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April 2016

April 30, 2016

Conjuring a Path: Embracing African-American Folk Magic

I’ve said it before and I’ll saw it again: my grandmother was devoted to God....

April 10, 2016

Missing in Internet Action

I have been missing . . . . . and I have found myself avoiding...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

Parenting is a Magical Act

Parenting is much like magic; It is part experimentation, part training, part education, part tradition,...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Dropping the Crystal Ball with A Little Grace, or How to Do Spirituality When Religion Is Too Much

By Tamilia R. I am a devotional polytheist, among other things. I am not an...

January 23, 2016

Embracing The Darkness: White Fear and Grief

The first step is a simple but difficult one which involves working on your own...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Lessons Learned from When a Friend Says Goodbye

Although December still reigns as one of the most festive months due to its many...

December 29, 2015

My Top Ten Pagans Working As Change Agents for Social Justice in 2015

2015 has been one hell of a year. So many incidences, so many opportunities to...

December 18, 2015

Becoming a Great Mother by Reluctant Spider

At the time of writing I'm 6 months into growing the physical vessel of a...

December 06, 2015

Magic Out of the Land of the South

Inherently connecting with the land of my mother’s family has led me to a place...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

Lifting Up Voices on Transgender Day of Remembrance

This is all of our fight. Lift up their voices….. Say their names. And let’s...

November 17, 2015

Renewal and Rebirth; My Path to Justice

I have recently been thinking about some of my past client's, the work I do...

November 01, 2015

Personal Musings on Samhain

This time of year breaths opportunity into the overwhelming feelings of loss that deaths leave...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Avoiding Appropriation and The Perpetuation of Privilege

While I will not link the article that pushed this piece from my mind and...

July 2015

July 10, 2015

My Wicca, My Life, My Way – A Story

All this context leads to something very important to me. I am Wiccan. And I...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Paganism in Full Color

The only thing that is truly colorblind is my love. My love for people has...

March 27, 2015

Self Care: Beyond the Political

Activism means nothing, if oppressed people do not think they are deserving of self care....

February 2015

February 19, 2015

PantheaCon 2015; Pain, Healing Work, Allyship in Action and Coalition Building

Bringing Race to the Table Panel, my experience of the Con changed. I immediately felt...

February 01, 2015

Meditation: The Path to Spiritual Activism or Escapism

May we not escape, hide or detach from the world’s problems. May we use our...

January 2015

January 25, 2015

Magical Beginnings Begin Again

I was initially taught that magic was a candle, some incense, a clear intent, a...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Memories, Apologies and Veneration

One lesson that I have learned through my visits to incarcerated men is that an...

December 24, 2014

Solstice Hope in the Darkness of Justice

The revelations that have been coming out the last few weeks, the 'in your face'...

November 2014

November 02, 2014

Through the Veils of the Ancestors

As the flavor of smoke and crackling leaves fills the air around my home, I...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Renewal and Rebirth; My Path to Justice

In walking through this pain with my students -- and in my own being --...

October 26, 2014

Listening to the Ancestors; Visions in Plain Clothing

I believe the ancestors are limitless. Beyond the material and conscious world of the living,...

October 22, 2014

Journeying With the Ancestors of Blood and Heart; A Self Reflection

Part of my work the past three years has focused on the stories and experiences...

October 17, 2014

Harvesting Magic and Setting Magical Intentions

Since the full moon ritual this month, I have been thinking on a lot of...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Gliding Into the Darkness; The Turning of the Wheel

Carl Jung took the work of Sigmund Freud and expanded the concepts of what he...

September 19, 2014

Summer of Change: A Journey to Spiritual Self Care

My spiritual world explores change as a means to growth. It is a beginning to...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

The Dance of Power: navigating privilege and marginalization.

Being a Black Wiccan Woman navigating mostly White spaces has fostered interesting experiences in privilege,...

July 2014

July 04, 2014

Self Actualization, Spiritual Oneness, Freedom and the Fourth of July

We cannot break the glass ceiling if we do not recognize that it is glass....