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2011-08-01T08:43:39-04:00

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Things We Own: A Lammas Reflection

Last updated on: August 1, 2011 at 8:43 am By Star Foster

“A lady once offered me a mat, but as I had no room to spare within the house, nor time to spare within or without to shake it, I declined it, preferring to wipe my feet on the sod before my door. It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.” — Henry David Thoreau We have arrived at the season of First Fruits. We are harvesting, gathering in the bounty of our winter hopes, spring planting and summer tending.... Read more

2011-07-31T08:56:59-04:00

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Forgotten Goddesses: A Coloring Book Review

Last updated on: July 31, 2011 at 8:56 am By Star Foster

I get a lot of things to review, and I don’t have time to review all of them. Sometimes I know someone else who can review a book, but more often it goes onto the pile of books awaiting my fantasy beach vacation. You know, the kind of vacation where you sit in a chair under an umbrella on a beach all day reading while good-looking people keep your margarita topped off. Sometimes something catches me just right. I’ve got... Read more

2011-07-30T11:20:36-04:00

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You Can’t Appropriate Your Own Culture

Last updated on: July 30, 2011 at 11:20 am By Star Foster

Seems like common sense, right? Yet common sense, as the saying goes, isn’t quite so common. At Pagan Spirit Gathering this year I attended the Redneck Ritual. Debby led the ritual, which involved Dale Earnhardt, RC Cola and Moon Pies. Being from the great state of Georgia herself, she didn’t appropriate Redneck culture, because it’s her culture. As a participant in the ritual, being from rural Georgia and eating boiled peanuts on occasion, I didn’t appropriate anything from rednecks, because... Read more

Cultural Appropriation

2011-07-29T09:01:51-04:00

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13 Songs for Lammas/Lughnasadh!

Last updated on: July 29, 2011 at 9:01 am By Star Foster

Lammas is upon us. John Barleycorn must die. I must once again harvest Youtube for a playlist worthy of the season. As we approach Lammas I’ve been thinking about the concept of sacrifice a good bit. I’m not certain how the ritual I attend will play out, but generally the Corn King is cut down. I may have teased some of the male members of my coven about getting whacked, but that only led me to think about how I... Read more

2011-07-28T07:01:48-04:00

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Guest Post: Drew Jacob on Lúnasa with “The Family”

Last updated on: July 28, 2011 at 7:01 am By Guest Contributor

What are your plans for this Lúnasa? Hold a ritual? Make offerings? I’d like to suggest a different perspective on the holiday, and some ways to celebrate it that many Pagans may not be familiar with. For four years I’ve been a devotee of Lugh. I had felt a pull toward him for far longer, but also knew he’s a demanding deity with high expectations of his followers. I waited until I was ready. When I first apprenticed myself to... Read more

Paganism

Airmed

Balor of the Evil Eye

2011-07-27T11:43:32-04:00

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Keep Your Occult Knowledge To Yourself, Please

Last updated on: July 27, 2011 at 11:43 am By Star Foster

“I know certain secret things…” “I would be willing to be your secret adviser…” “I am in contact with certain traditions who have certain knowledge…” “I can’t say more here but if you want more information just contact me..” Don’t you hate this? Why do people do this? Don’t they realize it’s creepy as hell? It’s the Pagan and occult equivalent of a creep in a van trying to give candy to small children. Frankly, I immediately tune out such... Read more

Paganism

2011-07-26T10:57:19-04:00

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Norway, Spiritual Warfare, Apotheosis and Being Smurfy

Last updated on: July 26, 2011 at 10:57 am By Star Foster

Lots going on today, so I’m going to weigh in briefly on each item of interest. Labeling Anders Breivik “Christian” Christians are up in arms over the labeling of Norway killer Breivik as a “Christian terrorist” and I admit I find the phenomenon fascinating. Pagans are continually upset when some whack job who has some tenous tie to our communities gets labeled as an occult killer and the names of our religions smeared with their crime, so I have a... Read more

Hail Columbia project

2011-07-25T09:02:13-04:00

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Spiritual Warfare Is Essentially Black Magic

Last updated on: July 25, 2011 at 9:02 am By Star Foster

Back in 2000, maybe early 2001, there was a big prayer warrior event aimed at Ephesus. They were praying against the Queen of Heaven, which to them represented Ashtoreth, the Whore of Babylon. As a young virginal devotee of Artemis, I saw it as a direct attack on Artemis of Ephesus. It wrenched my heart then, and makes me tear up remembering it. This isn’t a new phenomenon but an organized and concerted effort: Queen of Heaven: Perhaps the most... Read more

Paganism

40 Days of Light Over DC

New Apostolic Reformation

2011-07-24T11:27:06-04:00

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Harry Potter/Book of Mormon Parody

Last updated on: July 24, 2011 at 11:27 am By Star Foster

I’ve been trying to write about Deathly Hallows 2 but it was far more emotional than I expected. Just ain’t happening today. So enjoy this Harry Potter parody of the Book of Mormon smash Broadway play: And here’s the original song: Read more

2011-07-22T08:40:02-04:00

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Guest Post: Polytheology and You by Amanda Thomas

Last updated on: July 22, 2011 at 8:40 am By Star Foster

Let me start this by being very open and frank. I am far from an authority, though I have read a great deal, this hardly makes me super guru extraordinaire. I have no more of a special connection with the Gods than the average Joe walking down the street. What I am about to write is the by product of personal gnosis, and trance meditation with those deities willing to speak with me. This is not the official theology of... Read more

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