Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Dandelionlady

Home
About

Home
Pagan

Paganism

Select a Category animism Cermony and Liturgy Columns Community Dandelion Seeds Health and Wellness History Holidays Magic Nature pagan parenting plant animism Politics Ritual and Practice symbolism and science Theology, Ethics, Philosophy Uncategorized

Select a Month August 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 January 2014 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 February 2013 January 2013 July 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009

February 2021

February 18, 2021

Origins of the Heart Shape: Found in Ecology, Textiles, and the World

The heart shape has a strange history. Supposedly it goes back to the year 1250...

March 2020

March 05, 2020

Spring Garden Tasks for the Dirt Worshipping Pagan

Green Witches and Pagans know that there's lots of tasks for a dirt worshipper to...

November 2019

November 24, 2019

Honoring the Land and History by Ritualizing Thanksgiving: a Possible Methodology

How do we deal with a holiday that is both a blessing of family and...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

We Must Work With the Earth and Set Aside our Fantasies

We look to science fiction to lead us and tell us how our future could...

September 04, 2018

Get Yourself in Gear by Using School Starting Magic and Goal Setting

Take some time for self care by setting some goals for improvement this year. Use...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Making a Witch Bottle When You’ve Been Cursed

It's literally piss and vinegar. Learn the history and how-to of witch bottles and anti-cursing...

November 02, 2017

When Your Kid’s Stuffie Gets Soul What do you Do?

It’s like the velveteen rabbit, but sometimes it gets creepy. Here’s some things to know...

September 2017

September 09, 2017

Pagan Homesteading

As I prepped for presenting my workshop last weekend, I decided to shape up my notes...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

Debriefing on the Charlottesville and Dealing with Racism

Rev. Melissa Hill updates on her own faith traditions response to the Charlottesville crisis and...

August 13, 2017

A Pagan Priest’s Response to the Horror of Charlottesville

I honor Heather Heyer as an ancestral hero. She died protesting Nazis Saturday night.

July 2017

July 19, 2017

Why I am a Druid or how I Defected from Wicca with a Bunch of My Folk

The last segment in the July Blogging Series here at Pagan Patheos, Rev. Hill talks...

July 04, 2017

How I Found Paganism: The Origin Story of a Druid Priestess

I am a priest, a spiritworker, a friend, a teacher, a writer, an artist, and...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Books I Read This Month: June

Long long ago, in a far away land called LiveJournal I used to do a...

May 2017

May 17, 2017

I am a Priest and I am Called to Truth and Silence.

Priesthood is evolving for the modern era and modern needs. We must look to the...

April 2017

April 07, 2017

A Call to Action for Syria

The Rev. Melissa Hill calls out to the pagan community to take action and not...

April 05, 2017

Priesthood without Payment is Like Being a Volunteer Firefighter

Trying to keep up with the big religions is great, but there's one problem. We...

January 2017

January 04, 2017

Rev. Mel’s guide to “All The Things” for Ritual

Tips and tricks of the liturgist's trade from a priest who has had to learn...

October 2016

October 12, 2016

Adventures in Necromancy

What happens when spiritwork sneaks up on you and death becomes a part of your...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

The Rape of the Lock

The loss of personal sovereignty can take strange forms. Even at pagan festivals where we...

August 03, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Saying Goodbye

The Rev. Melissa Hill says goodbye and reflects on her journey to becoming a writer...

July 2016

July 06, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: When You Get Your Ass Kicked for Being a Priest

See into the process of dealing with reactions to sharing spiritwork publicly as Melissa Hill...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Face to face with hatred, what do we do?

Though I am far away from Orlando, though I know none of those poor people,...

June 01, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Finding the Spirit of My Religion

I knew what she was as soon as I saw her. She was my frumpy...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Toad Blessings

What do grave robbing, gardening, and the painful change that the Tower card encapsulates all...

May 04, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: So You Want to be a Pagan Farmer

Do you dream of being close to the land? As the sun warms the northern...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: How Do We Become Indigenous?

We are called to belong. Humans evolved from communally living apes, our closest relatives in...

April 06, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Why We All Need Indigenous European Paganism

The Rev. Melissa Hill tackles issues of white privilege and the fear that modern European...

March 2016

March 16, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Leadership When Leading gets Nasty

What happens when you know they’re wrong? What happens when they’ve acted like an ass,...

February 2016

February 17, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Ten Tips for Running a Big, Festival-Style Ritual

Running big rituals is a lot like being a producer, director, and an actor in...

February 03, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Devotional Techniques from the Heartbreak Trenches

Sometimes we need to take some time to honor our losses. In this post Rev....