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2017-05-11T19:36:34-07:00

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The Necessity of Dreaming

Last updated on: May 11, 2017 at 7:36 pm By Aidan Kelly

I have told the artists in my classes My self is not a mountain peak; It is a floating island. When I fall asleep, it sinks beneath The surface of the infinitely Compassionate water. Mermaids in their denim overalls Swim through the passageways, Adjusting dials and gauges, Filling tanks, and singing, each to each, In a language I cannot understand. If I were not to dream at all (The brainwashing experts say It takes only seventy-two hours), My self... Read more

Poetry

2017-05-11T08:51:13-07:00

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The Allegory of the Diamond

Last updated on: May 11, 2017 at 8:51 am By Aidan Kelly

But this is not about pyramids,hexagons, the hardness of diamonds, it is about understanding the Gods. Read more

2017-05-06T18:12:06-07:00

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OH to NY to AL: Claude Lawrence Cornett

Last updated on: May 6, 2017 at 6:12 pm By Aidan Kelly

Larry Cornett has worked tirelessly on and for the Craft for almost 40 years. The story of his work, spread over at least four states, stitches together many strands of the tapestry, yet he has never received nor, I think, wanted any great measure of public acclaim. Here is the beginning of the story he sent me on Nov. 15, 2009. Larry is rather ill right now. He deserves and needs your thoughts. I was born on August 28, 1947,... Read more

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Paganism

2017-09-21T10:45:08-07:00

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About Naming Ostara, Litha, and Mabon

Last updated on: September 21, 2017 at 10:45 am By Aidan Kelly

Over the years people have wanted to argue with me about which Sabbat Mabon should be associated with. Their arguments have been sensible, but not relevant, because that is not the question I was trying to answer. My question was, What myth might have been associated with the fall equinox? Read more

The Wheel of the Year

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2017-05-04T15:33:07-07:00

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A Tapestry of Witches II: The Alexandrians

Last updated on: May 4, 2017 at 3:33 pm By Aidan Kelly

This is an excerpt from A Tapestry of Witches: A History of the Craft in America, Volume II, from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Please note that the book will contain many footnotes. In 1974, Jim Baker, as a professional historian and museum curator, had realized that Alex Sanders had fed him a pack of, to put it politely, nonsense. He apologized to the members of Du Bandia Grasail, the first Alexandrian coven in America, for having misled them and... Read more

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A Tapestry of Witches II

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Alexandrian Witchcraft

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Paganism

2017-05-03T08:07:29-07:00

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A Tapestry of Witches II: Lady Pythia and the Witchmage Tradition

Last updated on: May 3, 2017 at 8:07 am By Aidan Kelly

Lady Pythia provides an interesting example of the fact that many covens who reinvented the Craft for themselves were accepted as valid by Witches of other Traditions. Read more

2017-05-04T15:34:12-07:00

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A Tapestry of Witches II: Circle and the Midwest Pagan Council

Last updated on: May 4, 2017 at 3:34 pm By Aidan Kelly

A history of Pagan goings-on in the Midwest, including Circle Sanctuary and the Midwest Pagan Council. Read more

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Midwest Pagan Council

2017-04-27T14:54:36-07:00

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Announcing: Previews of A Tapestry of Witches, Vol. II

Last updated on: April 27, 2017 at 2:54 pm By Aidan Kelly

Now that I have finished Part I of my autobiography—it is being vetted by a few people for final revisions—time and energy are freed up to get volume II of A Tapestry of Witches done and out. I will post excerpts of self-contained sections of it as I get them done, just to whet your appetite. The content will often be arranged differently in the book, which will also have lots of footnotes, which don’t work well on this blog.... Read more

Paganism

2017-01-18T08:31:25-08:00

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Announcing: Songs for the Gods and Witches

Last updated on: January 18, 2017 at 8:31 am By Aidan Kelly

As I have said before, I am primarily a poet, not a preacher or prophet. I believe (or at least would like to believe) that my poems are the most important work I do. I hope you might enjoy them. Read more

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New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn

2016-12-18T16:09:20-08:00

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The Scourge of Unteachability

Last updated on: December 18, 2016 at 4:09 pm By Aidan Kelly

I recently posted a bon mot on Facebook. It read, “Stupidity is not a moral issue. Ignorance is.” To explain what I meant, I need to define some terms. “Stupidity” is not a polite word. Stupid people become very upset and offended when their stupidity is even mentioned. And it truly is uncompassionate to use that term to or about people whose stupidity is congenital, that is, people with such a low IQ that they are unable to understand abstract... Read more

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