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March 2015

March 17, 2015

On Snakes, Truth-Speakers, & St. Patrick

If we extend the metaphor further, then not only did St. Patrick (and by extension,...

October 2014

October 13, 2014

Remembering the never born: claiming a sibling as an Ancestor

I claim my never-born sibling as an Ancestor, because hir death fundamentally shaped my life....

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Do The Gods Care About Money?

As an animist, I struggle to find my place among modern paganism. My concept of...

February 25, 2014

Twisted Roots

It never occurred to me that any of my ancestors might be Quaker. Now that...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Oiche Fhéile Bhríde: The Eve of St. Brighid’s Feast

Tomorrow night is the eve of St. Brighid’s Feast, perhaps one of the most celebrated...

January 02, 2014

Paganism’s Messiah Complex

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

November 2013

November 07, 2013

The Texas Cool Season: when life rejoices!

As most of pagandom welcomes the dark, cold time of winter, Traci relishes the blessed...

October 2013

October 10, 2013

Naturalizing: Bringing Our Practice Home

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

September 2013

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...

August 2013

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...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

The Sacred Springs of South West England

This week Traci writes about her visit to the Blood Spring and the Waters of...

June 06, 2013

Point to Ponder: is it all just anthropomorphizing?

This week, Traci considers how stories connect us to the lived world, and relishes the...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Pagan Ireland: the Banshee {video}

This week Traci shares a short clip from Glenafooka: a documentary about Irish folklore and...

February 2013

February 04, 2013

Mending the tears in a displaced life

As Pagans following more-or-less reconstructed and/or inspired traditions at the beginning of the 21st century,...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

The land does not belong to us; we belong to the land.

When I connect to this land, I aim to connect not with a mythic, misty...

December 2012

December 25, 2012

Sacred Space

We stepped gently into the shimmering circle, and sat in the pews in front of...

December 03, 2012

Whose land (spirit) is it, anyway?

Many of my North American Pagan friends drool over my easy access to ancient monuments,...