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October 2013

October 21, 2013

Maxim Monday: Test the Character

I feel like this one is incomplete, as in an incomplete sentence. Test the character...

October 18, 2013

Surrender

I suck at surrender. I'm a dominant, organized, go-getter who has a very hard time...

October 14, 2013

Maxim Monday: Consult the Wise

I love this one, and it's one I have problems doing myself. Who are the...

October 11, 2013

Living Saraswati

Today begins the final three days of Navratri, in which Saraswati, goddess of language, knowledge...

October 08, 2013

Navratri 2013

Navratri, nine nights devoted to the Holy Mother in her various forms, began on Saturday...

October 07, 2013

Maxim Monday: Pray For Things Possible

Do witches and Hindus pray? Absolutely! I think Paganism gets looked at as though it's...

October 04, 2013

Finished Yantras

I finished my yantras! It's taken me all week. Between finding the concentrated time and...

October 01, 2013

Letting Go with Dhumavati

Having tools to develop my Self, as a spiritual being and as a form of...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Maxim Monday: Shun Murder

This is another maxim that at first glance seems so obvious as to warrant only...

September 26, 2013

Attempting Yantras

Yantras are intricate, geometrical Hindu designs. Tantric Hinduism uses them for meditation, magic, and devotion....

September 23, 2013

Maxim Monday: Act When You Know

This is a tricky Maxim for me. I like to think that I know far...

September 21, 2013

Equinox Thoughts

Equinox is the time when light and dark is balanced. From here we tip discernibly...

September 19, 2013

What I Do

Earlier in the week a friend on Facebook linked to a great blog post on...

September 17, 2013

Family Announcements

When I started this blog just over 2 years ago my youngest child was only...

September 13, 2013

Sharing the Love

Earlier this week I was nominated for a Liebster Award by a reader. Basically this...

September 10, 2013

Ganesh Chaturthi

Yesterday was Ganesh Chaturthi - the first day of a ten (or so) day festival...

September 09, 2013

Maxim Monday: Choose What is Divine

With this Maxim I immediately want to know what the ancient Greeks considered divine! From...

September 03, 2013

Not Everyone Appreciated Our Rite of Passage

Last week I wrote about the coming of age ritual my husband and I did...

September 02, 2013

Maxim Monday: Be a Seeker of Wisdom

I feel like this one has been covered before in the Maxim series. But we...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Harvest in the Pacific Northwest

At the beginning of August many of my Pagan friends celebrated the first harvest, commonly...

August 29, 2013

What We’re Reading

I like books. I really like books. I seem constitutionally unable read only one thing...

August 27, 2013

Chop Wood, Carry Water

There is a Zen saying, "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood,...

August 20, 2013

Five Year Old Rituals

Last week my son had his 5 Year Old Rituals. What does that mean? Let's...

August 19, 2013

Maxim Monday: Speak Well of Everyone

This one is tricky. I don't like to gossip, although sometimes it feels good. I...

August 15, 2013

Passing Down the Trad

There's a series of blog posts over at Patheos on passing along one's faith to...

August 12, 2013

Maxim Monday: Fear deceit

Yes. While I don't want to cultivate fear in general, deceit is a particularly pernicious...

August 09, 2013

Winners!

Don't worry, you're all winners to me. Thanks to everyone for entering my first...

August 07, 2013

Win some books!

Winsome books that can be won. I have three books to give away! Make Magic...

August 05, 2013

Maxim Monday: Give what you have

I don't think this Maxim is like the admonition from Jesus to turn the other...

August 03, 2013

Giveaways!

Next Friday I'm going to give away THREE books! Be sure to check back midweek...

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