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January 2014

January 02, 2014

Paganism’s Messiah Complex

A troubling component of the western centric world view can be found within western paganism....

December 2013

December 24, 2013

Traveling Toward Birth (Part 2)

This dream bothered me so much. Why was I taking the little boy to Thailand...

December 18, 2013

‘Big’ people are people, too.

Living in Eskdalemuir and not being part of the Samyé Ling community is an interesting...

December 17, 2013

Traveling Toward Birth

My dreams have been full of buses and trains. My friend's baby hasn't made his...

December 11, 2013

Energy Signatures of Place

In The Secret Language of Plants, Buhner describes ways in which you can open yourself...

December 05, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Place in the City

The fantasy of the witch's cottage is romantic, but is largely a fiction: most of...

December 04, 2013

The Train as Merkava

As economy land travel goes, a coach seat on the Empire Builder is pretty comfortable,...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

The Song of the Other

Who did I think I was, playing songs to a goddess? How song is at...

November 28, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Words

Many Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving this week by gathering with loved ones to feast, and...

November 21, 2013

Urban Witchcraft: The Power of Rot

Death and decay, forces that have concerned human-persons for millennia, are still actively propitiated in...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Cycles of Cultural Destruction

When we talk about cycles of domestic violence, there are many things that we have...

October 23, 2013

Beauty In Other People’s Faith

"God's Work, Our Hands" the quilting volunteers' t-shirts read. And it is God's work: they...

October 14, 2013

Getting clear about my place: the uses of withdrawal

The body, sex and pleasure are all sacred, and it is vital not to exclude...

October 10, 2013

Naturalizing: Bringing Our Practice Home

Much of North American paganism is influenced by imagined European ancestral practice, even when the...

October 07, 2013

Scent is a magic carpet

As Marcel Proust found, our sense of smell is directly linked to memory, and a...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Connecting with the sound of place

Sound is often neglected as a way of relating sensually to place. Elinor explores why...

September 26, 2013

Returning To America : Place As Cultural Experience

This week Traci shares her thoughts on returning to America, and experiencing the culture and...

September 20, 2013

By the light of the harvest moon: autumn equinox thoughts

I always find the shift into the dark half of the year difficult. One of...

September 12, 2013

St. John’s Holy Well: east Cork [photos]

Ireland is a land resplendent with ancient sites, and one of the most venerated in...

September 05, 2013

A Night In The Mound

Scattered across Ireland are 5000 year-old Ancestral Temples known as megalithic tombs, or chambered cairns....

September 04, 2013

Japan’s Fukushima Disaster and Its Impact on Fish in the Pacific Northwest

For the most part, those of us that love wild seafoods from the Pacific Northwest...

September 03, 2013

The Weight Of A University

Last week I found myself on the Glasgow University campus and was struck by the...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Night Sounds: An Sionnach In East Cork

What does a Witch do when she hears an eerie midnight cry on a deathly...

August 22, 2013

Land Spirits: When Things Go Bump

Relationship building is an integral part of our lives, and especially so for witches. Yet...

August 21, 2013

Graveyard Whispers

Some people think that graveyards are spooky. I find them fascinating places of deep spiritual...

August 15, 2013

London Calling: connecting with big cities

Cities can get a bad rap in modern paganism, especially in modern witchcraft. We idealize...

August 13, 2013

Starting From Ignorance

Last week I spoke of my children, this week I have a conversation with my...

August 09, 2013

A sense of responsibility to place

Every approach to morals and ethics has its strengths and weaknesses. Elinor Predota considers Pagan...

August 06, 2013

Passing Faith To The Next Generation

Perhaps you may think that the only Faith I gave my children was agnosticism, but...

August 02, 2013

The material, the sacred and the erotic: a contemplation for Lammas

Our chants and songs declare, "The Earth is our Mother: we must take care of...