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April 2016

April 05, 2016

Wiccanate: Or You Think This Post Is About You

I get called an elitist, a snob, a fascist and filth by the very people...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Reducing Stress, Increasing Joy: The Stoicism of Epictetus

I am in a new state, in a strange part of the country, with three...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

The (Dis)Empowerment of Positive Thinking

A lot of people I love and admire believe in positive thinking. I'm polite about...

May 03, 2012

Relying On Faith

I need to start this post with this note before getting on with the topic...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

The Gods We Know… and Those We Don’t…

I have a vague inspiration this morning. I will try to craft a post from...

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Fitting Tributes: The Passing of Lord Athanor

Pagans having two names can have some amusing consequences. How often do you tend to...

December 2011

December 09, 2011

Waiting for the King

Sometimes it's hard to figure out what to write for this blog. So much is...

December 06, 2011

The Jerk VS Bigotry Ratio

I've been watching the fall-out from the Halloran piece on The Village Voice since it...

November 2011

November 27, 2011

Secrets, or A Pagan Look at Advent

Keeping silent. It's something that Witches do a lot. What happens at the crossroads, stays...

November 21, 2011

Giving Thanks

For a lot of us, our holiday to give thanks was back at Mabon, although...

November 19, 2011

Maybe Advanced Wicca Isn’t Wicca After All?

I have less time than I used to for pleasure reading.Starhawk's The Fifth Sacred Thing...

November 04, 2011

Re-Interpreting “Worship” in Witchcraft

An interesting conversation came out of my post on belief yesterday and I'd like to...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

The Scariest Job On Earth

Ok, maybe not the scariest, but it's on up there in the toll it takes...

October 28, 2011

Regarding the War on Halloween

I've been joking about writing a piece on "the War on Halloween" for a few...

October 23, 2011

Traditional Witchcraft on the Internet

I get some weird messages online. Sometimes it's the worst kind of gossip attributing disgusting...

October 20, 2011

The Devil Is A Useful Creature

Some days I envy the Christians their Devil. He's such a useful creature. All the...

October 12, 2011

Pagan Spotlight: Lamyka

I'm going to try to regularly shine a spotlight on Pagans doing cool things, and...

October 11, 2011

Why Initiation Made Me Love Solitary Wicca

Some of the shock and bewilderment have passed, I'm eating solid foods and life is...

October 05, 2011

Why I Love Wicca

I am a Wiccan. Wicca is a form of religious Witchcraft, and I love it...

October 04, 2011

Don’t Worry, Wicca Isn’t A Real Religion (A Rant)

I have to give Andrew Bowen credit for being well-meaning. I do think he means...

October 02, 2011

The Passing of Lord Merlin

Lord Merlin, aka David John White, was the elder high priest of the Ravenwood tradition...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

Can I get a Witness?

It's the last day of the lunar cycle, the moon is in Virgo, it's raining...

September 02, 2011

Is Initiation a Betrayal? and other odd questions…

I'm getting antsy. I'm getting cold feet. I'm going a bit insane. I am told...

September 01, 2011

Shaping Wicca: Musing on Gardner and Valiente

The discussion on my last two posts on Wicca have been fascinating, and they've brought...

August 2011

August 29, 2011

Is Wicca a Christian Heresy?

Yesterday I gave a grumpy rant over the Watchtowers and LBRP being included in some...

August 28, 2011

The Watchtowers and Abrahamic Wicca

My first significant encounters with Wiccan thought were with Kaatryn McMorgan's All One Wicca and...

August 20, 2011

Oprah Owes An Apology to the West Memphis Three

So does Geraldo Rivera, Dan Rather, WMCTV (the local NBC affiliate in Memphis, TN) and...

August 19, 2011

West Memphis Three Walk Free After 18 Years

They were convicted for being young, goth, Wiccan metalheads at the height of the Satanic...

August 18, 2011

Should Pagans Create Meaning From Scratch? Out of nothing?

I've been sneaking reading into my day, much like the old days under blankets with...

August 15, 2011

Initiation: A Love Letter

The past two weekends I've been sorely tempted to write about things I find on...