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September 2025

September 01, 2025

Three New hrel for Pagan Assembly of Nova Scotia

Three New hrel for Pagan Assembly of Nova Scotia For Lughnasadh weekend this year, I...

February 2025

February 08, 2025

Persevere, An Imbolc Prayer

Persevere The Goddess of the Forge All things that come into being, Anvil and hammer...

February 01, 2025

Distant Fires

Distant Fires Two fires, Distant flames, Across a country, Across the world. One is the...

September 2024

September 27, 2024

Lange Nacht de Religionen

Lange Nacht de Religionen When I first heard of the Lange Nacht de...

August 2021

August 01, 2021

Building a Devotional Practice with the Shining Ones

Building a Devotional Practice with the Shining Ones As Pagans, we can merely observe the...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

Right in Liminal Space

Right in Liminal Space Earlier this week, I was thinking about liminal space. What is...

January 2021

January 24, 2021

Let the Realms Surround Me

Let the Realms Surround Me In the days and times of uncertainty, one occasionally needs...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

Irish, Celtic, and Indo-European Midsummer Lore

Timing While the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21st, Midsummer occurs around June 24th. The...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Right in Liminal Space

Many of us are self-isolating due to the COVID-19 crisis. This has given us a...

April 20, 2020

365 Days of Discovery – Conclusion

This post offers an alternate view on the death of the god Miach, as interpreted...

April 06, 2020

365 Days of Discovery – Part 1

An alternate view on the death of the god Miach, as interpreted from the lore.

March 2020

March 23, 2020

A Call to Miach, Part 1

A Call to Miach, Part 1 In my daily devotionals, I call to four healing...

November 2019

November 06, 2019

A River Bathing Rite for Pilgrimaging Irish Polytheists

Milky rill river running, Pouring downward supernal rain, Blessings falling upon my rite, Cleansing only...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

The Core Order of Ritual – Part 2

I have been fortunate in my travels to attend ADF rites on four continents and...

October 31, 2019

A Solitary Samhain rite for Witches and Druids

Based on Ancient timing, you can do this rite anytime between now and Martinmas. What...

September 2019

September 11, 2019

Domestic Cult in Gaelic Polytheism Part II: House Gods and Fairies

At the end of the pagan era, the household spirits seem to have dethroned the...

September 07, 2019

The Core Order of Ritual – Part 1

The beauty of the Core Order is that it suggests an order, but other steps...

August 2019

August 12, 2019

Building a Devotional Practice with the Ancestors

What can the Ancestors bring to our lives and our practice? How do we build...

April 2019

April 14, 2019

Reflections of Paganicon

Reflection It has taken me three weeks to write this blog. I have been...

March 2019

March 05, 2019

The Weapons of the Irish Gods

"The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann" describes the four treasures in greater detail...

February 2019

February 16, 2019

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sky

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sky Working with High Days is a wonderful thing,...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

A General Overview of the Ancient Fire Religion

There's not one worldview of the cosmos among ancient pagans. But, the first people to...

February 2018

February 19, 2018

The Ongoings of Immortals and Men: The Nature of the Gods

Who are the Gods? Starting from the beginning, and building off of previous works. The IE...

January 2018

January 12, 2018

The Good Qualities of the Pagan Warrior

I believe most everyone wants to be a hero in their heart but struggle with...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

A Tree for the Earth Mother

There are many kinds of Druids, and we come from different places and we approach our Druidry...

December 20, 2017

Celtic Solitary Devotional Practice and How Aengus Took the Brugh

Noble Spirits, Honored Dead, Shining Gods, we call to you as our Kin, meet us...

December 12, 2017

22 Celtic Winter Solstice Customs & Traditions

At Winter solstice, the universal theme is the increase and acceleration toward darkness and the...

November 2017

November 23, 2017

Cup, Axe & Plow: The Hidden Ideology of European Paganism

Wherever Indo-European paganism was carried, this ideology was carried. When everything else change, this didn't....