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January 2017

January 14, 2017

Night Has Fallen, Light Your Torches

Many have been hearing the call to stand against the darkness. Gather round and light...

December 2016

December 09, 2016

Greeting Freyja: A Simple Rite

Freyja is warm, loving, and protective towards Her people. She can be challenging when She thinks...

December 01, 2016

Thor and The Black Serpent

Thor is the defender of the common person and the Earth, honorable and strong, and...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

Dark Gods for Dark Times

As a baby Pagan I was warned about darker Gods. Hecate, the Morrigan, Loki, and...

November 20, 2016

A Day of Remembrance and Resistance

(Courtesy of Pixabay) Many of my tribe never had a chance. Many of us were...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

The Blessings of Online Community

There are a lot of Pagans and Heathens who love to talk about how online community...

September 2016

September 25, 2016

Being Trans and Heathen

There has been a lot of response already to the AFA's most recent public post....

June 2016

June 23, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Hope Over Hate

Things are changing. Despite the things we witness around us, they are getting better. We...

June 09, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Eating Ash and Spitting Fire

Whether you count its origins in the pastoral altars of Romantic poets, the channeled voice...

March 2016

March 10, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Religious Virtues and Gods

The Gods that I honor most are the ones whose actions I most admire. So...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Loki

There is no figure in modern Heathenry and related traditions that is as controversial as...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

A Transgender Perspective on Gendered Mystery Rites

Reducing men's or women's experiences to a biological function is a dangerous oversimplification. There are...

November 2015

November 26, 2015

Odin

Poet, wise man, grey-cloaked wanderer, one-eyed, wizard, warrior, king... when I decided to do Odin...

November 05, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Paganism, Theism, and Belief

How do we determine if someone is Pagan? Do they join our events and participate...

October 2015

October 22, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: The Three Kindreds and My Polytheist Theology

In modern Druidry we often speak of the Kindreds: the Ancestors, the Nature Spirits, and...

October 08, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: To Listen

To listen passively leads to anger and pain. To listen actively, while difficult, leads to...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

Queer and Trans Identities and Pagan Mythology

Trying to shoehorn figures from our mythologies into modern concepts of identity can be harmful...

September 10, 2015

Freyja

One of the things that often attracts people to Heathenry and related practices is our...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Walls and Doors

Walls are being built high and strong in the Pagan community as our component parts...