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March 2014

March 31, 2014

Vasanta Navratri

Today begins Vasanta Navratri. Jai Ma!

March 27, 2014

Why Not Wicca

Wicca is perhaps the most well known of all the modern Pagan traditions. So why...

March 21, 2014

Kali Puja

Several people for the last year or two have asked me to write about how...

March 13, 2014

Why I Need Spiritual Community

There are a lot of reasons why spiritual community is important. I found one more.

February 2014

February 28, 2014

My Take on Wiccanate Privilege

Wading into the Wiccanate privilege debate, the privilege I see is one of theological discourse.

February 07, 2014

Superheroes, Magic, and Kids

A brief musing on raising magical kids in a superhero world.

January 2014

January 22, 2014

On Being a Student

The most important thing I've learned over my many years of studying is that you...

January 17, 2014

Guest Post: Confessions of a Buddhist Witch, part one

Guest post from Willow Moon! "I am an initiate and practitioner of both Tibetan Buddhism...

January 15, 2014

The Four Powers of the Sphinx

Keeping silent is one of the "four powers of the Sphinx," four admonishments for the...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

Dual Observance and Me

Dual observance, the practice of more than one tradition at one time, is more common...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

A Day in the Life

I see the light peeking around the edges of the curtains. I know I've slept...

November 13, 2013

The Power of Self Care

I recently wrote a two-part series on health (you can read them here and here)....

November 08, 2013

Serpent Songs, A Review

By now you probably know that I am an unrepentant fan of Scarlet Imprint, publishing...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

Surrender

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

September 2013

September 21, 2013

Equinox Thoughts

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

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...

August 2013

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 15, 2013

Passing Down the Trad

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

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...

July 2013

July 27, 2013

Feri Freshman Hazing

I talk about the Magic a lot. I also call it the Current. You might...

June 2013

June 04, 2013

Practical Magic for Tough Times

There are two things, two not especially 'magical' things, that help me when times are...

April 2013

April 18, 2013

Sacrifice

The ever provocative Sam Webster posted about sacrifice this week at his biweekly blog on...

April 02, 2013

Observing the week with Shiva and Kali

I've been writing a lot more frequently about Traditional Witchcraft stuff, but what's been happening...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

Cultivating rest

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned just how bad I am resting. I have a tendency...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Resistance is futile

Expansion, contraction, expansion, contraction. It would be nice if this was an easy, regular pattern...

February 05, 2013

Reviewing Project Conversion

Andrew Bowen is an angry, self-righteous asshole. That's probably why we get along so well,...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Imbolc

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

November 2012

November 13, 2012

A blessed Diwali!

Diwali decorations are up. Candles are lit. Lights are on. Wine is poured. Gifts given....