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March 2015

March 20, 2015

Hanging With the Horned God

Am I devoted to my god? Absolutely. Do I love Him? Without a doubt. Do...

March 16, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Garden Magick for Ostara

It's Spring in the Northern Hemisphere! Time to plant your garden! Here's some magickal hints...

March 13, 2015

Belief Makes it Real: In Memoriam of Terry Pratchett

Yesterday Terry Pratchett died. His work contributed directly to my spirituality and many witches and...

March 13, 2015

As Above, So Below

What do I seek from the Divine? For myself, I seek the numinous. I want...

March 09, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Knowledge, Wisdom and Gnosis

Knowledge, Wisdom and Gnosis - What do these words mean to you? How do you...

March 03, 2015

Quantum Woo: The Moment of Choice – Precognition, Magick & Quantum Mechanics

It is the moment of choice that shapes the universe we live in. Sometimes bad...

March 01, 2015

All Acts of Love and Pleasure: Inclusive Wicca by Yvonne Aburrow – A Review

Sable reviews All Acts of Love and Pleasure: Inclusive Wicca by Patheos blogger Yvonne Aburrow.

February 2015

February 27, 2015

D is for Death & the Afterlife

Having lost a good friend, and having almost died myself, I'm giving a great deal...

February 20, 2015

Daughter of the Moon

A Christian would say that "God moves in mysterious ways." Apparently so do Goddesses. This...

February 16, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Getting to Know Your Local Land-Wights

Have you met your friendly neighbourhood land-wights? Here's some ideas about how to get to...

February 14, 2015

Gaia: A Poem for Earth

A poem for Gaia, the Earth Mother.

February 13, 2015

Valentine’s Day Magic: Spells for Love & Lust

Want to spice up your love life? Here's some Valentine's Day witchy magic for love...

February 06, 2015

Quantum Woo: The Multiverse

What if everything we know, everything we conceive of, is merely one of an infinite...

February 06, 2015

The Special Nature of Humanity: How Atheist Paganism and Polytheism Can Both Be True at Once

Now that Paganism has been around for a while, we are in the process of...

February 02, 2015

Imbolc in the Okanagan

On Imbolc in the Okanagan Valley, the signs of spring are all around us, if...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

B is for Brighid: Goddess, Saint and Lwa

I am a Flamekeeper. I keep a sacred flame for the Goddess Brighid, also known...

January 26, 2015

Seekers and Guides: A Ritual to Re-Enchant Your Tools at Imbolc

Imbolc falls quite close to the full moon this year. Regardless of tradition . ....

January 23, 2015

Old Hornie

I've got an . . . interesting . . . relationship with Old Hornie. Call...

January 16, 2015

Apples and Orangutans: Traditional Witchcraft vs. Wicca

Traditional witchcraft often argues its legitimacy by claiming superiority over Wicca. But they bear only...

January 10, 2015

Faith, Feminism and Gender

Our culture's current ideas about gender and sexuality are so dangerously messed up that they...

January 06, 2015

A Pagan’s 13 Best Practices for Peace in 2015

Patheos invites contributors to consider some “resolutions” around faith-based practices that could lead to greater...

January 02, 2015

A Requiem Ritual for an Unborn Child

On July 14, 2006, at 13 weeks of pregnancy, I miscarried. Our culture does not...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

Seekers and Guides: A Short Ritual for the New Year

Here's a little non-tradition-specific ritual to acknowledge the change of the year with some of...

December 28, 2014

Creating Pagan Culture

Sometimes the Yuletide season is a little awkward for us Pagans. We often don't want...

December 20, 2014

Solstice Carol

Happy Solstice everyone! I thought I would share this album of Yuletide music that two...

December 18, 2014

The Longest Night

Rarely do we take the time to appreciate the beauty of Night, even at this...

December 15, 2014

Quantum Woo: The Uncertainty Principle

At the quantum level, nature is more numinous than we realize in the material reality...

December 08, 2014

Seekers and Guides: Cultural Negotiation

When deities cross cultures and begin to appear in the rituals of different faiths, is...

December 05, 2014

Changing the Narrative

Sometimes all it takes to develop a positive attitude or to create understanding is a...

December 03, 2014

The Devil Never Did Me No Harm

The Satanic Panic of the 1990s was a time of fear and persecution for witches....