrinth is to journey into your deepest self or the “other realm”...

June 15, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: For Reasons of Your Own

Everyone has their own opinion about magickal names and the reasons to have (or not...

June 11, 2019

3 Pagans & A Cat: The Nothing I Know About Hekate

Being “teachable” is an important skill to have if you practice the Craft. There is...

June 09, 2019

Radical Pantheist: One Energy, Many Frequencies – Melissa Alvarez

As a young child, Melissa Alvarez was visited by a spiritual being who told her...

June 01, 2019

Phoenix Rising: Reclaiming Medusa

For the past several months, when I would meditate or go about my daily practice,...

May 2019

May 25, 2019

Druid in the City: Subtle Spirituality

Here in Seoul secular and religious activities overlap. In the Jogyesa temple this morning, even...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: Don’t Expect Me Not to Care

To truly seek the good of horses, or a horse, is to let go of...

March 18, 2019

Of Light & Shadow: Nephthys, Lady of the House

I distinctly remember the first time that I encountered Nephthys. She smiled at me as...

March 15, 2019

Pan-Celtic Hoofbeats: Polytheism is About Choice

I hear people say "I wouldn't bend my knee" or "I wouldn't bow down for...

March 09, 2019

The Corner Crone: Hekate, Is That You?

Some folks regularly experience vivid dreams, sometimes every night of the week. I’m not one...

March 01, 2019

The Corner Crone: The Lenten Season—One Witch’s Perspective

In the Christian mythology Christ removed himself to the desert not only to fast, but...

February 2019

February 17, 2019

The Corner Crone: From Tomb to Womb to Bloom

Perhaps you, too, find yourself reluctantly being pushed toward new growth this season. You might...

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 05, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Appalachian Granny Women Reviving a Tradition

A tradition near and dear to my heart is that of the Appalachian Granny Woman....

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 17, 2017

The Crow’s Nest: Working With The Elements – Air

The Element of Air is generally associated with the direction of East, the color Yellow,...

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 26, 2016

The Path of She: A Modern Goddess Tale – From Lost Daughter to Goddess Queen

The Path of She is the journey from lost daughter to Goddess Queen — a...

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...