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May 2010

May 12, 2010

Keeping Secrets

Keeping secrets is rude and divisive, and British Tradition Witcca (BTW) gets a lot of...

May 12, 2010

Wyrd Designs – Understanding the Symbols Part 3 – Irminsul

The Irminsul is a symbol found in antiquity, but unlike the mjollnir (Thor’s Hammer), this...

May 12, 2010

…..to remain silent.

Any witch worth her salt knows that the law of magic requires the practitioner's total...

May 12, 2010

Understanding the Ascetic’s Path

Ascetic practices include but are not limited to fasting, disciplined meditation, a regimen of internal...

May 11, 2010

Honoring Money

Money, the most tangible aspect of transformative wealth is alive. I am an animist. This...

May 11, 2010

Wyrd Designs: Understanding the Symbols Part 2 – Mjollnir

Probably one of the most popular symbols of our faith, if not the most popular...

May 11, 2010

Southern Feri Poet Witch: By Way of Introduction

Generally it helps to understand where someone is coming from. At this point in time...

May 10, 2010

Charging Money To Teach Witchcraft

I've seen teachers of witchcraft who don't charge anything. I've seen teachers who accept payment,...

May 10, 2010

Deifying the Sun and Moon

While the moon was commonly viewed as female and the sun as male in many...

May 09, 2010

Cerridwen: When Your Mother Is An Angry Pig

For some people, Mother's Day is especially difficult. Not all mothers are loving, nurturing or...

May 09, 2010

Happy Mother’s Day!

While not every blogger at the Pagan Portal is a mother, every single one of...

May 08, 2010

Defying Gravity: Omens, Dreams and Mystical Signs

Do you believe in omens? Dreams? Portents of things to come? I'll admit to being...

May 08, 2010

Who Counts As Wiccan?

You know that person at the party who is constantly correcting people's grammar and word...

May 07, 2010

Emerald Rose: Your Neighborhood Celtic Macarena Band

Ever heard Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl" on bodhran and pennywhistle? Then chances are, you're not...

May 07, 2010

Countering Those Conversion Blues

Converting to a new faith is difficult. Regardless of the reason for conversion, there is...

May 07, 2010

Ares and Aphrodite make love in Afghanistan

If you have ever had a hard time wrapping your mind around the hot, passionate...

May 07, 2010

Sin – always a popular topic!

Christians have the 10 commandments, and they fear retribution, the fires of hell and eternal...

May 06, 2010

When A Black Cat Crossed My Path

Author's note: On this day, two years ago, I lost my best friend. I'm not...

May 06, 2010

Retooling the Rosary

I miss the rosary. I’ve been Heathen for close to fifteen years. I’m a priest,...

May 05, 2010

Split-Personality Pagans

Being Pagan can mean your beliefs aren't always easy to explain, even to other Pagans....

May 05, 2010

Wyrd Designs: Understanding the Symbols Part 1 – The Valknut

Every religion and culture has an iconography which is uniquely it’s own, and the Northern...

May 05, 2010

What’s In a Name? The Problem With Tolerance in Interfaith Settings

This article discusses several issues relevant to interfaith work, specifically the difficulties in building bridges...

May 04, 2010

Witchcraft: A Silly Religion?

We all try to make our headlines pop. Make them more interesting than the next...

May 04, 2010

Off-Kilter Witch: The Unbalanced Life and Gender Bias in the Craft

You know the sound when your washing machine is off balance? That horrendous ka-WHUMP! that...

May 04, 2010

Mother’s Day Musings

For the first thirty years of my life “mother” was a four letter word. It...

May 03, 2010

Wyrd Designs: Just Because You’re Asatru, Doesn’t Mean You’re Going to Valhalla

One of the commonly misperpetuated beliefs of the Asatru afterlife is that the end goal...

May 03, 2010

Invocation (Songs for a Sacred Earth) by Jaiya

Written by Beth A. “Wytchskate” Kelley Saturday, 01 May 2010 13:48 The gossamer shading of...

May 02, 2010

The Politics of Gift-Giving: Gebo in Action

This mini-article explores the nature of the rune gebo.

May 01, 2010

A-Conjuring Summer In! Maypole Dancing! Farewell April!

Oh, do not tell the priest our plight, Or he would call it a sin;...

May 01, 2010

Wyrd Designs: May Day, Summerdaeg, Walpurgis…

May Day, Summerdaeg, Walpurgis… trying to discern the pre-Christian celebrations and origins of this holytide...