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March 2013

March 28, 2013

What I’m reading

I read a lot. All day long I'm reading, whether it's blogs, Facebook, actual paper...

March 06, 2013

Being a householder

In my last post I talked about the possibility that if reincarnation was a real...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

What little I know about reincarnation

Reincarnation is a standard concept in Hinduism and pretty common in the wider Pagan world,...

February 16, 2013

Missing Pantheacon – again

This weekend - every President's day weekend - is Pantheacon, the largest indoor Pagan conference

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Imbolc

Tomorrow, or maybe the day after, or sometime in the next week to ten days,...

January 21, 2013

Maxim Monday: Pursue honor

When I hear this word I think of knights and samurais: people who live by...

January 18, 2013

Dedication

Tomorrow I am driving north to Seattle for a dedication. My dedication. For the last...

January 07, 2013

Collaging the Year, part one: A 2012 review

Every calendrical new year I collage. You can read about last year's collage and see...

November 2012

November 03, 2012

The Not So Dumb Supper

I don't know the much about history and tradition of the dumb supper. I've been...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

Navratri begins!

After doing my dark moon cleaning of the altar, I changed my altar just a...

October 12, 2012

Looking Ahead

I love October. It's my favorite month. I adore autumn, with the changing leaves, the...

October 04, 2012

What do you mean by ‘scary’?

I've met a new friend. We jumped right into some deep waters. She's made some...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Prayer of Rededication

An acquaintance of mine and Feri initiate, who goes by the internet nom de plume...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

Magic for a dark night

24 hours of magic. That was my weekend. It started with a Feri gathering in...

April 2012

April 20, 2012

The newness isn’t really so new

New(ish) quarter, new altar, new practices, new challenges. I'll be honest: I don't feel up...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part five

This is the final post in my 'testimony' series. (You can follow the links to...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part four

This part of my testimony is all about graduate school, and it brings us up...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

A Goodbye

The boxes are packed. We came to Wales with twelve boxes, four suitcases, two cats...

December 06, 2011

Wishbird update

Remember last week's post on making a quick spell for a home? It worked. I've...

December 05, 2011

A Trinity of Sorts

The concept of the triple soul came up in the comments of an earlier post....

November 2011

November 29, 2011

Wishbird

Last night I went to yoga for the first time in over a month. It...

November 23, 2011

What is magic?

Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will....

November 03, 2011

Ancestors

(Part three of three) The Samhain season is at last over for me. Four straight...

November 01, 2011

Samhain Ritual

(Part two of three) Imagine a damp, grey evening, the last of twilight taking leave...

October 2011

October 13, 2011

Values, part 1

Pagans get a bad rap in the media. Nonconformists and anti-establishment, the lot of them....

October 10, 2011

Ritual

There are many stereotypes of pagan ritual: witches gathering in a coven to call down...

October 07, 2011

What about the children?

With witchcraft's negative reputation this is not an uncommon worry. Anyone who knows anything about...

October 03, 2011

What is Feri?

Feri is...... Feri is a form of traditional witchcraft. That's right - witchcraft. It's an...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

New quarter, new altar

This quarter's altar is really a three-in-one. I'm limited for altar space around here. While...

September 28, 2011

Navratri, as seen through Feri eyes

Navratri is a major Hindu celebration of the Shakti, or feminine, aspect of the Divine,...