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July 2016

July 10, 2016

Miasma Matters: Concerning Purity

I loved John Beckett's post on purity, even if I did flinch uncomfortably on at...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Practical Polytheism: A Review of Devotio Antinoo

There are few people in the world that I admire more than P. Sufenas Virius...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Astral Poo ( Or If Not For Bad Luck, I Wouldn’t Have Any Luck At All)

Since sometime last week I have been fighting some kind of flu or virus that...

July 2012

July 28, 2012

I Will Pray For You (She Said Sinisterly)

First of all, I FEEL BETTER! Whatever bug I had has vamoosed, and in the...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Slacker Paganism

I like things to be just so. Perfect mood, perfect atmosphere, perfect time and perfect...

June 16, 2012

Keeping a Diary

I hate writing in a diary. This probably surprises you considering the copious amounts of...

June 13, 2012

Pagan Hangout: Earth-based or Of The Universe?

Yup, we're at it again! If you can’t watch live (we can see your comments...

June 07, 2012

Needful Stories & Good Advice: Reviews of Low Magick (Lon Milo DuQuette) and The Grimoire of Aleister Crowley (Rodney Orpheus)

I read a lot of news and opinion, and reading for leisure hasn't been a...

June 04, 2012

Search Not My Heart (aka Don’t Pee In My Cheerios)

Have you ever read the Nicene Creed? It's an affirmation of the theological concepts of...

June 01, 2012

Eating God: Considering Eucharistic Ritual

It's not unusual to see Pagans joking about the "cannibalism" of the Christian eucharist. While...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Live Pagan Hangout Today: Christian Imagery in Pagan and Occult Ritual

I'm creating what is essentially a 30 min weekly Pagan talk show on the web...

May 23, 2012

Will, The Great Work, World Religions, and Other Things

Wyrd bið ful aræd. (Fate is inexorable.) This is one of my favorite phrases from...

May 22, 2012

Hekate’s Deipnon: Maintaining Your Life

Today is the Deipnon, and I will be celebrating it for the third time. My...

May 19, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Intend To Get Married (Γαμειν μελλε)

This is the first difficult Maxim I have to address, and not nearly the hardest...

May 17, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Know What You Have Learned (Γνωθι μαθων)

I have this trick of being able to repeat a phone number in my mind...

March 2012

March 25, 2012

Is Paganism Blind To The Disabled?

When we were talking about Pagan temples awhile back it struck me how many of...

March 23, 2012

Hekate’s Deipnon: Time To Mop Up

In Hellenic religion, today is the Deipnon. Part of a 3 day religious observance at...

March 12, 2012

Pagan Temples: Dreaming Really Big

Monday's are awful. This particular Monday is awful as I'm grappling with a situation for...

March 09, 2012

Spring Song

Possibly the most sickly sweet piece of classical music ever written. So how do you...

March 04, 2012

What Is The Ultimate Spiritual Necessity?

I'm watching Jumping the Broom on a lazy Sunday afternoon as I put off doing...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Should There Be Freedom Of Religion Within Paganism?

I was really freaking angry yesterday. I'm still processing my feelings of betrayal and being...

February 17, 2012

Missing PantheaCon and a Ritual of Exclusion

The only thing worse than not attending an awesome event, is seeing all the posts...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

By the Hair On My Chinny, Chin, Chin

Like many women, I have wild hairs that grow on my chin. Amidst the barely...

January 26, 2012

Desiring a Sanctified Home

Word is Drew Barrymore is converting to Judaism. Remember last year when Julia Roberts converted...

January 23, 2012

The Spiritual Component of Autism

The response to my last post on autism and Asperger's really overwhelmed me. I didn't...

July 2011

July 16, 2011

Magic Works

I'm not a "woo-woo" Pagan. When someone tells me they can chat with their cat...

July 12, 2011

All Acts of Love

Civil rights is the defining issue of our age. My grandparents were born into a...

July 08, 2011

Pagan Soup: Sacred Paths Center, Camelot, Occult Experts and Egocentric Ritual

Sacred Paths Center in Financial Straits Nels Linde at PNC-Minnesota reports the popular community center...

June 2011

June 28, 2011

When Ritual Goes Wrong

Recently I had the misfortune to attend a ritual that was a disaster. It was...

June 07, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Cleanliness and Garb at Rituals

Heathens are a varied bunch, with varying opinions and interpretations on a number of issues,...