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October 2016

October 27, 2016

Samhain: Connecting to Ancestors of Blood, Spirit, Place

As we approach the Samhain season, our thoughts turn to our dead, those we knew...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Equinox Greetings from Spring in the South to Fall in the North

Transplanting Paganism is like transplanting vines, the flavour of the wine that results will be...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

Eutierria – Oneness With Nature

Finding a language for our deepest inner experience is difficult. Whether our mystical experiences are...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

Midsummer – Phoenix Rising

As Pagans, we work with shared symbols and myths. Each of us interprets our myths...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

What Does Nature Do For Us?

The answer to, ‘What does nature do for us?’ seems obvious. She feeds, shelters, and...

April 03, 2016

The Greening Spring

In Wicca there is a saying that, ‘If that which thou seekest thou findest not...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Swimming into Pisces

Most spiritual traditions teach that in order to evolve spiritually we must know who and...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

Honoring Spiritually Powerful Women: Doreen Valiente (1922-1999)

When we think of religious leaders, our social conditioning biases towards conjuring up images of...

January 03, 2016

Honoring Spiritually Powerful Women: Jean Williams and Olivia Robertson

January is the month of the Roman god Janus, god of doors and gateways, of...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Staying Strong

Many of us work with the concept of Will – True Will, Magickal Will, Acts...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Standing Between the Worlds at Samhain

To honor Samhain let us live for a day as though it is our last....

August 2015

August 19, 2015

Meditating at Harvest In an Interplanetary Age

What does religion mean to us in this era of ours? Our science fiction and...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Lammas, Season of Sacrifice

If the Gods provide, then people want to thank them, so in all our different...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Midsummer Blessings of Belisama

At Midsummer we invoke Belisama, the Bright One, Lady of Summer. Some say she is...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

Attending to the Now

Standing poised between two different influences can be difficult – it is simpler to go...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Beltane-The Sleeper Awakes ?

Taking pleasure in the world is Pagan. Paganism is about the here and now, about...

March 2015

March 20, 2015

Farewell Sir Terry Pratchett

Last week the world’s media announced the death of British fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett ....

January 2015

January 23, 2015

May they not have power over us

Many of us have little power in the world. We can only do what we...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

‘Tis the season to be jolly’ … unless you’re depressed

The turning of the year is a traditional time to make New Year resolutions. The...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

‘Every man and woman is a star’

Every man and woman is a star, and to create a new Paganism we need...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

‘And beyond death I bring peace and freedom…’

We do not all have traumatic events like the near-death experience Carl Jung described to...

September 2014

September 19, 2014

Honoring Earth

As we honor Earth at the autumn equinox, we are aware of the fragility of...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Searing Sun, the Hurricane’s Howl: What Can We Do About Climate Change?

As a child I always loved storms. This winter, as wind tore out the roots...

June 2014

June 20, 2014

Spear to Cauldron, Lance to Grail

The Grail quest is a journey within, to the True Self, the hidden centre of...

May 2014

May 23, 2014

Open the Door, the Door that Has No Key

What then is the mystery of the circle? The circle is a space in which...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Wicca and the Spiritual Quest

All spiritual traditions recognize that there are times when it appears that the Gods have...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Creativity, Art and the Art Magickal

Art and magick, imagination and invocation, are creative acts that define us as humans. Our...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

Silver Anniversary – Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age

Reflections on the silver anniversary of Vivianne Crowley's book, Wicca. Is Wicca the last flowering...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

‘The woods have gone away… we are lonely by moonlight’

The natural world is essential for human well-being – physical, psychological and spiritual. Newer sciences...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Reclaiming Christmas: Let’s Party Like Pagans

Yuletide is truly Pagan, in the sense that it celebrates warmth, food, and also the...